diff --git a/apps/roam/src/components/settings/utils/accessors.ts b/apps/roam/src/components/settings/utils/accessors.ts
index 3f116ad63..ec1fdc4c2 100644
--- a/apps/roam/src/components/settings/utils/accessors.ts
+++ b/apps/roam/src/components/settings/utils/accessors.ts
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ export const setDiscourseNodeSetting = (
   }
 
   let pageUid = nodeType;
-  const blockProps = getBlockPropsByUid(pageUid, []);
+  let blockProps = getBlockPropsByUid(pageUid, []);
 
   if (!blockProps || Object.keys(blockProps).length === 0) {
     const lookedUpUid = getPageUidByPageTitle(
@@ -478,10 +478,11 @@ export const setDiscourseNodeSetting = (
     );
     if (lookedUpUid) {
       pageUid = lookedUpUid;
+      blockProps = getBlockPropsByUid(pageUid, []);
     }
   }
 
-  if (!pageUid) {
+  if (!blockProps || Object.keys(blockProps).length === 0) {
     internalError({
       error: `setDiscourseNodeSetting - could not find page for: ${nodeType}`,
       type: "DG Accessor",
@@ -534,4 +535,4 @@ export const getAllDiscourseNodes = (): DiscourseNodeSettings[] => {
   }
 
   return nodes;
-};
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/roam/src/components/settings/utils/init.ts b/apps/roam/src/components/settings/utils/init.ts
index d50d0027e..f862c3f83 100644
--- a/apps/roam/src/components/settings/utils/init.ts
+++ b/apps/roam/src/components/settings/utils/init.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,12 @@ const initSingleDiscourseNode = async (
 
 const initDiscourseNodePages = async (): Promise<Record<string, string>> => {
   if (hasNonDefaultNodes()) {
-    return {};
+    const existingNodes = getAllDiscourseNodes();
+    const nodePageUids: Record<string, string> = {};
+    for (const node of existingNodes) {
+      nodePageUids[node.text] = node.type;
+    }
+    return nodePageUids;
   }
 
