seed-cli 1.0.3

Terraform-inspired filesystem orchestration tool

seed-cli

seed is a Terraform-inspired, spec-driven filesystem orchestration tool.

It allows you to declaratively describe directory structures, generate plans, diff against reality, safely apply changes, detect drift, lock state, and collaborate using immutable execution plans.

Think Terraform for directory trees.

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Features

• Tree / YAML / JSON / stdin / image-based specs
• Deterministic planning (seed plan)
• Immutable plans (seed plan --out plan.json)
• Safe execution (seed apply plan.json)
• Sync with deletion (seed sync --dangerous)
• State locking + heartbeat renewal
• Partial plans (--target scripts/)
• Spec inheritance (@include)
• Variables ({{project_name}})
• Plugins
• Checksums & drift detection
• CI & pre-commit hooks
• Graphviz execution graphs (--dot)

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Install

pip install seed-cli
pip install "seed-cli[image]"   # OCR support

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Core Workflow

seed plan dir_structure.tree --out plan.json
seed apply plan.json

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Commands

Command	Description
plan	Generate execution plan
apply	Apply spec or plan
sync	Apply + delete extras
diff	Compare FS vs spec
capture	Capture FS to spec
doctor	Lint & repair specs
export	Export filesystem state or plan
lock	Manage state locks
hooks	Install git hooks

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Example Spec

@include base.tree

scripts/
├── build.py (@generated)
└── notes.txt (@manual)

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State & Locking

State is stored in .seed/state.json. Locks are stored in .seed/lock.json.

Locks:

• TTL-based
• Auto-renewed during apply
• Force-unlock available

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Partial Plans

seed plan spec.tree --target scripts/

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Graphviz

seed plan spec.tree --dot > plan.dot
dot -Tpng plan.dot -o plan.png

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Plugins

seed-cli is extensible by default. You can create your own plugins and use them to do any dir modifications, transformations, or anything you can conceive and is not captured in the previous statement.

Note: this is Work In Progress.

Local plugins live in:

.seed/plugins/*.py

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Philosophy

seed-cli is:

• Declarative
• Deterministic
• Auditable
• Safe by default

License

Modified MIT file. Read the LICENSE.md file in this project.