Ludus Info — Read-Only Queries

2026-02-23 by Showboat (ludus-m4j.1)

Showboat recording of all ludus info subcommands against live Mimas. All checks pass — 0 errors, 0 warnings.

1. Bare invocation

ludus

Ludus — 22 agents, 4 images, 2 cron jobs, gateway running

Next:
  ludus info status              Full system status
  ludus info doctor              Health check
  ludus ops deploy               Sync & configure Mimas
  ludus run agent task MSG       Send task to main agent

PASS: Output contains "Ludus" and a summary line. Exit code 0.

ludus --json

{
  "summary": "Ludus — 22 agents, 4 images, 2 cron jobs, gateway running",
  "reachable": true,
  "agents": 22,
  "images": 4,
  "cron_jobs": 2,
  "gateway": true,
  "next": [
    {"command": "ludus info status", "description": "Full system status"},
    {"command": "ludus info doctor", "description": "Health check"},
    {"command": "ludus ops deploy", "description": "Sync & configure Mimas"},
    {"command": "ludus run agent task MSG", "description": "Send task to main agent"}
  ]
}

PASS: Valid JSON. reachable is true. Keys: summary, reachable, agents, images, cron_jobs, gateway, next.

2. ludus info status

ludus info status

Container Images (Mimas)
  ✓ openclaw-sandbox:fedora
  ✓ openclaw-sandbox-common:fedora
  ✓ b4arena-base:latest
  ✓ b4arena-dev:latest

Registered Agents
  ✓ Agents:
  ✓ - main (default)
  ✓ Identity: 🏁 Apex (IDENTITY.md)
  ✓ Workspace: ~/.openclaw/workspace
  ✓ Agent dir: ~/.openclaw/agents/main/agent
  ✓ Model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6
  ✓ Routing rules: 0
  ✓ Routing: default (no explicit rules)
  ✓ - b4-dev
  ✓ Identity: wrench Dev (IDENTITY.md)
  ✓ Workspace: ~/b4arena/agents/dev
  ✓ Agent dir: ~/.openclaw/agents/b4-dev/agent
  ✓ Model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6
  ✓ Routing rules: 0
  ✓ - b4-eng-mgr
  ✓ Identity: clipboard Eng Manager (IDENTITY.md)
  ✓ Workspace: ~/b4arena/agents/eng-mgr
  ✓ Agent dir: ~/.openclaw/agents/b4-eng-mgr/agent
  ✓ Model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6
  ✓ Routing rules: 0

Sandbox Defaults
  ✓ Sandbox defaults: image=b4arena-base:latest memory=512m cpus=1

Cron Jobs
  ✓ */30 * * * * BEADS_DIR=... beads-watcher.sh | beads-notify.sh ...
  ✓ */30 * * * * BEADS_DIR=... gh-event-poll --repo b4arena/test-calculator --repo b4arena/test-greeter ...

Gateway
  ✓ Gateway process running

PASS: Output contains sections "Container Images", "Registered Agents", "Gateway". All images found. Exit code 0.

ludus --json info status

{
  "status": {
    "images": {
      "openclaw-sandbox:fedora": true,
      "openclaw-sandbox-common:fedora": true,
      "b4arena-base:latest": true,
      "b4arena-dev:latest": true
    },
    "agents": {
      "agents": ["Agents:", "- main (default)", ...],
      "count": 22
    },
    "sandbox": {
      "image": "b4arena-base:latest",
      "memory": "512m",
      "cpus": "1"
    },
    "cron": {
      "installed": true,
      "entries": ["*/30 * * * * ...", "*/30 * * * * ..."]
    },
    "gateway": true
  }
}

PASS: Valid JSON. status.images all true. status.agents.count = 22. status.gateway = true. status.cron.installed = true.

3. ludus info doctor

ludus info doctor

Checking ludus health...

