Visualizing OpenClaw runs to debug flaws and token spikes

Name: Visualizing OpenClaw runs to debug flaws and token spikes
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Author: songrenchu

by songrenchu·Apr 14, 2026·1 point·0 comments

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Born from burning 40× token budget — finally visible agent execution traces.

Strengths

•Token usage per step exposes runaway context windows before they compound costs
•Ask Tracy runs live Cypher queries against trajectory graphs for root cause analysis
•Three views (tree, call graph, Gantt) cover different debugging mental models

Weaknesses

•OpenClaw-specific limits audience — not framework-agnostic like LangSmith
•Agent tracing is emerging space with LangSmith and Arize already established

Post Description

Built a trace view to see OpenClaw LLM / tool / subagent calls and debug it.

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