documcp

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• src/tools/change-watcher.ts:79-150 (handler)

  The main handler function `handleChangeWatcher` that parses arguments, handles different actions (start, status, stop, trigger, install_hook), manages singleton watcher instance, and includes the `startWatcher` helper function.
  export async function handleChangeWatcher( args: unknown, context?: any, ): Promise<MCPContentWrapper> { const parsed = changeWatcherSchema.parse(args); switch (parsed.action) { case "start": return await startWatcher(parsed, context); case "status": return makeResponse(watcher ? watcher.getStatus() : { running: false }); case "stop": if (watcher) { await watcher.stop(); watcher = null; } return makeResponse({ running: false }); case "trigger": if (!watcher) { await startWatcher(parsed, context); } if (!watcher) { throw new Error("Change watcher not available"); } return makeResponse( await watcher.triggerManual(parsed.reason, parsed.files), ); case "install_hook": if (!watcher) { await startWatcher(parsed, context); } if (!watcher) { throw new Error("Change watcher not available"); } return makeResponse({ hook: await watcher.installGitHook("post-commit"), }); } } async function startWatcher( options: ChangeWatcherArgs, context?: any, ): Promise<MCPContentWrapper> { if (!watcher) { watcher = new ChangeWatcher( { projectPath: options.projectPath, docsPath: options.docsPath, watchPaths: options.watchPaths, excludePatterns: options.excludePatterns, debounceMs: options.debounceMs, triggerOnCommit: options.triggerOnCommit, triggerOnPR: options.triggerOnPR, webhookEndpoint: options.webhookEndpoint, webhookSecret: options.webhookSecret, port: options.port, snapshotDir: options.snapshotDir, }, { logger: { info: context?.info, warn: context?.warn, error: context?.error, }, }, ); await watcher.start(); } return makeResponse(watcher.getStatus()); }
• src/tools/change-watcher.ts:7-53 (schema)

  Zod schema defining input parameters for the change_watcher tool, including actions, paths, debounce settings, webhook config, etc.
  export const changeWatcherSchema = z.object({ action: z .enum(["start", "status", "stop", "trigger", "install_hook"]) .default("status") .describe("Action to perform"), projectPath: z.string().describe("Project root path"), docsPath: z.string().describe("Documentation path"), watchPaths: z .array(z.string()) .optional() .describe("Paths to watch (defaults to src/)"), excludePatterns: z .array(z.string()) .optional() .describe("Glob patterns to exclude"), debounceMs: z .number() .min(50) .max(600000) .default(500) .describe("Debounce window for drift detection"), triggerOnCommit: z .boolean() .default(true) .describe("Respond to git commit events"), triggerOnPR: z.boolean().default(true).describe("Respond to PR/merge events"), webhookEndpoint: z .string() .optional() .describe("Webhook endpoint path (e.g., /hooks/documcp/change-watcher)"), webhookSecret: z .string() .optional() .describe("Shared secret for webhook signature validation"), port: z .number() .min(1) .max(65535) .optional() .describe("Port for webhook server (default 8787)"), snapshotDir: z.string().optional().describe("Snapshot directory override"), reason: z.string().optional().describe("Reason for manual trigger"), files: z .array(z.string()) .optional() .describe("Changed files (for manual trigger)"), });
• src/tools/change-watcher.ts:152-157 (registration)

  Tool registration exporting the MCP Tool object with name 'change_watcher', description, and input schema derived from zod schema.
  export const changeWatcherTool: Tool = { name: "change_watcher", description: "Watch code changes and trigger documentation drift detection in near real-time.", inputSchema: zodToJsonSchema(changeWatcherSchema) as any, };
• src/utils/change-watcher.ts:92-526 (helper)

