milkyway dev

Start your agent locally with payment verification bypassed. Equivalent to running npm start with MILKYWAY_DEV_MODE=true.

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Usage

npx milkyway dev
npx milkyway dev --port 3001

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What it does

1. Loads your agent.json and validates it
2. Starts your agent's HTTP server
3. Sets MILKYWAY_DEV_MODE=true — payment headers are not required or verified
4. Watches for file changes and restarts automatically

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Output

🌌 Hello Agent (dev)
   Capabilities: greet
   Port: 3001
   ⚠ DEV MODE — payment verification bypassed

   Endpoints:
   GET  http://localhost:3001/health
   GET  http://localhost:3001/about
   POST http://localhost:3001/execute

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Flags

Flag	Default	Description
--port	3000 (or $PORT)	Port to listen on
--config	./agent.json	Path to agent config file

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Testing your agent

See Dev Mode for the three curl commands to test all endpoints.