live-watch

1# Live Watch
2 
3Watch the dashboard's live counters change over a short window by polling
4`/api/stats` a few times and reporting the deltas.
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6## Input
7 
8The user provides: **$ARGUMENTS**
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10Interpreted as the watch shape: number of polls and/or interval (e.g. `5x3s` =
115 samples 3 seconds apart). Defaults when empty: **5 samples, ~3 seconds apart**
12(a ~15-second window). A bare number means that many samples at the default
13interval; a bare duration means the default sample count at that interval.
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15## Data Sources
16 
17| Endpoint | Returns |
18|----------|---------|
19| `GET /api/stats` (polled) | `{ total_sessions, active_sessions, active_agents, total_agents, total_events, events_today, ws_connections, agents_by_status, sessions_by_status }` |
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21## Method
22 
23Poll `GET /api/stats` once per interval for the configured number of samples,
24recording the timestamp and the four watched counters each time. Pace the polls
25with a short wait between requests; keep the total window short (seconds, not
26minutes) so it stays interactive.
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28If the very first poll fails to connect, the dashboard is down — stop and tell
29the user to start it with `npm start` (or `npm run dev`) from the repo root,
30then retry.
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32## Report Sections
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34### 1. Watch Window
35State the sample count, interval, and total elapsed window.
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37### 2. Sample Timeline
38A Markdown table — one row per poll — with columns:
39`#`, `time`, `active_sessions`, `active_agents`, `events_today`, `ws_connections`.
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41### 3. Deltas
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