   const results = await Promise.all(
@@ -153,6 +158,5 @@ export type InitSchemaResult = {
 export const initSchema = async (): Promise<InitSchemaResult> => {
   const blockUids = await initSettingsPageBlocks();
   const nodePageUids = await initDiscourseNodePages();
-
   return { blockUids, nodePageUids };
 };
diff --git a/apps/roam/src/components/settings/utils/pullWatchers.ts b/apps/roam/src/components/settings/utils/pullWatchers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b3c097e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/roam/src/components/settings/utils/pullWatchers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,283 @@
+import { type json, normalizeProps } from "~/utils/getBlockProps";
+import type { AddPullWatch, PullBlock } from "roamjs-components/types";
+import {
+  TOP_LEVEL_BLOCK_PROP_KEYS,
+  getPersonalSettingsKey,
+  FeatureFlagsSchema,
+  GlobalSettingsSchema,
+  PersonalSettingsSchema,
+  DiscourseNodeSchema,
+  type FeatureFlags,
+  type GlobalSettings,
+  type PersonalSettings,
+  type DiscourseNodeSettings,
+} from "./zodSchema";
+
+type PullWatchCallback = Parameters<AddPullWatch>[2];
+
+// Need assertions to bridge type defs between the (roamjs-components) and json type (getBlockProps.ts)
+const getNormalizedProps = (data: PullBlock | null): Record<string, json> => {
+  return normalizeProps((data?.[":block/props"] || {}) as json) as Record<
+    string,
+    json
+  >;
+};
+
+const hasPropChanged = (
+  before: PullBlock | null,
+  after: PullBlock | null,
+  key?: string,
+): boolean => {
+  const beforeProps = getNormalizedProps(before);
+  const afterProps = getNormalizedProps(after);
+
+  if (key) {
+    return JSON.stringify(beforeProps[key]) !== JSON.stringify(afterProps[key]);
+  }
+
+  return JSON.stringify(beforeProps) !== JSON.stringify(afterProps);
+};
+
+const createCleanupFn = (watches: Parameters<AddPullWatch>[]): (() => void) => {
+  return () => {
+    watches.forEach(([pattern, entityId, callback]) => {
+      window.roamAlphaAPI.data.removePullWatch(pattern, entityId, callback);
+    });
+  };
+};
+
+const createSettingsWatchCallback = <T>(
+  schema: { safeParse: (data: unknown) => { success: boolean; data?: T } },
+  onSettingsChange: (context: {
+    newSettings: T;
+    oldSettings: T | null;
+    before: PullBlock | null;
+    after: PullBlock | null;
+  }) => void,
+): PullWatchCallback => {
+  return (before, after) => {
+    const beforeProps = getNormalizedProps(before);
+    const afterProps = getNormalizedProps(after);
+    const beforeResult = schema.safeParse(beforeProps);
+    const afterResult = schema.safeParse(afterProps);
+
+    if (!afterResult.success) return;
+
+    const oldSettings = beforeResult.success
+      ? (beforeResult.data ?? null)
+      : null;
+    const newSettings = afterResult.data as T;
+
+    onSettingsChange({ newSettings, oldSettings, before, after });
+  };
+};
+
+const addPullWatch = (
+  watches: Parameters<AddPullWatch>[],
+  blockUid: string,
+  callback: PullWatchCallback,
+): void => {
+  const pattern = "[:block/props]";
+  const entityId = `[:block/uid "${blockUid}"]`;
+
+  window.roamAlphaAPI.data.addPullWatch(pattern, entityId, callback);
+  watches.push([pattern, entityId, callback]);
+};
+
+export const featureFlagHandlers: Partial<
+  Record<
+    keyof FeatureFlags,
+    (newValue: boolean, oldValue: boolean, allFlags: FeatureFlags) => void
+  >
+> = {
+  // Add handlers as needed:
+  // "Enable Left Sidebar": (newValue) => { ... },
+  // "Suggestive Mode Enabled": (newValue) => { ... },
+  // "Reified Relation Triples": (newValue) => { ... },
+};
+
+type GlobalSettingsHandlers = {
+  [K in keyof GlobalSettings]?: (
+    newValue: GlobalSettings[K],
+    oldValue: GlobalSettings[K],
+    allSettings: GlobalSettings,
+  ) => void;
+};
+
+export const globalSettingsHandlers: GlobalSettingsHandlers = {
+  // Add handlers as needed:
+  // "Trigger": (newValue) => { ... },
+  // "Canvas Page Format": (newValue) => { ... },
+  // "Left Sidebar": (newValue) => { ... },
+  // "Export": (newValue) => { ... },
+  // "Suggestive Mode": (newValue) => { ... },
+};
+
+type PersonalSettingsHandlers = {
+  [K in keyof PersonalSettings]?: (
+    newValue: PersonalSettings[K],
+    oldValue: PersonalSettings[K],
+    allSettings: PersonalSettings,
+  ) => void;
+};
+
+export const personalSettingsHandlers: PersonalSettingsHandlers = {
+  // "Left Sidebar" stub for testing with stubSetLeftSidebarPersonalSections() in accessors.ts
+  /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
+  "Left Sidebar": (newValue, oldValue) => {
+    const oldSections = Object.keys(oldValue || {});
+    const newSections = Object.keys(newValue || {});
+
+    if (newSections.length === 0 && oldSections.length === 0) return;
+
+    console.group("👤 [PullWatch] Personal Settings Changed: Left Sidebar");
+    console.log("Old value:", JSON.stringify(oldValue, null, 2));
+    console.log("New value:", JSON.stringify(newValue, null, 2));
+
