diff --git a/gitnexus/src/cli/watch.ts b/gitnexus/src/cli/watch.ts
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+import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import {
+  getAutoSyncConfigPath,
+  readAutoSyncWatchStatus,
+  startAutoSyncWatch,
+  stopAutoSyncWatch,
+  type WatchStatusRecord,
+} from '../core/auto-sync/index.js';
+
+export async function watchCommand(action = 'start'): Promise<void> {
+  if (action === 'init') {
+    await initWatchConfig();
+    return;
+  }
+  if (action === 'status') {
+    printStatus(await readAutoSyncWatchStatus());
+    return;
+  }
+  if (action === 'stop') {
+    await stopAutoSyncWatch();
+    return;
+  }
+  if (action === 'restart') {
+    const stopped = await stopAutoSyncWatch();
+    if (!stopped) {
+      process.exitCode = 1;
+      return;
+    }
+    await startWatchProcess();
+    return;
+  }
+  if (action !== 'start') {
+    process.stderr.write(`[auto-sync] Unknown watch action: ${action}\n`);
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+    return;
+  }
+  await startWatchProcess();
+}
+
+async function startWatchProcess(): Promise<void> {
+  const handle = await startAutoSyncWatch();
+  if (!handle) {
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const stop = () => {
+    void handle.stop().finally(() => {
+      process.stderr.write('[auto-sync] Watch stopped.\n');
+      process.exit(0);
+    });
+  };
+  process.once('SIGINT', stop);
+  process.once('SIGTERM', stop);
+}
+
+function printStatus(status: WatchStatusRecord): void {
+  const parts = [`state=${status.state}`];
+  if (status.pid) parts.push(`pid=${status.pid}`);
+  if (status.configPath) parts.push(`config=${status.configPath}`);
+  if (status.message) parts.push(`message=${status.message}`);
+  parts.push(`updated_at=${status.updatedAt}`);
+  process.stdout.write(`${parts.join(' ')}\n`);
+}
+
+async function initWatchConfig(): Promise<void> {
+  const configPath = getAutoSyncConfigPath();
+  try {
+    await fs.mkdir(path.dirname(configPath), { recursive: true });
+    await fs.writeFile(configPath, defaultSyncConfig(path.resolve(path.dirname(configPath), 'repo')), {
+      flag: 'wx',
+    });
+  } catch (err: unknown) {
+    if ((err as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === 'EEXIST') {
+      process.stderr.write(`[auto-sync] Config already exists: ${configPath}\n`);
+      process.exitCode = 1;
+      return;
+    }
+    throw err;
+  }
+  process.stdout.write(`[auto-sync] Created ${configPath}\n`);
+}
+
+function defaultSyncConfig(localPath: string): string {
+  return [
+    'sync_interval_minutes: 10',
+    'max_concurrency: 1',
+    'repo_git_timeout: 10s',
+    'analyze_failure_threshold: 3',
+    'projects:',
+    `  - local_path: ${localPath}`,
+    '    branches: [master, main]',
+    '    group_name: back_end',
+    '    remote_urls:',
+    '      - git@github.com:owner/repo.git',
+    '',
+  ].join('\n');
+}