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+** This document is for team discussion. Not intended as documentation**
+
+
+## Current API
+
+```js
+new Api(apiOptions).run(files, runOptions)
+```
+
+### constructor
+
+#### apiOptions
+
+- **match** - `Array` of `strings` - Used to filter on test titles via `--match` flag.
+
+- **require** - `Array` of `strings` - Modules to be loaded before the test runs.
+
+- **timeout** - `string` - Human readable timeout (`10m`, `2s`, etc).
+
+- **cacheDir** - `string` - Path to the cacheDir.
+
+- **babelConfig** - `Object` - or shortcut `string` - The babel config.
+
+- **serial** - `boolean` - Run everything serially.
+
+- **explicitTitles** - `boolean` - Force inclusion of the filename in test titles.
+
+- **cacheEnabled** - `boolean` - Defaults true. Set to `false` with the `--no-cache` flag.
+
+- **concurrency** - `number` - How many processes at once.
+
+- **failFast** - `boolean` - bail at first failure
+
+
+
+### run(files, runOptions)
+
+
+#### files
+
+- `string` or `Array of strings`.
+
+#### runOptions
+
+- **runOnlyExclusive** - `boolean` - Used by watcher to handle `.only` tests.
+
+
+## Watcher
+
+### constructor
+
+```js
+new Watcher(logger, api, files, sources);
+```
+
+- **logger** - Instance of `lib/logger.js`, already populated with the correct reporter. Watcher currently needs this separately so it can reset the reporters between test runs (reset is needed by anything that uses control characters).
+
+- **api** - An instance of the API, already passed all it's options.
+
+- **files** - Glob patterns to watch
+
+- **files** - Glob patterns to restrict source watching. Otherwise any change to a file that is not a source causes a watcher rerun.
+
+
+# Events
+
+## IPC Events
+
+- :arrow_up: `no-tests` - `{avaRequired: boolean}`
+
+- :arrow_up: `uncaughtException` - `{exception: serializedError}`
+
+  Parent will immediately send the `teardown` event.
+
+- :arrow_up: `unhandledRejections` - `{rejections: serializedError[]}`
+
+  Sent in response to a `ava-teardown` event from parent.
+
+- :arrow_up: `teardown` - `{dependencies: strings[]}`
+
+  Sent in response to `ava-teardown` event from parent.
+
+- :arrow_up: `test` - Reports a test result.
+
+- :arrow_up: `results` - All the test results. (Why two events that send results?).
+
+  Sent in response to `init-exit`, or immediately on an error in `fail-fast` mode.
+
+  `{stats: ???}`
+
+- :arrow_up: `stats`
+
+  Parent sends `run` event in response. Does so immediately if `fork.run()` is already called, otherwise waits for it.
+
+  `{testCount: number, hasExclusive: boolean}`
+
+- :arrow_down: `ava-teardown` - no data - tells the child to prepare for shutdown and send the list of dependencies and rejections.
+
+- :arrow_down: `ava-exit` - no data - actually kill the process
+
+- :arrow_down: `ava-run` - start running tests
+
+- :arrow_down: `init-exit` - inits the exit? This sounds like `ava-teardown`
+
+## Fork Events
+
+Re-emits all the :arrow_up: IPC events. As well as `stdout` and `stderr` events.
+
+## Runner Events
+
+Emits only one from what I can tell: `test` - The event has props:
+
+```js
+opts = {
+  duration: number,
+  title: string,
+  error: error,
+  type: test.metadata.type,
+  skip: test.metadata.skipped,
+  todo: test.metadata.todo,
+  failing: test.metadata.failing
+}
+```