agentsmesh watch

Watch the .agentsmesh/ directory for changes and automatically regenerate on save. Useful during active editing sessions where you want to see changes reflected immediately in tool-specific directories.

Usage

agentsmesh watch [flags]

Flags

Flag	Description
--targets <csv>	Limit regeneration to specific target IDs.

Examples

Watch and regenerate for all targets

agentsmesh watch

Starts a file watcher. Every time a file in .agentsmesh/ changes, generation runs automatically after a 300ms debounce.

Watch for specific targets only

agentsmesh watch --targets claude-code
agentsmesh watch --targets cursor,gemini-cli

Only regenerates the specified targets on each change. Faster if you only need output for one or two tools.

Debounce behavior

The 300ms debounce batches rapid file saves (e.g., when your editor saves multiple files at once or during a search-and-replace). Only one generation runs per edit session, not one per file save.

Lock file handling

The watch loop ignores its own lock file writes to prevent infinite regeneration cycles. When generate writes the .agentsmesh/.lock file, the watcher does not trigger a new generation.

Stopping the watcher

Press Ctrl+C to stop the watch loop.

Typical workflow

# Terminal 1: start the watcher
agentsmesh watch

# Terminal 2: edit canonical files
vi .agentsmesh/rules/security.md
# → generation runs automatically in Terminal 1

# When done, commit everything
git add .agentsmesh/ .claude/ .cursor/
git commit -m "update security rules"