Mission control for agents that live in group chats
Crabwalk is a real-time monitor that visualizes OpenClaw agent sessions—thinking states, tool calls, and cross-platform replies—as a live node graph.

What it does
Crabwalk plugs into the OpenClaw gateway and renders agent activity as a live ReactFlow graph. You watch thinking states, tool calls, and message chains unfold across WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, and Slack, filtering by platform or recipient instead of tailing opaque logs.
The interesting bit
The dashboard treats agent cognition as inspectable nodes rather than text streams—you expand actions to see tool arguments and payloads in context. It also auto-detects your gateway token from OpenClaw’s local config, suggesting the author built this to scratch their own operational itch.
Key highlights
- Live ReactFlow visualization of agent sessions and action chains
- Simultaneous monitoring across WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, and Slack
- Auto-discovers local OpenClaw gateway tokens from
~/.openclaw/openclaw.json - Displays a QR code on startup for quick mobile access
- Stack includes TanStack Start, tRPC, ReactFlow, and Framer Motion
Caveats
- Requires a running OpenClaw gateway; not a standalone agent framework
- Docker deployment needs host networking if your gateway binds to loopback with Tailscale, which adds friction
Verdict
Essential if you operate OpenClaw agents across multiple chat platforms; irrelevant if you aren’t already running Clawdbot.
Frequently asked
- What is crabwise-ai/crabwalk?
- Crabwalk is a real-time monitor that visualizes OpenClaw agent sessions—thinking states, tool calls, and cross-platform replies—as a live node graph.
- Is crabwalk open source?
- Yes — crabwise-ai/crabwalk is open source, released under the MIT license.
- What language is crabwalk written in?
- crabwise-ai/crabwalk is primarily written in TypeScript.
- How popular is crabwalk?
- crabwise-ai/crabwalk has 878 stars on GitHub.
- Where can I find crabwalk?
- crabwise-ai/crabwalk is on GitHub at https://github.com/crabwise-ai/crabwalk.