/asciinema-tools:daemon-start

Start the asciinema chunker daemon via launchd.

Execution

Check if Already Running

/usr/bin/env bash << 'CHECK_EOF' PLIST_PATH="$HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/com.cc-skills.asciinema-chunker.plist"

if ! [[ -f "$PLIST_PATH" ]]; then echo "ERROR: Daemon not installed. Run /asciinema-tools:daemon-setup first." exit 1 fi

if launchctl list 2>/dev/null | grep -q "asciinema-chunker"; then echo "ALREADY_RUNNING" cat ~/.asciinema/health.json 2>/dev/null | jq -r '"Status: (.status) | PID: (.pid) | Last push: (.last_push)"' || true exit 0 fi

echo "NOT_RUNNING" CHECK_EOF

Start Daemon

/usr/bin/env bash << 'START_EOF' PLIST_PATH="$HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/com.cc-skills.asciinema-chunker.plist"

if launchctl load "$PLIST_PATH"; then echo "Daemon started" sleep 2

if launchctl list 2>/dev/null | grep -q "asciinema-chunker"; then echo "" echo "Status:" cat ~/.asciinema/health.json 2>/dev/null | jq . || echo "Waiting for health file..." else echo "WARNING: Daemon may not have started correctly. Check logs:" echo " /asciinema-tools:daemon-logs" fi else echo "ERROR: Failed to start daemon" exit 1 fi START_EOF

Output

On success:

Daemon started

Status: { "status": "ok", "message": "Monitoring ~/.asciinema/active", "pid": 12345, ... }

Troubleshooting

Issue Cause Solution

Daemon not installed Setup not run Run /asciinema-tools:daemon-setup first

Failed to start daemon Launchd configuration error Check launchctl error and re-run setup

Health file missing Daemon still initializing Wait 5 seconds, check /daemon-status

Daemon keeps stopping Script error or credentials Check /asciinema-tools:daemon-logs