Claw Insights Snapshot

Generate visual status cards for your OpenClaw agent as PNG, SVG, or JSON. The rendered cards are designed for social sharing and mobile-friendly channels — cute, compact, and informative at a glance. Use when pushing agent status to Slack, Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, or any chat channel, generating visual reports of token usage and session activity, extracting metrics programmatically, or scheduling periodic status updates via cron.

Snapshot Status Cards

Announce at start: "I'm generating a visual status card for your OpenClaw agent."

What is a Snapshot?

A snapshot is a server-rendered visual status card — not a browser screenshot. Powered by Satori, it renders in ~200ms with no browser dependency.

The output is designed to look great in chat: compact, readable on mobile, and visually appealing enough to share. It shows token usage, session activity, error counts, and gateway health in a single glance.

Formats: PNG (default), SVG, or raw JSON for programmatic use.

REST API

curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:41041/api/snapshot \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"detail":"standard","range":"6h","theme":"dark"}' \
  -o snapshot.png

No-auth mode: start with claw-insights start --no-auth, then omit the Authorization header.

Response includes Content-Disposition header with timestamped filename.

CLI

claw-insights snapshot                        # Save to ~/.claw-insights/snapshots/
claw-insights snapshot --quick -o status.png  # Compact mobile snapshot
claw-insights snapshot --format json | jq .   # JSON to stdout
claw-insights snapshot --dry-run              # Preview parameters only

CLI flags: --format, --detail, --range, --theme, --lang, -o <path>, -t <token>, --port, --quick, --dry-run. Run claw-insights snapshot --help for full usage.

Parameters

Field	Default (REST / CLI)	Options	Description
detail	standard	compact / standard / full	Detail level
format	png	png / svg / json	Output format
range	24h (REST) / 6h (CLI)	30m / 1h / 6h / 12h / 24h	Time range for metrics
theme	dark	dark / light	Color theme
lang	en	en / zh	Language

Note: REST API and CLI have different default range values. REST defaults to 24h (full day overview), CLI defaults to 6h (quick status check). Both accept the same set of values.

Which detail level?

• compact — Summary numbers only (session count, total tokens, error count). Best for embedding in chat messages.
• standard — Session list + metrics charts. Default for most use cases.
• full — Everything: session list, all charts, event log. Best for reports and archival.

Common Workflows

Push status card to a channel

Works with any messaging channel — Slack, Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, etc.

# 1. Generate a compact status card
curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:41041/api/snapshot \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"detail":"compact","range":"6h"}' \
  -o /tmp/status.png

# 2. Send via your channel's tool or API
#    The compact detail level is optimized for mobile chat bubbles.

Tips:

• compact — best for chat messages (summary numbers only, small image)
• standard — best for daily check-ins (session list + charts)
• full — best for reports and archival

Scheduled status report

# Full snapshot with 24h range
curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:41041/api/snapshot \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"detail":"full","range":"24h"}' \
  -o /tmp/daily-report.png

Programmatic metrics extraction

# Get raw data as JSON
curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:41041/api/snapshot \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"format":"json","range":"6h"}' \
  -o metrics.json

JSON schema: See references/json-schema.md

Error Handling

Status	Cause	Fix
401	Missing or invalid token	Check Bearer token, or use --no-auth mode
502	OpenClaw gateway not running	openclaw gateway start
500	Internal server error	Check logs: ~/.claw-insights/logs/
Connection refused	claw-insights not running	claw-insights start