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Jaime Wren 9b8106dbf0 Add proactive Flutter hot reload rule (#228)
* Add proactive Flutter hot reload rule

https://github.com/dart-lang/ai/issues/498

Adds proactive Flutter hot reload rules (rules/flutter-hot-reload.md and
rules/flutter-hot-reload.mdc) to automatically trigger hot reload or hot
restart when Dart and Flutter files are modified during agent sessions.
Problem:
During AI-driven development workflows:
- Out-of-Sync Execution: Agents modify source code on disk but do not
  update the active running session, leaving the simulator/device screen
  stale.
- Context Switching Friction: Users must leave the chat interface to
  manually initiate a reload ('r'/'R') in the terminal or IDE.
Solution:
- Adds a glob-triggered rule on `**/*.dart` that instructs agents to
  discover running apps via DTD and execute hot reload (for widget/UI
  changes) or hot restart (for fundamental logic/state initialization).
- Defines skip criteria for test files and comment/doc-only edits.

* Address PR feedback: refine hot restart triggers and fix .mdc frontmatter

- Remove unsupported `trigger: glob` key from `flutter-hot-reload.mdc`.
- Refine reload vs. restart rules to allow hot reload on stateful widget build methods and restrict hot restart to state initialization, global state, and root lifecycle changes.

* Address PR feedback: limit reload rule to lib/ and clarify Dart MCP tools

- Update glob pattern to "lib/**/*.dart" and refine skip criteria to only
  trigger hot reload/restart for edits under lib/, ignoring edits in
  test/, integration_test/, benchmark/, test_driver/, example/, etc.
- Explicitly state that dtd, hot_reload, and hot_restart are tools provided
  by the Dart MCP server.

* Update reload rule glob to match nested package lib directories
2026-09-02 09:47:42 -07:00
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