Install Dotweave

Install the dotweave CLI and confirm it can find git. Dotweave ships as a compiled native binary, so there is no runtime to install alongside it. You need git available on your PATH.

1. Install the CLI

winget install tinyrack.dotweave

Confirm the install:

dotweave --version

dotweave/1.0.0

2. Confirm the git binary

Dotweave uses git as its transport, but it does not bundle one. Every command except dotweave skill install needs git on your PATH.

git --version

If that fails, install git and open a new shell. Dotweave reports a missing git as Git is not installed or not on PATH.

You do not need to install age. The encryption Dotweave uses for secret files is built into the CLI.

Check the result

Run the health check. It exits non-zero and reports a git failure until you initialize a sync directory, which is expected before first-time setup:

dotweave doctor

Once you have run dotweave init, the same command reports every check as passing:

· Running checks...
✔ Doctor passed (6 ok · 0 warnings · 0 failures)

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