# Running a Local Relay > **Status: stub — Phase 1 (structure).** Content to be written in Phase 2. > > **Scope:** Full local-relay workflow for development: build, run, smoke-test with the CLI. ## Outline - Build and run options (cargo, just recipes) - Debug vs release gotchas - Smoke-testing with `buzz` CLI (keypair, channel, messages, threads) - Troubleshooting ## Source material - `TESTING.md` §Live Local Relay, §Troubleshooting - `Justfile` relay recipes