diff --git a/.github/workflows/notify-parent.yml b/.github/workflows/notify-parent.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f027b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/notify-parent.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: Notify Parent Repo
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  notify:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Notify parent repo
+        # PARENT_REPO_PAT requires `repo` scope (or fine-grained `contents:write`)
+        # on harmony-labs/meta. Configure in Settings → Secrets → Actions.
+        uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@28959ce8df70de7be546dd1250a005dd32156697 # v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.PARENT_REPO_PAT }}
+          repository: harmony-labs/meta
+          event-type: child-repo-updated
+          client-payload: >-
+            {
+              "repo_name": ${{ toJSON(github.event.repository.name) }},
+              "sha": ${{ toJSON(github.sha) }},
+              "actor": ${{ toJSON(github.actor) }}
+            }
diff --git a/src/commands/worktree/mod.rs b/src/commands/worktree/mod.rs
index 60c564c..00742ee 100644
--- a/src/commands/worktree/mod.rs
+++ b/src/commands/worktree/mod.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ pub fn execute_worktree_command(
     verbose: bool,
     json: bool,
     strict: bool,
+    recursive: bool,
 ) -> CommandResult {
     // Extract the subcommand name from the matched command prefix (if present).
     // When the plugin registers bare "worktree", the subcommand is in args[0] instead.
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ pub fn execute_worktree_command(
         .unwrap_or("");
 
     // Build args for clap
-    let clap_args: Vec<String> = if subcommand.is_empty() {
+    let mut clap_args: Vec<String> = if subcommand.is_empty() {
         // Bare "worktree" or "git worktree" — args already contains the subcommand (if any)
         args.to_vec()
     } else {
@@ -55,6 +56,14 @@ pub fn execute_worktree_command(
             .collect()
     };
 
+    // Inject --recursive if the protocol option was set but the flag wasn't in the
+    // command args (the host strips global flags like --recursive before forwarding).
+    // Only inject for `create` — it's the only subcommand that declares this flag.
+    let is_create = matches!(clap_args.first().map(String::as_str), Some("create"));
+    if recursive && is_create && !clap_args.iter().any(|a| a == "--recursive" || a == "-r") {
+        clap_args.push("--recursive".to_string());
+    }
+
     // No subcommand at all — show help
     if clap_args.is_empty() {
         print_worktree_help();
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6b0306e..4766c78 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ pub fn execute_command(
             options.verbose,
             options.json_output,
             options.strict,
+            options.recursive,
         );
     }