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# serve • AI Agent SDK

> serve: Start the AgentApp server.

# serve

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> This is a method of the [**AgentOSProtocol**](../classes/AgentOSProtocol) class in the [**protocols**](../modules/protocols) module.

Start the AgentApp server.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def serve(host: Optional[str], port: Optional[int], reload: bool) -> None
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="host" type="Optional" required={false}>
  Host address to bind to (default: "0.0.0.0")
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="port" type="Optional" required={false}>
  Port number to listen on (default: 8000)
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="reload" type="bool" required={false} default="False">
  Enable auto-reload for development (default: False) \*\*kwargs: Additional server configuration
</ParamField>

## Source

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