diff --git a/.agents/skills/build-pipeline/SKILL.md b/.agents/skills/build-pipeline/SKILL.md
index 08f7509fa..85ba2fb56 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/build-pipeline/SKILL.md
+++ b/.agents/skills/build-pipeline/SKILL.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Astro only renders pages. Every stylesheet, script, font and image on a page arr
 | Directory | Written by | Notes |
 | --- | --- | --- |
 | `core/dist/` | `@tabler/core` (`css:dev`, `js:build`, `copy`) | the framework: css, js, fonts, img, vendored libs |
-| `preview/tmp-assets/` | `preview` `assets` (`build-css.ts` + vite/terser) | demo css/js, isolated from Astro's output |
+| `preview/tmp-assets/` | `preview` `assets` / `watch:css` (`build-css.ts` + vite/terser) | demo css/js, isolated from Astro's output |
 | `docs/tmp-assets/css/` | `docs` `css` / `watch:css` (build-css, `--no-prefix`) | docs stylesheets |
 | `<pkg>/public/` | **`copy-assets` only** | fully generated, wiped and rebuilt on every Astro start |
 | `<pkg>/dist/` | `astro build` | the shipped site |
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ An Astro integration, configured per package in `astro.config.mjs`:
 
 - On `astro:config:done` it **deletes `public/`** and rebuilds it from the `copies` manifest (core dist, the package's `tmp-assets`, `shared/static`, favicons). Running it twice must never accumulate content — that is why it starts from a clean directory.
 - It is skipped when the Astro command is `sync`, so `astro check` (and CI's type-check job) does not need built workspace assets.
-- In dev it watches `syncDirs` and copies changed files into `public/`, then sends one coalesced `full-reload` (250 ms window, `.map` files ride along with their source file). `reloadDirs` are directories a watcher already writes into directly — those only get the reload.
+- In dev it watches `syncDirs` and copies changed files into `public/`, then sends one coalesced `full-reload` (250 ms window, `.map` files ride along with their source file).
 - `allowDestinationFallback` keeps the existing copy when the source vanishes mid-copy — `@tabler/core` cleaning `dist/` while `turbo dev` starts the dependents.
 
-**Rule for watchers:** because `public/` is wiped at startup, a watcher writing straight into it (preview's `watch:css` / `watch:js`) only works when `dev:prepare` has produced the same output into `tmp-assets` first, so the startup copy seeds it. The safer arrangement is docs': the watcher writes into `tmp-assets/css` and `copy-assets` syncs it to `public/css`. Prefer that for anything new.
+**Rule for watchers:** `copy-assets` is the only writer of `public/`. It wipes the directory at startup, and the wipe can race a watcher that writes there directly — that was the `ENOENT` in #3006. Every watcher (preview's and docs' `watch:css`) writes into `tmp-assets/css`, and `copy-assets` syncs it into `public/` via `syncDirs`. Do the same for anything new.
 
 ## 3. Ordering
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Work down this list; each step is cheap:
 
 1. **404 on `/dist/css/tabler.css` or `/preview/css/demo.css`** — the source was never built. `pnpm --dir core run dev:prepare`, then `pnpm --dir preview run dev:prepare`.
 2. **Assets vanished after restarting dev** — something wrote into `public/` that `copy-assets` does not know about; it was wiped at startup. Add it to the manifest, or write it into `tmp-assets` instead.
-3. **CSS/JS edits do not appear** — the watcher is not running (started `astro dev` alone instead of the package's `dev` script), or its output dir is not in `syncDirs`/`reloadDirs`.
+3. **CSS/JS edits do not appear** — the watcher is not running (started `astro dev` alone instead of the package's `dev` script), or its output dir is not in `syncDirs`.
 4. **Stale content that survives a rebuild** — `pnpm --dir <pkg> run clean`, then `dev:prepare`.
 5. **`dist/` grows between identical builds** — an output dir is nested inside another copy step (see the first trap).
 6. **CI type-check fails on missing assets** — something made `copy-assets` run for the `sync` command; keep the early return.
diff --git a/.build/copy-assets.ts b/.build/copy-assets.ts
index da09dcc99..0b2f8ecb9 100644
--- a/.build/copy-assets.ts
+++ b/.build/copy-assets.ts
@@ -58,11 +58,9 @@ interface CopyAssetsOptions {
   copies: CopyEntry[]
   /** generated source dirs to live-sync into publicDir while `astro dev` runs */
   syncDirs?: { from: string; to: string }[]
-  /** dirs written to directly by watchers — already in place, only trigger a browser reload */
-  reloadDirs?: string[]
 }
 
