clawdbot/docs/debugging.md

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Debugging tools: watch mode, raw model streams, and tracing reasoning leakage	You need to inspect raw model output for reasoning leakage You want to run the Gateway in watch mode while iterating You need a repeatable debugging workflow

Debugging

This page covers debugging helpers for streaming output, especially when a provider mixes reasoning into normal text.

Gateway watch mode

For fast iteration, run the gateway under the file watcher:

pnpm gateway:watch --force

This maps to:

tsx watch src/entry.ts gateway --force

Add any gateway CLI flags after gateway:watch and they will be passed through on each restart.

Raw stream logging (Clawdbot)

Clawdbot can log the raw assistant stream before any filtering/formatting. This is the best way to see whether reasoning is arriving as plain text deltas (or as separate thinking blocks).

Enable it via CLI:

pnpm gateway:watch --force --raw-stream

Optional path override:

pnpm gateway:watch --force --raw-stream --raw-stream-path ~/.clawdbot/logs/raw-stream.jsonl

Equivalent env vars:

CLAWDBOT_RAW_STREAM=1
CLAWDBOT_RAW_STREAM_PATH=~/.clawdbot/logs/raw-stream.jsonl

Default file:

~/.clawdbot/logs/raw-stream.jsonl

Raw chunk logging (pi-mono)

To capture raw OpenAI-compat chunks before they are parsed into blocks, pi-mono exposes a separate logger:

PI_RAW_STREAM=1

Optional path:

PI_RAW_STREAM_PATH=~/.pi-mono/logs/raw-openai-completions.jsonl

Default file:

~/.pi-mono/logs/raw-openai-completions.jsonl

Note: this is only emitted by processes using pi-mono’s openai-completions provider.

Safety notes

• Raw stream logs can include full prompts, tool output, and user data.
• Keep logs local and delete them after debugging.
• If you share logs, scrub secrets and PII first.