  Core ChangeWatcher class that implements file system watching with chokidar, webhook server for git events, git hook installation, debounced drift detection triggering using DriftDetector, and status reporting.
  export class ChangeWatcher { private watcher: FSWatcher | null = null; private server: http.Server | null = null; private debounceTimer: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null; private readonly queuedEvents: ChangeEvent[] = []; private readonly options: NormalizedChangeWatcherOptions; private readonly deps: ChangeWatcherDeps; private detector: DriftDetectorLike | null = null; private usageCollector: UsageMetadataCollector; private latestSnapshot: DriftSnapshot | null = null; private isRunningDetection = false; private stopped = false; constructor(options: ChangeWatcherOptions, deps: ChangeWatcherDeps = {}) { const triggerOnCommit = options.triggerOnCommit ?? true; const triggerOnPR = options.triggerOnPR ?? true; const normalized: NormalizedChangeWatcherOptions = { ...options, triggerOnCommit, triggerOnPR, debounceMs: Math.max(50, options.debounceMs ?? 500), excludePatterns: options.excludePatterns ?? [ "**/node_modules/**", "**/.git/**", "**/.documcp/**", ], watchPaths: options.watchPaths && options.watchPaths.length > 0 ? options.watchPaths : [path.join(options.projectPath, "src")], }; this.options = normalized; this.deps = deps; this.usageCollector = new UsageMetadataCollector(); } async start(): Promise<void> { this.stopped = false; await this.ensureDetector(); await this.ensureBaseline(); this.startFsWatcher(); await this.startWebhookServer(); this.logInfo( `Change watcher started (debounce ${ this.options.debounceMs }ms, paths: ${this.options.watchPaths.join(", ")})`, ); } async stop(): Promise<void> { this.stopped = true; if (this.watcher) { await this.watcher.close(); this.watcher = null; } if (this.server) { await new Promise<void>((resolve) => this.server?.close(() => resolve())); this.server = null; } if (this.debounceTimer) { clearTimeout(this.debounceTimer); this.debounceTimer = null; } } getStatus(): { running: boolean; webhook?: { port: number; endpoint: string }; watchPaths: string[]; debounceMs: number; pendingEvents: number; } { return { running: !this.stopped, webhook: this.options.webhookEndpoint ? { port: this.options.port ?? 8787, endpoint: this.options.webhookEndpoint, } : undefined, watchPaths: this.options.watchPaths, debounceMs: this.options.debounceMs, pendingEvents: this.queuedEvents.length, }; } async installGitHook(hook: "post-commit" = "post-commit"): Promise<string> { const gitDir = path.join(this.options.projectPath, ".git"); const hookPath = path.join(gitDir, "hooks", hook); const endpoint = this.options.webhookEndpoint || "/hooks/documcp/change-watcher"; const port = this.options.port ?? 8787; const script = `#!/bin/sh # Auto-generated by documcp change watcher if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then curl -s -X POST http://localhost:${port}${endpoint} \\ -H "X-DocuMCP-Event=${hook}" \\ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \\ -d '{"event":"${hook}"}' >/dev/null 2>&1 || true fi `; await fs.mkdir(path.dirname(hookPath), { recursive: true }); await fs.writeFile(hookPath, script, { mode: 0o755 }); return hookPath; } async enqueueChange(event: ChangeEvent): Promise<void> { if ( event.type === "post-commit" && this.options.triggerOnCommit === false ) { return; } if ( (event.type === "pull_request" || event.type === "branch_merge") && this.options.triggerOnPR === false ) { return; } this.queuedEvents.push(event); if (this.debounceTimer) { clearTimeout(this.debounceTimer); } this.debounceTimer = setTimeout(() => { void this.runDetection(); }, this.options.debounceMs); } async triggerManual( reason = "manual", files?: string[], ): Promise<ChangeWatcherResult> { await this.enqueueChange({ type: "manual", files, metadata: { reason }, source: "manual", }); const result = await this.runDetection(); if (result) { return result; } return this.buildResult([]); } private async ensureDetector(): Promise<void> { if (!this.detector) { const factory = this.deps.createDetector ?? ((projectPath: string, snapshotDir?: string) => new DriftDetector(projectPath, snapshotDir)); this.detector = factory( this.options.projectPath, this.options.snapshotDir, ); await this.detector.initialize(); } } private async ensureBaseline(): Promise<void> { if (!this.detector) return; const latest = await this.detector.loadLatestSnapshot(); if (latest) { this.latestSnapshot = latest; return; } this.latestSnapshot = await this.detector.createSnapshot( this.options.projectPath, this.options.docsPath, ); } private startFsWatcher(): void { if (this.options.watchPaths.length === 0) return; const normalizedWatchPaths = this.options.watchPaths.map((p) => path.isAbsolute(p) ? p : path.join(this.options.projectPath, p), ); this.watcher = chokidar.watch(normalizedWatchPaths, { ignored: this.options.excludePatterns, persistent: true, ignoreInitial: true, }); const onFsEvent = (filePath: string) => { void this.enqueueChange({ type: "filesystem", files: [filePath], source: "fs", }); }; this.watcher.on("add", onFsEvent); this.watcher.on("change", onFsEvent); this.watcher.on("unlink", onFsEvent); } private async startWebhookServer(): Promise<void> { if (!this.options.webhookEndpoint) return; const endpoint = this.options.webhookEndpoint; const port = this.options.port ?? 