mobster serve - Mobster

Start the loopback HTTP API (127.0.0.1 only) that Mobster for Mac launches as its sidecar. Every request needs the launch’s API token. Scripting with it: https://docs.mobster.dev/scripting

Usage

mobster serve [options]

Options

Name	Default	Description
`--port PORT`	8765; 0 picks a free one	port on 127.0.0.1
`--wda-url URL`	none, or http://127.0.0.1:8100 with `--manage-device`	the WebDriverAgent to drive; a simulator’s runner listens on its own port
`--device NAME`	the only device, else the one last used	the device a task that names none runs on: an id, UDID or name from `mobster devices`
`--manage-device`	off	own the USB iPhone setup: build, run and supervise the helper app (the Mac app does this)
`--data-dir PATH`	none	where the managed device keeps its files
`--exit-with-parent`	off	shut down when the launching process exits (the Mac app’s safety net)
`--keep-runner`	off	leave the iPhone runner running on exit, for development reloads; the next server adopts it
`--env-file PATH`	none	load KEY=VALUE lines (ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY, …); variables already set win
`--session ID`	none	preferred WDA session; the one WDA is serving always wins
`--enable-live`	off	allow tasks to act on the phone
`--spend-cap-usd USD`	none	stop a run before further model calls once its observed inference spend reaches USD
`--state-db PATH`	.state/ beside the source in a checkout, else <data dir>/state/	the private task journal (never automatically replays interrupted tasks)