Info:
  ✓ SSH reachability
  ✓ Image: openclaw-sandbox:fedora
  ✓ Image: openclaw-sandbox-common:fedora
  ✓ Image: b4arena-base:latest
  ✓ Image: b4arena-dev:latest
  ✓ Agent: b4-dev
  ✓ Agent: main
  ✓ Agent: b4-eng-mgr
  ✓ Config: sandbox.image
  ✓ Config: sandbox.memory
  ✓ Cron entries
  ✓ Gateway
  ✓ Intercom DB

Summary: 0 errors, 0 warnings

PASS: Contains "Checking ludus health". All 13 checks green. "Summary: 0 errors, 0 warnings". Exit code 0.

ludus --json info doctor

{
  "errors": [],
  "warnings": [],
  "checks": [
    {"check": "SSH reachability", "ok": true, "detail": ""},
    {"check": "Image: openclaw-sandbox:fedora", "ok": true, "detail": "", "fix": "ludus ops images build"},
    {"check": "Image: openclaw-sandbox-common:fedora", "ok": true, "detail": "", "fix": "ludus ops images build"},
    {"check": "Image: b4arena-base:latest", "ok": true, "detail": "", "fix": "ludus ops images build"},
    {"check": "Image: b4arena-dev:latest", "ok": true, "detail": "", "fix": "ludus ops images build"},
    {"check": "Agent: b4-dev", "ok": true, "detail": ""},
    {"check": "Agent: main", "ok": true, "detail": ""},
    {"check": "Agent: b4-eng-mgr", "ok": true, "detail": ""},
    {"check": "Config: sandbox.image", "ok": true, "detail": "b4arena-base:latest"},
    {"check": "Config: sandbox.memory", "ok": true, "detail": "512m"},
    {"check": "Cron entries", "ok": true, "detail": "", "fix": "ludus ops cron deploy"},
    {"check": "Gateway", "ok": true, "detail": "", "fix": "ludus ops ssh, then: openclaw gateway restart"},
    {"check": "Intercom DB", "ok": true, "detail": ""}
  ],
  "summary": {"errors": 0, "warnings": 0, "ok": 13}
}

PASS: Valid JSON. summary.errors (0) + summary.warnings (0) + summary.ok (13) = 13 total checks. Zero errors.

4. ludus info cron

ludus info cron

b4arena cron entries (openclaw@mimas)
    */30 * * * * BEADS_DIR=/home/openclaw/b4arena/intercom/.beads BD_ACTOR=watcher /home/openclaw/b4arena/scripts/beads-watcher.sh | /home/openclaw/b4arena/scripts/beads-notify.sh --map /home/openclaw/b4arena/agents/agent-map.json 2>>/var/log/openclaw/beads-watcher.log; BEADS_DIR=/home/openclaw/b4arena/intercom/.beads /home/openclaw/b4arena/skills/intercom/intercom-sync.sh 2>>/var/log/openclaw/beads-watcher.log
    */30 * * * * BEADS_DIR=/home/openclaw/b4arena/intercom/.beads BD_ACTOR=watcher /home/openclaw/b4arena/scripts/gh-event-poll --repo b4arena/test-calculator --repo b4arena/test-greeter --state-dir /home/openclaw/b4arena/.poll-state --trigger-label ludus 2>>/var/log/openclaw/gh-event-poll.log

PASS: Shows cron entries between b4arena markers. Exit code 0.

ludus --json info cron

{
  "entries": [
    "*/30 * * * * BEADS_DIR=/home/openclaw/b4arena/intercom/.beads BD_ACTOR=watcher /home/openclaw/b4arena/scripts/beads-watcher.sh | /home/openclaw/b4arena/scripts/beads-notify.sh --map /home/openclaw/b4arena/agents/agent-map.json 2>>/var/log/openclaw/beads-watcher.log; BEADS_DIR=/home/openclaw/b4arena/intercom/.beads /home/openclaw/b4arena/skills/intercom/intercom-sync.sh 2>>/var/log/openclaw/beads-watcher.log",
    "*/30 * * * * BEADS_DIR=/home/openclaw/b4arena/intercom/.beads BD_ACTOR=watcher /home/openclaw/b4arena/scripts/gh-event-poll --repo b4arena/test-calculator --repo b4arena/test-greeter --state-dir /home/openclaw/b4arena/.poll-state --trigger-label ludus 2>>/var/log/openclaw/gh-event-poll.log"
  ]
}

PASS: Valid JSON. entries array has 2 items. First mentions beads-watcher.

5. ludus info images

ludus info images

Container Images (Mimas, podman)
  ✓ openclaw-sandbox:fedora
  ✓ openclaw-sandbox-common:fedora
  ✓ b4arena-base:latest
  ✓ b4arena-dev:latest

PASS: Shows each expected image with ✓. All 4 expected images found. Exit code 0.

ludus --json info images

{
  "images": {
    "openclaw-sandbox:fedora": true,
    "openclaw-sandbox-common:fedora": true,
    "b4arena-base:latest": true,
    "b4arena-dev:latest": true
  }
}

PASS: Valid JSON. images dict with 4 keys, all true.

