Dreadbot Monitoring & Logs

How to watch Dreadbot work in real-time.

Live Log Tail

Clawdbot logs all activity to a daily log file:

tail -f /tmp/clawdbot/clawdbot-$(date +%Y-%m-%d).log

This shows:

• Tool executions (file reads, writes, exec commands)
• API calls and responses
• Message routing (Telegram, Discord, etc.)
• Errors and warnings

Filtered Views

Just Tool Calls

tail -f /tmp/clawdbot/clawdbot-$(date +%Y-%m-%d).log | grep -i "tool\|exec"

Just Errors

tail -f /tmp/clawdbot/clawdbot-$(date +%Y-%m-%d).log | grep -i "error\|warn"

Message Activity

tail -f /tmp/clawdbot/clawdbot-$(date +%Y-%m-%d).log | grep -i "message\|telegram\|user"

Dashboard

Clawdbot has a web dashboard for session management:

URL: http://127.0.0.1:18789/

Features:

• Active sessions list
• Message history
• Session controls

Gateway Status

Check if Clawdbot is running properly:

clawdbot gateway status

Or if clawdbot isn’t in PATH:

~/.nvm/versions/node/v24.13.0/bin/clawdbot gateway status

Common Commands

Command	Purpose
clawdbot gateway status	Check service status
clawdbot gateway restart	Restart the gateway
clawdbot gateway stop	Stop the gateway
clawdbot status	Troubleshooting info

Log Location

Logs are stored in /tmp/clawdbot/ with daily rotation:

/tmp/clawdbot/
├── clawdbot-2026-01-31.log
├── clawdbot-2026-01-30.log
└── ...

Open Terminal with Logs

To open a new terminal window tailing logs (on COSMIC/Pop!_OS):

export WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-1
export DISPLAY=:1
export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/$(id -u)
cosmic-term -- bash -c "tail -f /tmp/clawdbot/clawdbot-$(date +%Y-%m-%d).log"

Configuration

Main config file: ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json

Workspace: /home/shdwdev/clawd/

Key files:

• SOUL.md — Dreadbot’s personality
• MEMORY.md — Long-term memory
• memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md — Daily logs