Skip to main content
critiqor finalize is the command you run after your OpenClaw session has ended. It closes the active monitoring session, merges all collected evidence, runs the Critiqor diagnosis engine, and — unless you pass --no-dashboard — automatically opens the local results dashboard in your browser. Call it once per session, any time after critiqor monitor openclaw has returned (or even if OpenClaw is still running and you want to cut the session short).

​
Syntax

critiqor finalize [OPTIONS]

​
Options

OptionDefaultDescription
--runs-dir TEXTrunsDirectory containing run artifacts
--no-dashboard(flag)Finalize without opening the local dashboard
--host TEXT127.0.0.1Dashboard host
--port INT0 (auto)Dashboard port — 0 picks an available port automatically

​
What happens when you run it

  1. Loads the active session from runs/active_session.json.
  2. Reads lifecycle events from the run’s event log JSON.
  3. Reads plugin evidence from runs/<run_id>/session.json written by the Critiqor OpenClaw plugin.
  4. Merges both event sources and writes a combined session summary for the run.
  5. Runs the diagnosis engine — detects failure causes, scores reliability dimensions, and builds the causal graph.
  6. Writes runs/<run_id>/diagnosis.json with the full structured diagnosis.
  7. Removes runs/active_session.json, marking the session as completed.
  8. Starts the local dashboard and opens it in your default browser (skipped if --no-dashboard is set).

​
Output

Stopping observer...
Finalizing evidence...
Generating diagnosis...
Diagnosis saved: runs/run_001/diagnosis.json
Starting local dashboard...
Dashboard run: run_001
Critiqor dashboard: http://127.0.0.1:54321/?run_id=run_001
The URL remains accessible for as long as the dashboard process is running. Use critiqor dashboard to relaunch it later.

​
Troubleshooting

“No active Critiqor monitoring session found.” : There is no runs/active_session.json in the current --runs-dir. Either no session has been started yet, or it was already finalized. Start a new session with: 
critiqor monitor openclaw