8787; this.server = http.createServer(async (req, res) => { if (req.method !== "POST" || req.url !== endpoint) { res.statusCode = 404; res.end("Not found"); return; } const body = await this.readRequestBody(req); if (!this.verifySignature(req, body)) { res.statusCode = 401; res.end("Invalid signature"); return; } const eventHeader = (req.headers["x-github-event"] as string) || (req.headers["x-gitlab-event"] as string) || (req.headers["x-documcp-event"] as string) || "webhook"; const parsedBody = this.safeParseJson(body); const changeEvent = this.mapWebhookToChangeEvent(eventHeader, parsedBody); await this.enqueueChange(changeEvent); res.statusCode = 200; res.end("OK"); }); await new Promise<void>((resolve) => this.server?.listen(port, resolve)); this.logInfo(`Webhook server listening on port ${port}${endpoint}`); } private verifySignature(req: http.IncomingMessage, body: string): boolean { if (!this.options.webhookSecret) return true; const githubSig = req.headers["x-hub-signature-256"] as string | undefined; if (githubSig) { const expected = `sha256=${crypto .createHmac("sha256", this.options.webhookSecret) .update(body) .digest("hex")}`; const expectedBuf = Buffer.from(expected); const receivedBuf = Buffer.from(githubSig); if (expectedBuf.length !== receivedBuf.length) { return false; } return crypto.timingSafeEqual(expectedBuf, receivedBuf); } const gitlabToken = req.headers["x-gitlab-token"] as string | undefined; if (gitlabToken) { return gitlabToken === this.options.webhookSecret; } return false; } private mapWebhookToChangeEvent( event: string, payload: Record<string, unknown>, ): ChangeEvent { if (event === "push" || event === "post-commit") { return { type: "post-commit", files: this.extractFilesFromPayload(payload), metadata: { event }, source: "git", }; } if (event === "pull_request") { return { type: "pull_request", files: this.extractFilesFromPayload(payload), metadata: { event }, source: "git", }; } if (event === "merge_request" || event === "merge") { return { type: "branch_merge", files: this.extractFilesFromPayload(payload), metadata: { event }, source: "git", }; } return { type: "manual", metadata: { event }, source: "webhook", }; } private extractFilesFromPayload(payload: Record<string, unknown>): string[] { const files: string[] = []; const commits = (payload?.commits as any[]) || []; for (const commit of commits) { files.push( ...(commit.added ?? []), ...(commit.modified ?? []), ...(commit.removed ?? []), ); } return Array.from(new Set(files)); } private async runDetection(): Promise<ChangeWatcherResult | null> { if (this.isRunningDetection || !this.detector) return null; if (this.queuedEvents.length === 0) return null; this.isRunningDetection = true; const events = [...this.queuedEvents]; this.queuedEvents.length = 0; try { if (!this.latestSnapshot) { await this.ensureBaseline(); } if (!this.latestSnapshot) { this.logWarn("No baseline snapshot available for drift detection."); return null; } const currentSnapshot = await this.detector.createSnapshot( this.options.projectPath, this.options.docsPath, ); // Use async collection with call graph analysis when available // Falls back to sync collection if analyzer not initialized const usageMetadata = await this.usageCollector .collect(currentSnapshot) .catch(() => this.usageCollector.collectSync(currentSnapshot)); const driftResults = await this.detector.getPrioritizedDriftResults( this.latestSnapshot, currentSnapshot, usageMetadata, ); this.latestSnapshot = currentSnapshot; const result = this.buildResultFromDrift( driftResults, events, currentSnapshot, ); this.logInfo( `Drift detection completed: ${result.changedSymbols.length} symbols changed, ${result.affectedDocs.length} doc(s) affected.`, ); return result; } catch (error: any) { this.logError(`Change watcher detection failed: ${error.message}`); } finally { this.isRunningDetection = false; } return null; } private buildResultFromDrift( driftResults: PrioritizedDriftResult[], events: ChangeEvent[], snapshot: DriftSnapshot, ): ChangeWatcherResult { const changedSymbols: ChangeWatcherResult["changedSymbols"] = []; const affectedDocs = new Set<string>(); for (const result of driftResults) { for (const drift of result.drifts) { for (const diff of drift.codeChanges) { changedSymbols.push({ name: diff.name, category: diff.category, impact: drift.severity, filePath: result.filePath, }); } drift.affectedDocs.forEach((doc) => affectedDocs.add(doc)); } result.impactAnalysis.affectedDocFiles.forEach((doc) => affectedDocs.add(doc), ); } return { snapshotId: snapshot.timestamp, driftResults, changedSymbols, affectedDocs: Array.from(affectedDocs), events, }; } private async buildResult( events: ChangeEvent[], ): Promise<ChangeWatcherResult> { if (!this.latestSnapshot) { throw new Error("No snapshot available"); } return this.buildResultFromDrift([], events, this.latestSnapshot); } private async readRequestBody(req: http.IncomingMessage): Promise<string> { return await new Promise((resolve) => { let data = ""; req.on("data", (chunk) => { data += chunk; }); req.on("end", () => resolve(data)); }); } private safeParseJson(body: string): Record<string, unknown> { try { return JSON.parse(body); } catch { return {}; } } private logInfo(message: string): void { this.deps.logger?.info?.(message); } private logWarn(message: string): void { this.deps.logger?.warn?.(message); } private logError(message: string): void { this.deps.logger?.error?.(message); } }