# alpaclaudia — systemd units

Install as **user units** (no root needed):

```bash
mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user
cp ~/finhacks/systemd/alpaclaudia-*.{service,timer} ~/.config/systemd/user/
systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable --now alpaclaudia-loop.service
systemctl --user enable --now alpaclaudia-report.timer
loginctl enable-linger $USER   # so services keep running after logout
```

Status / logs:

```bash
systemctl --user status alpaclaudia-loop
journalctl --user -u alpaclaudia-loop -f
systemctl --user list-timers | grep alpaclaudia
```

Switching to live mode:

```bash
# in ~/finhacks/.env set BOT_MODE=live  (ALPACA_ENV stays "paper" for paper acct)
systemctl --user restart alpaclaudia-loop
```