Event Trace

SkillMonitoring & ops

Trace the full event chain for one Claude Code session into an ordered timeline of every event type with tool_name and summary, highlighting gaps, out-of-order events, and failures. Reads /api/events?session_id= and /api/sessions/:id from the Agent Monitor dashboard. Use when debugging what a session actually did, step by step.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Event Trace skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by hoangsonww/claude-code-agent-monitor in plugins/ccam-devtools/skills/event-trace/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Build a chronological, annotated event timeline for a single session.

Input

The user provides: $ARGUMENTS

This is a session ID. It may also be:

  • latest / last — trace the most recently updated session
  • errors — trace the most recent session whose status is error

Data Sources

EndpointReturns
GET /api/sessions?limit=Nsession list (used to resolve latest/errors and the target id)
GET /api/sessions/:idfull session detail (status, model, cwd, started_at, ended_at, cost, nested agents + events)
GET /api/events?session_id=Xthe ordered event stream: event_type, tool_name, summary, data, timestamp

Report Sections

1. Resolve the session

If $ARGUMENTS is a raw id, use it. If latest/last, call GET /api/sessions?limit=1. If errors, call GET /api/sessions?limit=10&status=error and pick the newest. Confirm the id resolves via GET /api/sessions/:id; if not, report it as missing and stop.

2. Session header

From GET /api/sessions/:id: id, status, model, cwd, started_at → ended_at, total duration, cost (USD to 4 decimals), and counts (events, agents).

3. Ordered timeline

From GET /api/events?session_id=X, list every event in timestamp order. One row per event:

| # | time | Δ since prev | event_type | tool_name | summary |

Cover all event types present: SessionStart, PreToolUse, PostToolUse, Stop, SubagentStop, Compaction, APIError, TurnDuration, Notification, SessionEnd.

4. Gap & failure highlights

Annotate the timeline:

  • Gaps: any Δ > 30s between consecutive events — mark ⏳ and note the wait.
  • Unpaired tool calls: a PreToolUse with no matching PostToolUse (same tool_name, next in stream) — mark ⚠️ "no completion recorded".
  • Failures: APIError events and PostToolUse whose summary/data indicates an error — mark ❌ with the error text.
  • Compaction: mark ♻️ and note it resets the visible token baseline.
  • Missing bookends: no SessionStart at the head or no Stop/SessionEnd at the tail of an ended session — mark 🚩.

5. Verdict

One line: CLEAN, GAPS DETECTED, or FAILURES PRESENT — with the count of each flag type and the single most likely thing to investigate next.

Output

  • Markdown timeline table, events in strict timestamp order.
  • Status glyphs inline: ✅ ok, ❌ error, ⚠️ warning/unpaired, ⏳ gap, ♻️ compaction, 🚩 missing bookend.
  • Currency in USD to 4 decimals.
  • Cite only event data returned by the API — do not invent timestamps or summaries.
  • If the dashboard is unreachable, tell the user to start it with npm start from the repo root.

Signals

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Last commit
Sep 2026
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Source
github.com/hoangsonww/claude-code-agent-monitor