file-watcher-setup

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Set up cross-platform file system watching with debouncing and efficient change detection

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Set up cross-platform file system watching with debouncing, efficient change detection, and proper resource management.

Capabilities

Watch files and directories
Configure debouncing
Handle recursive watching
Filter file types
Detect add/change/delete events
Handle watcher errors
Resource cleanup

Input Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "projectPath": { "type": "string" },
    "watchLibrary": { "enum": ["chokidar", "native", "nsfw"] },
    "debounceMs": { "type": "number", "default": 300 }
  },
  "required": ["projectPath"]
}

Chokidar Example

const chokidar = require('chokidar');

const watcher = chokidar.watch('/path/to/watch', {
    ignored: /(^|[\/\\])\../,
    persistent: true,
    ignoreInitial: true,
    awaitWriteFinish: {
        stabilityThreshold: 300,
        pollInterval: 100
    }
});

watcher
    .on('add', path => console.log(`Added: ${path}`))
    .on('change', path => console.log(`Changed: ${path}`))
    .on('unlink', path => console.log(`Removed: ${path}`));

Related Skills

file-dialog-abstraction
file-system-integration process

Signals

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Last commit: Sep 2026

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Key: file-watcher-setup
Source: github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter

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