If you're running AI agents in production, you probably have the same problem I had: zero visibility into what's actually happening.
Agents run in the background, consume tokens, and you find out three weeks later that you've burned through your entire monthly budget.
What You Actually Need
After running OpenClaw agents for months, here's what I realized I needed:
1. Real-time status — Is the Gateway even running?
2. Token visibility — Am I burning tokens faster than expected?
3. Historical trends — Is today abnormal compared to last week?
4. Alert when something breaks — An agent goes dark and I need to know
The Options
Datadog/New Relic — Overkill for a $10 VPS, expensive, complex setup
Custom Prometheus + Grafana — Powerful but requires maintenance
OpenClaw Monitor — Built specifically for this, 5-minute setup, zero config
OpenClaw Monitor
I built this specifically for OpenClaw agents:
- Real-time dashboard (Vue 3 + ECharts)
- Token usage tracking with trend charts
- Heartbeat detection for agent liveness
- SQLite backend — no external services
- Self-hosted, your data stays on your server
It's free and open source. If you're running OpenClaw, it's the easiest way to add monitoring.
Repo: https://github.com/flik2002/openclaw-monitor
Questions or feature requests — open an issue. PRs welcome.
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