Dashboard¶

Automate-E includes a built-in web dashboard for monitoring agent activity in real time.

Dashboard

Features¶

Feature	Description
Live messages	See incoming Discord messages and agent responses as they happen
Tool call log	Track which tools the agent calls, with request/response details
Token usage	Monitor input/output tokens and estimated cost per message
Memory stats	View conversation count, fact count, and storage usage
MCP Servers	Connected/disconnected status and tool count per MCP server
Agent status	Connection state, uptime, and last activity timestamp

Access¶

The dashboard runs on port 3000 by default (configurable via DASHBOARD_PORT).

Local Development¶

# Dashboard available at http://localhost:3000
npm start

Production (Cloudflare Tunnel)¶

In production, expose the dashboard via a Cloudflare Tunnel. Enable the tunnel in Helm values:

tunnel:
  enabled: true
  tokenSecretName: cloudflared-automate-e-token
  hostname: my-agent.example.com

This deploys a cloudflared sidecar container that routes traffic from the public hostname to the dashboard service inside the cluster. The tunnel token is stored as a Kubernetes secret created manually before deployment.

Ad-hoc access via port-forward¶

kubectl port-forward -n automate-e deploy/my-agent 3000:3000

WebSocket Protocol¶

The dashboard uses WebSocket for real-time updates. The server pushes events to connected clients.

sequenceDiagram
    participant B as Browser
    participant D as Dashboard Server
    participant A as Agent Loop

    B->>D: WebSocket connect
    D->>B: agent_status event
    A->>D: message_received
    D->>B: message_received event
    A->>D: tool_call
    D->>B: tool_call event
    A->>D: response_sent
    D->>B: response_sent event
    A->>D: usage_update
    D->>B: usage_update event

Event Types¶

Event	Payload	Description
`agent_status`	`{name, uptime, connected, lastActivity}`	Sent on connect
`message_received`	`{channel, user, content, timestamp}`	Incoming Discord message
`tool_call`	`{tool, method, path, status, duration}`	Tool HTTP call completed
`response_sent`	`{channel, content, tokens}`	Agent replied
`usage_update`	`{inputTokens, outputTokens, cost}`	Cumulative usage stats

Security¶

The dashboard has no built-in authentication. In production:

Use Cloudflare Tunnel with Cloudflare Access for authentication
Do not expose the dashboard port via a public Service or Ingress
The Helm chart's tunnel integration handles this automatically when enabled