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feat: bot activity monitoring in UI (agent trace view) #26

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@jlunder00

Background

The bot orchestrator now runs multi-phase, multi-agent pipelines (think_and_plan → subagent dispatches → evaluate/retry → memory consolidation → final response). When a complex request triggers 3 retry rounds across 4 anchors, there's currently no way to see what's happening except waiting for the final Telegram message.

Goal

Real-time visibility into orchestrator activity in the web UI, push-based via the existing WebSocket connection (no polling).

Proposed design

Backend:

  • Bot emits structured events via _emit_event(phase, **data)POST /api/bot-eventmanager.broadcast()
  • Event types: bot_thinking, bot_dispatching (with dispatch N/M, action, anchor_id), bot_evaluating, bot_memory, bot_done
  • Subagent reports included in bot_done event

Frontend:

  • Handle new WS event types in existing listener
  • Live activity strip/panel showing current phase + progress
  • Collapsible per-dispatch detail (action, anchor, report, mutations applied)
  • Full agent trace for completed requests (expandable history)

Spec needed before implementation

  • What level of detail to show per subagent (just report? mutations list? prompt used?)
  • How long to retain traces (session only? persist in DB?)
  • UI placement (sidebar panel? inline in plan view? floating toast?)
  • Whether failed dispatches and retry rounds should be visually distinct

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