/asciinema-tools:daemon-logs Skill

/asciinema-tools:daemon-logs

View logs from the asciinema chunker daemon.

Arguments

| Argument | Description | | ---------- | ---------------------------------- | | -n N | Show last N lines (default: 50) | | --follow | Follow log output (like tail -f) | | --errors | Show only ERROR lines |

Execution

Default: Show Recent Logs

/usr/bin/env bash << 'LOGS_EOF'
LOG_FILE="$HOME/.asciinema/logs/chunker.log"
LAUNCHD_STDOUT="$HOME/.asciinema/logs/launchd-stdout.log"
LAUNCHD_STDERR="$HOME/.asciinema/logs/launchd-stderr.log"

if [[ ! -f "$LOG_FILE" ]]; then
  echo "No daemon logs found."
  echo ""
  echo "Log locations:"
  echo "  Daemon log: $LOG_FILE"
  echo "  launchd stdout: $LAUNCHD_STDOUT"
  echo "  launchd stderr: $LAUNCHD_STDERR"
  exit 0
fi

echo "=== Daemon Log (last 50 lines) ==="
echo "File: $LOG_FILE"
echo ""
tail -50 "$LOG_FILE"
LOGS_EOF

With --follow: Stream Logs

/usr/bin/env bash << 'FOLLOW_EOF'
LOG_FILE="$HOME/.asciinema/logs/chunker.log"

if [[ ! -f "$LOG_FILE" ]]; then
  echo "No daemon logs found. Start the daemon first."
  exit 1
fi

echo "=== Following Daemon Log (Ctrl+C to stop) ==="
echo "File: $LOG_FILE"
echo ""
tail -f "$LOG_FILE"
FOLLOW_EOF

With --errors: Show Only Errors

/usr/bin/env bash << 'ERRORS_EOF'
LOG_FILE="$HOME/.asciinema/logs/chunker.log"

if [[ ! -f "$LOG_FILE" ]]; then
  echo "No daemon logs found."
  exit 0
fi

echo "=== Error Log Entries ==="
echo ""
grep -E "ERROR|WARN|FAIL" "$LOG_FILE" | tail -30 || echo "(no errors found)"
ERRORS_EOF

Log Format

[2025-12-26 15:30:00] === Daemon started (PID: 12345) ===
[2025-12-26 15:30:00] Config: idle=30s, zstd=3, active_dir=/Users/user/.asciinema/active
[2025-12-26 15:30:00] Credentials loaded (Pushover: enabled)
[2025-12-26 15:30:00] SSH caches cleared
[2025-12-26 15:30:02] Idle detected (35s) for workspace_2025-12-26.cast, creating chunk...
[2025-12-26 15:30:03] Pushed: chunk_20251226_153002.cast.zst to https://github.com/...

Additional Log Files

| File | Content | | -------------------------------------- | --------------- | | ~/.asciinema/logs/chunker.log | Main daemon log | | ~/.asciinema/logs/launchd-stdout.log | launchd stdout | | ~/.asciinema/logs/launchd-stderr.log | launchd stderr |

Examples

# View recent logs
/asciinema-tools:daemon-logs

# Follow logs in real-time
/asciinema-tools:daemon-logs --follow

# Show only errors
/asciinema-tools:daemon-logs --errors

Troubleshooting

| Issue | Cause | Solution | | ----------------- | -------------------- | ----------------------------------- | | No logs found | Daemon never started | Run /asciinema-tools:daemon-start | | Empty log file | Daemon just started | Wait a few seconds, check again | | Logs not updating | Daemon crashed | Check /daemon-status, restart | | Permission denied | Wrong file owner | Check ls -la ~/.asciinema/logs/ |

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