osn — CiteNest sync agent

Version your research folder from any tool (Word, LaTeX, RStudio, Jupyter, Excel…). The agent watches files on disk and records every change to your CiteNest project — autosave by default, with named milestones when you want them.

Install

cd apps/cli && npm install
npm link           # makes `cite` available globally (or run: node bin/osn.js)

Use

cite login                              # sign in (stored in ~/.citenest/config.json)
cd ~/my-study                          # your research folder
cite init --new "My Study"              # create + link a new (private) project
#   or: cite init --repo <projectId>    # link an existing project

cite status                             # see what changed
cite commit -m "Added week 3 results"   # record a version
cite commit -m "Submission draft" --milestone
cite watch                              # auto-record every save while you work
cite pull                               # download the latest files

Every file version is content-addressed (sha256) and deduplicated; each commit/autosave becomes a hash-chained entry in the project's tamper-evident history, with a downloadable version for every change. .citenest/ holds the link + last-synced state — add it to .gitignore if the folder is also a git repo.