Babysitter file-watcher-setup

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

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/library/specializations/desktop-development/skills/file-watcher-setup" ~/.claude/skills/a5c-ai-babysitter-file-watcher-setup && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: library/specializations/desktop-development/skills/file-watcher-setup/SKILL.md

file-watcher-setup

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