diff --git a/cmd/connect.go b/cmd/connect.go
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+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+
+	gogitea "code.gitea.io/sdk/gitea"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var connectCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "connect",
+	Short: "Create a Gitea repo for the current directory and push",
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		cfg, err := loadConfig()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// Use current folder name as repo name
+		cwd, err := os.Getwd()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("getting current directory: %w", err)
+		}
+		raw := filepath.Base(cwd)
+		// Gitea repo names: only alphanumeric, dash, dot — replace everything else with a dash
+		name := regexp.MustCompile(`[^a-zA-Z0-9.\-]`).ReplaceAllString(raw, "-")
+		name = strings.Trim(name, "-")
+		fmt.Printf("Using repo name: %s\n", name)
+
+		client, err := gogitea.NewClient(cfg.URL, gogitea.SetToken(cfg.Token))
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("connecting to Gitea: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		repo, _, err := client.CreateRepo(gogitea.CreateRepoOption{
+			Name:        name,
+			Description: repoDesc,
+			Private:     repoPrivate,
+			AutoInit:    false,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("creating Gitea repo: %w", err)
+		}
+		fmt.Println("Created Gitea repo:", repo.HTMLURL)
+
+		remote := authCloneURL(cfg, repo.CloneURL)
+		if err := runGit(".", "remote", "add", "origin", remote); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if err := runGit(".", "push", "-u", "origin", "main"); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		fmt.Println("Pushed to:", repo.HTMLURL)
+		return nil
+	},
+}
+
+func init() {
+	connectCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&repoPrivate, "private", "p", false, "Make the repo private")
+	connectCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&repoDesc, "desc", "d", "", "Repo description")
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(connectCmd)
+}