It's misleading in current README.md Quickload it in the project file. ``` CL-USER> (ql:quickload "smcl") To load "smcl": Load 1 ASDF system: smcl ; Loading "smcl" ("smcl") CL-USER> ``` We're not on quicklisp. You have to specify using quickload by ASDF local-projects. see - [quicklisp load personal projects from arbitrary locations](https://www.darkchestnut.com/2016/quicklisp-load-personal-projects-from-arbitrary-locations/) - [how to add a local project to asdf configured by quicklisp](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11261045/how-to-add-a-local-project-to-asdf-configured-by-quicklisp) - [roswell](https://github.com/roswell/roswell) also has a local-projects folder.