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description, usage, examples

description	usage	examples
Restart the Claude Nights Watch daemon to apply configuration changes	/nights-watch restart [--at TIME]	/nights-watch restart /nights-watch restart --at "09:00"

Restart Nights Watch Daemon

Restart the Claude Nights Watch daemon by stopping the current instance and starting a new one. Useful after modifying task or rules files.

Usage

/nights-watch restart [OPTIONS]

Options

• --at TIME - Schedule daemon to start monitoring at a specific time after restart
  • Format: HH:MM (today) or YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM (specific date/time)

What It Does

1. Stops the currently running daemon gracefully
2. Waits 2 seconds for clean shutdown
3. Starts a new daemon instance
4. Loads latest task.md and rules.md files
5. Resumes monitoring with fresh configuration

When to Restart

Restart the daemon when you:

• Modified task.md and want to apply changes
• Updated rules.md safety constraints
• Changed environment variables
• Troubleshooting daemon issues
• Want to reschedule start time

Examples

Simple restart:

/nights-watch restart

Restart with new schedule:

/nights-watch restart --at "09:00"

Implementation

${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/claude-nights-watch-manager.sh restart "$@"

Restart vs Stop/Start

• Restart: Automated stop + start in one command
• Stop/Start: Manual control over timing between operations

Both achieve the same result, restart is just more convenient.

See Also

• /nights-watch stop - Stop daemon only
• /nights-watch start - Start daemon only
• /nights-watch status - Verify restart was successful