What problem does it solve?
Night Watch automates routine repository maintenance tasks and dependency updates that are time-consuming to run manually, reducing drift and preventing stale or vulnerable dependencies.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Automated Branching and Execution: Creates a maintenance/ branch and triggers the night-watchman agent to perform updates and cleanup.
- Verification and Safety Checks: Runs the full test suite to validate changes before merging or reporting.
- Reporting: Produces a Shift Report summarizing actions taken, test results, and recommended follow-ups.
- Use Case: Ideal for nightly CI maintenance, dependency bumping, repository cleanup, and pre-release verification where automated, repeatable upkeep is required.
Quick Start
Run the /night-watch command with an optional scope like deps or cleanup to create a maintenance branch, execute updates, run tests, and generate a Shift Report.