dart-hot-reload

To apply latest code changes to a running Flutter app, trigger hot reload after connecting to the Dart Tooling Daemon.

$ Installer

git clone https://github.com/X-School-Academy/ai-dev-swarm /tmp/ai-dev-swarm && cp -r /tmp/ai-dev-swarm/dev-swarm/mcp-skills/dart-hot-reload ~/.claude/skills/ai-dev-swarm

// tip: Run this command in your terminal to install the skill

SKILL.md

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name: dart-hot-reload description: "To apply latest code changes to a running Flutter app, trigger hot reload after connecting to the Dart Tooling Daemon."

Usage

Use the MCP tool dev-swarm.request to send the payload as a JSON string:

{"server_id":"dart","tool_name":"hot_reload","arguments":{}}

Tool Description

Performs a hot reload of the active Flutter application. This is to apply the latest code changes to the running application. Requires "connect_dart_tooling_daemon" to be successfully called first.

Arguments Schema

The schema below describes the arguments object in the request payload.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "clearRuntimeErrors": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "title": "Whether to clear runtime errors before hot reloading.",
      "description": "This is useful to clear out old errors that may no longer be relevant."
    }
  },
  "required": []
}

Background Tasks

If the tool returns a task id, poll the task status via the MCP request tool:

{"server_id":"dart","method":"tasks/status","params":{"task_id":"<task_id>"}}