Step 8: Chat and logs

Chat and logs connect to your agent over Tailscale. Keep Tailscale connected on your computer.

Check your agents

officeclaws agents

ID                                    NAME  AVATAR  STATUS
2b7e9c1a-…                            Mona  1       online

STATUS is online when the agent is up. offline or error means it can't be reached. See Troubleshooting.

Chat interactively

officeclaws chat

Chatting with agent 2b7e9c1a-… — type a message, Ctrl-D to exit.
you> What can you do?
  · web_search
I can research topics, write and edit text, ...
you>

• Type a message and press Enter.
• Lines that start with · show the tools the agent is using while it works.
• Press Ctrl-D to exit (Ctrl-Z then Enter on Windows).

Send one message

Useful in scripts:

officeclaws chat -m "Summarize today's top tech news in 5 bullets"

Choose an agent

All commands use your first agent unless you say otherwise. To choose a different one, pass its ID:

officeclaws chat --agent 2b7e9c1a-…

View logs

Logs show what the agent is doing internally. They help when something isn't working.

officeclaws logs                 # last 200 lines
officeclaws logs --lines 500     # last 500 lines (max 1000)
officeclaws logs --follow        # live stream, Ctrl-C to stop

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