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golem-view-agent-logs

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Viewing agent logs and output. Use when streaming agent stdout/stderr/log channels or understanding how to observe agent output at runtime.

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Viewing Agent Logs

Both golem and golem-cli can be used — all commands below work with either binary.

agent invoke — Log Streaming During Invocation

By default, agent invoke streams the agent's stdout, stderr, and log channels live while the invocation runs:

golem agent invoke <AGENT_TYPE_NAME> <AGENT_NAME> <FUNCTION_NAME> [ARGUMENTS...]

Streaming flags

FlagDescription
--no-stream / -nDisable live streaming entirely — only print the invocation result
--stream-no-log-levelHide log levels (e.g. INFO, ERROR) from text streamed output. Structured formats still include level.
--stream-no-timestampHide timestamps from text streamed output. Structured formats still include timestamp.
--logs-onlyOnly show entries coming from the agent — suppress invocation markers and stream status messages/events.

These flags can be appended to any agent invoke command. For the invocation syntax itself (agent ID, function name, arguments), refer to the language-specific invocation skills.

Structured Streaming Output

Streaming commands emit multiple structured output documents, one document per event. For JSON and YAML, parse stdout as a sequence of documents, not as one array or object.

When golem or golem-cli is run with --format toon, structured stdout is emitted as a sequence of framed TOON documents:

@toon
<one TOON document>
@end

Parse stdout by splitting on exact @toon and @end marker lines. The content between them is one TOON document. In non-text formats, stderr may contain progress or diagnostic text and should not be parsed as the structured payload.

Stream events use $type: "agent.stream" and a rich event shape with common fields such as timestamp, kind, level, context, and message. Agent-facing code should branch on kind rather than parsing the message text. Typical kind values include log, stdout, stderr, stream-closed, stream-error, invocation-started, invocation-finished, and missed-messages.

--stream-no-log-level and --stream-no-timestamp affect only text output. In structured formats (json, yaml, toon), level and timestamp fields are always present for reliable parsing.

Examples

Disable streaming and only get the result:

golem agent invoke ... --no-stream

Clean log output without timestamps or levels:

golem agent invoke ... --stream-no-timestamp --stream-no-log-level

Show only agent-emitted output:

golem agent invoke ... --logs-only

agent stream — Live Stream an Agent's Output

Connect to a running agent and live stream its stdout, stderr, and log channels via WebSocket. The stream reconnects automatically if the connection drops.

golem agent stream <AGENT_TYPE_NAME> <AGENT_NAME>

This is useful for observing an agent that is already running or will be invoked separately.

Flags

FlagDescription
--stream-no-log-levelHide log levels from text output. Structured formats still include level.
--stream-no-timestampHide timestamps from text output. Structured formats still include timestamp.
--logs-onlyOnly show agent-emitted entries, suppress invocation markers and stream status messages/events.

The <AGENT_ID> format depends on the agent's language — refer to the language-specific invocation skills for the exact syntax.

Examples

Stream all output from an agent:

golem agent stream <AGENT_ID>

Stream only agent logs without decorations:

golem agent stream <AGENT_ID> --stream-no-timestamp --stream-no-log-level --logs-only