+    const addedSections = newSections.filter((s) => !oldSections.includes(s));
+    const removedSections = oldSections.filter((s) => !newSections.includes(s));
+
+    if (addedSections.length > 0) {
+      console.log("  → Sections added:", addedSections);
+    }
+    if (removedSections.length > 0) {
+      console.log("  → Sections removed:", removedSections);
+    }
+    console.groupEnd();
+  },
+  /* eslint-enable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
+};
+
+export const discourseNodeHandlers: Array<
+  (
+    nodeType: string,
+    newSettings: DiscourseNodeSettings,
+    oldSettings: DiscourseNodeSettings | null,
+  ) => void
+> = [
+  // Add handlers as needed:
+  // (nodeType, newSettings, oldSettings) => { ... },
+];
+
+export const setupPullWatchOnSettingsPage = (
+  blockUids: Record<string, string>,
+): (() => void) => {
+  const watches: Parameters<AddPullWatch>[] = [];
+
+  const featureFlagsBlockUid =
+    blockUids[TOP_LEVEL_BLOCK_PROP_KEYS.featureFlags];
+  const globalSettingsBlockUid = blockUids[TOP_LEVEL_BLOCK_PROP_KEYS.global];
+  const personalSettingsKey = getPersonalSettingsKey();
+  const personalSettingsBlockUid = blockUids[personalSettingsKey];
+
+  if (featureFlagsBlockUid && Object.keys(featureFlagHandlers).length > 0) {
+    addPullWatch(
+      watches,
+      featureFlagsBlockUid,
+      createSettingsWatchCallback(
+        FeatureFlagsSchema,
+        ({ newSettings, oldSettings, before, after }) => {
+          for (const [key, handler] of Object.entries(featureFlagHandlers)) {
+            const typedKey = key as keyof FeatureFlags;
+            if (hasPropChanged(before, after, key) && handler) {
+              handler(
+                newSettings[typedKey],
+                oldSettings?.[typedKey] ?? false,
+                newSettings,
+              );
+            }
+          }
+        },
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (
+    globalSettingsBlockUid &&
+    Object.keys(globalSettingsHandlers).length > 0
+  ) {
+    addPullWatch(
+      watches,
+      globalSettingsBlockUid,
+      createSettingsWatchCallback(
+        GlobalSettingsSchema,
+        ({ newSettings, oldSettings, before, after }) => {
+          for (const [key, handler] of Object.entries(globalSettingsHandlers)) {
+            const typedKey = key as keyof GlobalSettings;
+            if (hasPropChanged(before, after, key) && handler) {
+              // Object.entries loses key-handler correlation, but data is Zod-validated
+              (
+                handler as (
+                  newValue: unknown,
+                  oldValue: unknown,
+                  allSettings: GlobalSettings,
+                ) => void
+              )(newSettings[typedKey], oldSettings?.[typedKey], newSettings);
+            }
+          }
+        },
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (
+    personalSettingsBlockUid &&
+    Object.keys(personalSettingsHandlers).length > 0
+  ) {
+    addPullWatch(
+      watches,
+      personalSettingsBlockUid,
+      createSettingsWatchCallback(
+        PersonalSettingsSchema,
+        ({ newSettings, oldSettings, before, after }) => {
+          for (const [key, handler] of Object.entries(
+            personalSettingsHandlers,
+          )) {
+            const typedKey = key as keyof PersonalSettings;
+            if (hasPropChanged(before, after, key) && handler) {
+              // Object.entries loses key-handler correlation, but data is Zod-validated
+              (
+                handler as (
+                  newValue: unknown,
+                  oldValue: unknown,
+                  allSettings: PersonalSettings,
+                ) => void
+              )(newSettings[typedKey], oldSettings?.[typedKey], newSettings);
+            }
+          }
+        },
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+
+  return createCleanupFn(watches);
+};
+
+export const setupPullWatchDiscourseNodes = (
+  nodePageUids: Record<string, string>,
+): (() => void) => {
+  const watches: Parameters<AddPullWatch>[] = [];
+
+  if (discourseNodeHandlers.length === 0) {
+    return () => {};
+  }
+
+  Object.entries(nodePageUids).forEach(([nodeType, pageUid]) => {
+    addPullWatch(
+      watches,
+      pageUid,
+      createSettingsWatchCallback(
+        DiscourseNodeSchema,
+        ({ newSettings, oldSettings }) => {
+          for (const handler of discourseNodeHandlers) {
+            handler(nodeType, newSettings, oldSettings);
+          }
+        },
+      ),
+    );
+  });
+
+  return createCleanupFn(watches);
+};
+
+export { getNormalizedProps, hasPropChanged };
diff --git a/apps/roam/src/index.ts b/apps/roam/src/index.ts
index 11426c546..1bed828d4 100644
--- a/apps/roam/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/roam/src/index.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ import {
   STREAMLINE_STYLING_KEY,
   DISALLOW_DIAGNOSTICS,
 } from "./data/userSettings";
-import { initSchema } from "./components/settings/utils/init";
 
 export const DEFAULT_CANVAS_PAGE_FORMAT = "Canvas/*";