jarvis watch

Watch a repo and debounce-reindex on filesystem changes.

Prerequisite: the [watch] extra

uv tool install "jarvis-mcp[watch]"

This installs watchdog (optional dependency; its import is deferred, so a base install never needs it just to run jarvis index/list/status). Without the extra, jarvis watch fails with an install hint. See the Quickstart’s optional extras tip before installing.

Usage

jarvis watch <path> [options]

Arguments

Name	Required	Description
path	yes	Path to the repo to watch

Options

Flag	Description
--slug <name>	Override the auto-derived slug
--scheme <name>	Xcode scheme to build (Swift repos using xcodebuild with more than one scheme)
--debounce <seconds>	Quiet-period seconds, float, default 5.0
--language <name>	Force the indexer language instead of detecting it from git-tracked files. Persisted and reused by reindex/watch

Behavior

• Not a daemon requirement — an optional foreground command a user runs while actively editing.
• Debounced auto-reindex: filesystem events trigger a reindex only after --debounce seconds of quiet, so a burst of saves triggers one reindex, not one per file.
• Reuses the options persisted at jarvis index time (--search-only, --semantic-include, --scheme) unless overridden on the command line.

Example

jarvis watch /path/to/your/repo --debounce 3