asiai daemon

Manage background services via macOS launchd LaunchAgents.

Services

Service	Description	Model
monitor	Collects system + inference metrics at regular intervals	Periodic (StartInterval)
web	Runs the web dashboard as a persistent service	Long-running (KeepAlive)

Usage

# Monitor daemon (default)
asiai daemon start                     # Start monitoring (every 60s)
asiai daemon start --interval 30       # Custom interval
asiai daemon start --alert-webhook URL # Enable webhook alerts

# Web dashboard service
asiai daemon start web                 # Start web on 127.0.0.1:8899
asiai daemon start web --port 9000     # Custom port
asiai daemon start web --host 0.0.0.0  # Expose on network (no auth!)

# Status (shows all services)
asiai daemon status

# Stop
asiai daemon stop                      # Stop monitor
asiai daemon stop web                  # Stop web
asiai daemon stop --all                # Stop all services

# Logs
asiai daemon logs                      # Monitor logs
asiai daemon logs web                  # Web logs
asiai daemon logs web -n 100           # Last 100 lines

How it works

Each service installs a separate launchd LaunchAgent plist in ~/Library/LaunchAgents/:

• Monitor: runs asiai monitor --quiet at the configured interval (default: 60s). Data is stored in SQLite. If --alert-webhook is provided, alerts are POSTed on state transitions (memory pressure, thermal, engine down).
• Web: runs asiai web --no-open as a persistent process. Automatically restarts if it crashes (KeepAlive: true, ThrottleInterval: 10s).

Both services start automatically on login (RunAtLoad: true).

Security

• Services run at user level (no root required)
• Web dashboard binds to 127.0.0.1 by default (localhost only)
• A warning is displayed when using --host 0.0.0.0 — no authentication is configured
• Logs are stored in ~/.local/share/asiai/