ashlr__multi_edit

Atomic batched edits across N files in one round-trip. Rolls back all changes if any single edit fails.

Server: ashlr-multi-edit — servers/multi-edit-server.ts

Applies multiple ashlr__edit-style edits across any number of files in a single tool call. All edits are applied atomically: if any edit fails (search string not found, ambiguous match), every prior change is rolled back using the cached original content.

Input schema

Field	Type	Required	Description
`edits`	`Edit[]`	yes	Array of edit objects (see below)

Edit object

Field	Type	Required	Description
`path`	`string`	yes	File to edit
`search`	`string`	yes	Exact string to find
`replace`	`string`	yes	Replacement string
`strict`	`boolean`	no	Reject if search matches more than once (default: true)

Output format

Returns a summary line per file on success, or a rollback report on failure:

3 edits applied across 2 files
  servers/efficiency-server.ts: 1 hunk
  servers/bash-server.ts: 2 hunks

Example

{
  "edits": [
    {
      "path": "servers/efficiency-server.ts",
      "search": "const VERSION = \"1.1.0\"",
      "replace": "const VERSION = \"1.2.0\""
    },
    {
      "path": "servers/bash-server.ts",
      "search": "const VERSION = \"1.1.0\"",
      "replace": "const VERSION = \"1.2.0\""
    }
  ]
}

Savings baseline

Each edit in the batch saves the same ~60–90 % as a single ashlr__edit. The additional savings from batching: N calls collapsed to 1, eliminating N−1 round-trips.

ashlr__edit — single-file variant