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microagent start

microagent start <name> [--state-dir <dir>]

start boots a workspace that was previously created. The workspace must exist in the state directory (default ~/.microagent/).

Start is disk-state resume, not memory resume. It boots from the persisted workspace disk after prepared, halted, stopped, or failed. It rejects workspaces that are already starting or running.

quarantined is intentionally distinct: host-side network, mediation, and side-effect paths were severed while the runtime may still exist. Run halt, stop, or kill first, then start from the preserved disk state.

FlagDescription
--state-dir <dir>State directory holding the workspace record
--profile <name>Resource profile override: tiny, small, medium, or large
--memory <MiB>Memory override for this start
--cpus <n>CPU count override for this start
--supervisor <path>Override the installed host backend supervisor path
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start reuses the resource config stored by create. Pass --profile, --memory, or --cpus only when you want a one-start override.

After it’s running, open a console with connect on Apple VF, Firecracker, or Windows Hyper-V, or read serial output with logs.