# Claw Monitor

> Use the `clawmonitor` CLI/TUI to inspect OpenClaw sessions, model health, token usage, and gateway service health.

- Skill: `openclawq/claw-monitor` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add openclawq/claw-monitor`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/openclawq/claw-monitor/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: openclawq (https://skillmd.com/u/openclawq)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/openclawq/claw-monitor

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# ClawMonitor (OpenClaw monitoring)

Use this skill when the user asks questions like:

- “Did my agent finish? Why no feedback?”
- “Which session/thread received the last message, and when?”
- “Is the agent working, interrupted, or stuck? Any delivery failures?”
- “Which model is failing, and is the problem the provider or OpenClaw itself?”
- “Which session burned the most tokens recently?”
- “Do we have zombie/helper processes or a dirty gateway cgroup?”

## Preconditions

- This skill runs on a machine that has OpenClaw state at `~/.openclaw/`.
- `clawmonitor` is installed on that same machine.

## Preflight (recommended)

Before using the commands below, verify the binary exists and can read local OpenClaw state:

```bash
clawmonitor --version
clawmonitor init --non-interactive || true
clawmonitor status --format md
```

If `clawmonitor` is missing, or `status` fails, install it first.

Install:

```bash
pip install -U clawmonitor
```

Alternative installs:

- `pipx`:

  ```bash
  pipx install clawmonitor
  ```

- Virtualenv:

  ```bash
  python3 -m venv .venv
  . .venv/bin/activate
  pip install -U pip
  pip install clawmonitor
  ```

Notes:

- Some OpenClaw environments intentionally disallow installing packages at runtime. If installs are blocked, ask the user to install `clawmonitor` on the host first.
- `clawmonitor init` writes config under `~/.config/clawmonitor/config.toml` and is safe to re-run.

## Core commands

### 0) Tree view (who owns which sessions)

If you suspect ACP/subagent routing issues (for example Telegram thread bindings), start with:

```bash
clawmonitor tree
```

### 1) Status (Markdown)

Show the core status table:

```bash
clawmonitor status --format md
```

For a more verbose table including task/message previews:

```bash
clawmonitor status --format md --detail
```

### 2) Model health

Probe configured models directly and/or through OpenClaw:

```bash
clawmonitor models --format md
```

Useful variants:

```bash
clawmonitor models --mode direct --format json
clawmonitor models --mode openclaw --timeout 20
```

### 3) Drill down on one session

Export a redacted report for a single session key:

```bash
clawmonitor report --session-key 'agent:main:main' --format md
```

### 4) Nudge (ask the session to report progress)

Send a progress request into the session:

```bash
clawmonitor nudge --session-key 'agent:main:main' --template progress
```

### 5) Full TUI for interactive inspection

Run the TUI when you need interactive triage:

```bash
clawmonitor tui
```

Important TUI keys:

- `v`: cycle Sessions / Models / System
- `s`: jump directly to System
- `h`: toggle right-side Status / History
- `u`: cycle token windows (`now` / `1d` / `7d` / `30d`)
- `r`: refresh current active surface
- `z`: cycle pane widths
- `Z`: fullscreen detail
- `o`: open the English operator note in System view

## Troubleshooting quick wins

- If `clawmonitor status` shows `DELIVERY_FAILED` or `NO_FEEDBACK`, export a report next:

  ```bash
  clawmonitor report --session-key 'agent:main:main' --format md
  ```

- If model checks disagree, separate `direct provider path` from `OpenClaw path`.
- If Telegram looks bound to the wrong session key, run `clawmonitor tree` and follow the bound session instead of assuming `agent:main:...` is the active path.
- If the problem is service-level, use the TUI `System` view and summarize `risk`, `reclaimable memory estimate`, and whether zombies/orphans were detected.
- If the TUI is unavailable, fall back to `clawmonitor status --format md --detail` plus `clawmonitor models --format md`.

## Reply guidelines

- Prefer `--format md` outputs for IM replies.
- If status shows `DELIVERY_FAILED` or `NO_FEEDBACK`, include the relevant sessionKey and recommend a `report` export next.
- If token questions are time-windowed, mention whether the number is a current session snapshot or a `1d / 7d / 30d` Gateway usage range.
- Avoid pasting raw gateway logs unless the user asks; use `clawmonitor report` which redacts common secrets.