CLI Overview

Engrave keeps the command line small on purpose. Most people only need three commands:

• engrave build for one-off builds
• engrave watch for rebuild-on-save workflows
• engrave server for local preview during development

Choose the right command

engrave build

Use this when you want static output written to a destination directory.

engrave build --dir-src site --dir-dest build

engrave watch

Use this when you want Engrave to keep rebuilding in the background without starting a local web server.

engrave watch --dir-src site --dir-dest build

engrave server

Use this when you want a local preview server alongside automatic rebuilds.

engrave server --dir-src site --dir-dest build

Need the full CLI?

The docs stay intentionally short. For the exact options available in your installed version, use:

engrave --help
engrave build --help
engrave watch --help
engrave server --help