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Console Overview

Direct terminal access to your agent's environment.

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The console gives you an interactive shell directly inside your agent’s container. It is a full terminal session, the same as if you SSH’d into the machine your agent runs on.

What the Console Is

Every BrainRoad agent runs in its own isolated container in Kubernetes. The console opens a live shell session into that container over WebSocket. You type commands, they execute inside the container, and you see the output in real time.

This is not a simulation or a sandboxed subset of commands. It is a real terminal connected to your agent’s environment via kubectl exec.

How to Access the Console

Navigate to the Console page in the main dashboard sidebar to open a full-width terminal session into your agent’s container.

From the console, you get direct shell access to your agent’s environment — no tabs, no modal windows, just a dedicated space for terminal work with full keyboard and mouse support.

What You Can Do

With console access, you can:

  • Run shell commands (ls, cat, ps, top)
  • View and edit agent configuration files
  • Check logs and debug issues
  • Inspect the file system
  • Install tools or scripts your agent needs
  • Restart agent processes

In addition to standard shell commands, the console gives you access to the full OpenClaw CLI. Commands like openclaw status, openclaw doctor, and openclaw channels list let you manage your agent directly.

The console is a power-user tool. Most day-to-day agent management happens through the dashboard, but when you need to dig into the details or troubleshoot, the console is where you go.