ah: I found that I can manually add a module, choosing the correct dir and undoing the changes made by the IDE after it was created. a bit hacky but it works

So you want to add a module from a local deps root, basically? You should be able to right-click it in the project pane and select “Add as deps project”, or use the + icon in the deps toolwindow and select the deps.edn manually.

yes: using the + icon from the deps window did work. and, naturally, I found the docs for this after you explained to me. thx