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Watchtower — monitor, inspect, and debug all API traffic between AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex CLI) and their APIs, with a real-time web dashboard.

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Watchtower – see every API call Claude Code and Codex CLI make

by fahd09·Mar 2, 2026·4 points·1 comment

AI Analysis

●●SolidSolve My ProblemDark Horse

DevTools for Claude Code and Codex CLI; solves visibility gap in opaque AI agent workflows.

Strengths
  • Real visibility into black-box AI agent API calls fills a genuine debugging pain; structured tabs (Messages, Rate Limits, Stream, Raw) are well-designed
  • Multi-agent hierarchy tracking and auto-classification (messages_stream vs token_count) shows thoughtful request parsing
Weaknesses
  • Limited to Anthropic + OpenAI clients; doesn't help users of other model providers
  • Proxy interceptor approach means setup friction; requires env var rewiring and localhost forwarding
Target Audience

Developers debugging AI agent behavior, token usage, rate limits, and API interactions

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