6. ludus info agents

ludus info agents

Registered Agents
  ✓ Agents:
  ✓ - main (default)
  ✓ Identity: 🏁 Apex (IDENTITY.md)
  ✓ Workspace: ~/.openclaw/workspace
  ✓ Agent dir: ~/.openclaw/agents/main/agent
  ✓ Model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6
  ✓ Routing rules: 0
  ✓ Routing: default (no explicit rules)
  ✓ - b4-dev
  ✓ Identity: wrench Dev (IDENTITY.md)
  ✓ Workspace: ~/b4arena/agents/dev
  ✓ Agent dir: ~/.openclaw/agents/b4-dev/agent
  ✓ Model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6
  ✓ Routing rules: 0
  ✓ - b4-eng-mgr
  ✓ Identity: clipboard Eng Manager (IDENTITY.md)
  ✓ Workspace: ~/b4arena/agents/eng-mgr
  ✓ Agent dir: ~/.openclaw/agents/b4-eng-mgr/agent
  ✓ Model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6
  ✓ Routing rules: 0

PASS: Shows registered agent IDs (main, b4-dev, b4-eng-mgr). Exit code 0.

ludus --json info agents

{
  "agents": {
    "agents": [
      "Agents:",
      "- main (default)",
      "Identity: 🏁 Apex (IDENTITY.md)",
      "Workspace: ~/.openclaw/workspace",
      "Agent dir: ~/.openclaw/agents/main/agent",
      "Model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
      "Routing rules: 0",
      "Routing: default (no explicit rules)",
      "- b4-dev",
      "Identity: wrench Dev (IDENTITY.md)",
      "Workspace: ~/b4arena/agents/dev",
      "Agent dir: ~/.openclaw/agents/b4-dev/agent",
      "Model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
      "Routing rules: 0",
      "- b4-eng-mgr",
      "Identity: clipboard Eng Manager (IDENTITY.md)",
      "Workspace: ~/b4arena/agents/eng-mgr",
      "Agent dir: ~/.openclaw/agents/b4-eng-mgr/agent",
      "Model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
      "Routing rules: 0"
    ],
    "count": 22
  }
}

PASS: Valid JSON. agents.count = 22. agents.agents array contains agent details.

7. ludus info intercom

ludus info intercom

Intercom (Mimas)
  ✓ Total: 0  Open: 0  In progress: 0  Ready: 0  Blocked: 0
  No issues in intercom.

PASS: Shows "Intercom (Mimas)" header. Summary counts present. Exit code 0.

ludus --json info intercom

{
  "intercom": {
    "total": 0,
    "open": 0,
    "in_progress": 0,
    "ready": 0,
    "blocked": 0,
    "issues": []
  }
}

PASS: Valid JSON. intercom object with keys: total, open, in_progress, ready, blocked, issues. Counts are non-negative integers.

8. ludus --version

ludus --version

ludus 0.1.0

PASS: Matches pattern ludus N.N.N. Exit code 0.

Edge Cases

Mimas unreachable

LUDUS_HOST=nonexistent ludus --json

{
  "summary": "Ludus — Mimas unreachable",
  "reachable": false,
  "agents": 0,
  "images": 0,
  "cron_jobs": 0,
  "gateway": false,
  "next": [
    {"command": "ludus info status", "description": "Full system status"},
    {"command": "ludus info doctor", "description": "Health check"},
    {"command": "ludus ops deploy", "description": "Sync & configure Mimas"},
    {"command": "ludus run agent task MSG", "description": "Send task to main agent"}
  ]
}

PASS: reachable is false. No stack trace. Exit code 0. Graceful degradation.

Summary

Command	Human	JSON	Status
`ludus` (bare)	PASS	PASS	22 agents, 4 images
`ludus info status`	PASS	PASS	all green
`ludus info doctor`	PASS	PASS	0 errors, 0 warnings
`ludus info cron`	PASS	PASS	2 entries
`ludus info images`	PASS	PASS	4/4 found
`ludus info agents`	PASS	PASS	22 agents
`ludus info intercom`	PASS	PASS	empty
`ludus --version`	PASS	—	0.1.0
Mimas unreachable	—	PASS	graceful

All 9 spec checks pass. Zero errors, zero warnings.

1. Bare invocation​

2. ludus info status​

3. ludus info doctor​

4. ludus info cron​

5. ludus info images​

6. ludus info agents​

7. ludus info intercom​

8. ludus --version​

Edge Cases​

Mimas unreachable​

Summary​