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+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+CHOT_SCRIPT="${CHOT_SCRIPT:-${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/chot/scripts}"
+EDITOR="${EDITOR:-vi}"
+
+usage() {
+    echo "Usage: chot [edit] <script-name> [args...]"
+    echo
+    echo "  Run or edit one-off scripts stored in a user directory."
+    echo
+    echo "  run <script>        Run the script (default)"
+    echo "  edit <script>       Edit the script in \$EDITOR"
+    echo "  help, --help        Show this help message"
+    echo
+    echo "Scripts are stored in \$CHOT_SCRIPT, or by default:"
+    echo "  \$XDG_DATA_HOME/chot/scripts or ~/.local/share/chot/scripts"
+    echo "The directory is created automatically when needed."
+    echo
+    [ -n "${CHOT_SCRIPT:-}" ] && echo "Current script directory: $CHOT_SCRIPT"
+
+    exit "${1:-1}"
+}
+
+# Intercept --help or help before evaluating $CHOT_SCRIPT
+# (We don't want to mkdir or mutate the environment just to show help)
+if [ "${1:-}" = "--help" ] || [ "${1:-}" = "help" ]; then
+    usage 0
+fi
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+    usage
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "$CHOT_SCRIPT" ]; then
+    mkdir -p "$CHOT_SCRIPT"
+    echo "Created script directory: $CHOT_SCRIPT" >&2
+fi
+
+action="run"
+if [ "$1" = "edit" ]; then
+    action="edit"
+    shift
+fi
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Error: missing script name"
+    usage
+fi
+
+name="$1"
+script="$CHOT_SCRIPT/$name"
+shift || true  # shift off the script name; remaining args go to the script
+
+case "$action" in
+    run)
+        if [ ! -f "$script" ]; then
+            echo "No such script: $script"
+            echo "Try 'chot edit <name>' to create it,"
+            echo "or check CHOT_SCRIPT directory: $CHOT_SCRIPT"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+        if [ ! -x "$script" ]; then
+            chmod +x "$script"
+        fi
+        exec "$script" "$@"
+        ;;
+    edit)
+        exec "$EDITOR" "$script"
+        ;;
+    *)
+        usage
+        ;;
+esac