-export function copyAssets({ repo, publicDir, copies, syncDirs = [], reloadDirs = [] }: CopyAssetsOptions): Integration {
+export function copyAssets({ repo, publicDir, copies, syncDirs = [] }: CopyAssetsOptions): Integration {
   let command: string
 
   function rebuildPublicDir(logger: Logger) {
@@ -124,7 +122,7 @@ export function copyAssets({ repo, publicDir, copies, syncDirs = [], reloadDirs
         // dirs during `pnpm run dev` (e.g. core/dist by core's watchers) would
         // never reach the served public/ copy. Watch them, sync changed files
         // into public/, and trigger a browser reload.
-        server.watcher.add([...syncDirs.map((dir) => dir.from), ...reloadDirs])
+        server.watcher.add(syncDirs.map((dir) => dir.from))
         let reloadTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined
         const scheduleReload = (file: string) => {
           // Source maps piggyback on their css/js file's reload. build-css.ts
@@ -146,7 +144,6 @@ export function copyAssets({ repo, publicDir, copies, syncDirs = [], reloadDirs
             scheduleReload(file)
             return
           }
-          if (reloadDirs.some((dir) => file.startsWith(dir + sep))) scheduleReload(file)
         }
         server.watcher.on('add', sync)
         server.watcher.on('change', sync)
diff --git a/.changeset/preview-watch-css-tmp-assets.md b/.changeset/preview-watch-css-tmp-assets.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8eb809650
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/preview-watch-css-tmp-assets.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@tabler/preview": patch
+---
+
+Fixed a dev-server `ENOENT` race: preview's `watch:css` now writes to `tmp-assets/css` and `copy-assets` syncs it into `public/`.
diff --git a/preview/astro.config.mjs b/preview/astro.config.mjs
index 428d01c26..fae13d7af 100644
--- a/preview/astro.config.mjs
+++ b/preview/astro.config.mjs
@@ -136,7 +136,11 @@ export default defineConfig({
         },
         {
           // demo css built by this package's sass pipeline, from tmp-assets/
-          // (not dist/, which is Astro's own build output — see copy-assets.ts).
+          // (the `css` and `watch:css` scripts both write there). Not dist/,
+          // which is Astro's own build output — see copy-assets.ts — and not
+          // public/, which copy-assets wipes on every restart: anything a
+          // watcher writes straight into public/ is lost, or worse, racing
+          // with the wipe (#3006).
           from: path('./tmp-assets'),
           to: path('./public/preview'),
           label: '@tabler/preview',
@@ -156,11 +160,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
       // reads from — same directory.
       syncDirs: [
         { from: path('../core/dist'), to: path('./public/dist') },
+        { from: path('./tmp-assets'), to: path('./public/preview') },
         { from: path('../shared/static'), to: path('./public/static') },
       ],
-      // watch:css writes straight into public/preview — the file is already
-      // in place, but Astro does not reload the browser on public/ changes.
-      reloadDirs: [path('./public/preview')],
     }),
     mdx(),
     dropPlaygrounds(),
diff --git a/preview/package.json b/preview/package.json
index a37f00a45..18fe6fdb1 100644
--- a/preview/package.json
+++ b/preview/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "assets": "shx rm -rf tmp-assets && pnpm run css",
     "css": "tsx ../.build/build-css.ts scss tmp-assets/css --minify",
-    "watch:css": "nodemon --watch scss/ --ext scss --exec \"tsx ../.build/build-css.ts scss public/preview/css\"",
+    "watch:css": "nodemon --watch scss/ --ext scss --exec \"tsx ../.build/build-css.ts scss tmp-assets/css\"",
     "watch": "pnpm run watch:css",
     "dev": "concurrently -n astro,css -c blue,magenta \"astro dev\" \"pnpm run watch:css\"",
     "dev:prepare": "pnpm run assets",