stella observe
Serve the Observatory — your local telemetry as a web dashboard, loopback-only.
Serve the Observatory: a read-only web dashboard over the local telemetry in .stella/store.db and .stella/fleet.db. Nothing leaves your machine — the server binds to 127.0.0.1 only.
Synopsis
stella observe [--port <N>] [--open]What it does
stella observe starts a local HTTP server (default port 7787) and serves the embedded dashboard — no separate install, no build step, no network egress. It reads the same SQLite stores every Stella command writes, so it works on any workspace that has run Stella at least once, and it needs no API key.
The dashboard's tabs cover the overview, executions (with per-run drill-down), the code graph, skills, MCP traffic, memory, self-improvement, and resolved config, plus model spend panels, fleet runs, and a timeframe selector for the charts. See the Observatory dashboard for a tour of what each tab shows.
Flags
| Flag | Meaning |
|---|---|
--port <N> | Port to bind on 127.0.0.1. Default 7787; 0 picks a free port. |
--open | Open the dashboard in your default browser once the server is up. |
Examples
Serve the dashboard and open it:
stella observe --openBind an ephemeral port (useful when 7787 is taken):
stella observe --port 0