Should not run npm ci after manually installing a dependency.

[dg-eparizzi]

After properly setting pkgmon as described, if I manually install a new dependency "npm install some-package", after I run my start command, pkgmon will detect a change in my package.json and run the full npm ci which takes a lot of time.

There has to be a better way to deal with this.

Have you thought about using npm prune and npm install instead of npm ci?

[tkglaser]

Good point. I'll have some experiments with prune/install instead of ci. Or maybe even add an option for it?
What you can do in the mean time is to run a pkgmon reset after you installed a package locally. That'll avoid the extra npm ci run on your box.