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 site build --copy 'assets/.*'

engrave watch¶

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

engrave watch site build --copy 'assets/.*'

engrave server¶

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

engrave server site build --copy 'assets/.*'

HTML files are rendered automatically. Add --copy rules for CSS, JavaScript, images, fonts, and other non-HTML assets you want in the destination tree.

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