The alpha runtime is local and technical. It runs Postgres, Redis, API, web, and the optional scheduler daemon on the user machine.
make setup
make migrate
make doctor
make dev
make alpha-check
alicebot vnext alpha check --headless
alicebot vnext smoke headless-ubuntuEquivalent explicit commands:
./scripts/dev_up.sh
./scripts/migrate.sh
alicebot vnext doctor --fix-safe --ci
APP_RELOAD=false ./scripts/api_dev.sh
pnpm --dir apps/web dev
alicebot vnext scheduler daemon start --foreground- API:
http://localhost:8000 - vNext operator console:
http://localhost:3000/vnext - MCP server: stdio process via
alicebot-mcp
For Ubuntu systemd service setup, use headless-ubuntu-install.md. The default headless posture binds API and web services to 127.0.0.1 and expects /vnext access through an SSH tunnel.
alicebot vnext alpha check
alicebot vnext alpha check --headlessThe readiness check summarizes migrations, doctor, scheduler posture, connector settings/state storage, core vNext smokes, agent integration smoke, and the eval command expected for release evidence.