Laravel + Claude AI: Debugging Telescope Logs with AI Assistance

Debugging is one of the most time-consuming tasks in software development. For Laravel developers, Telescope has long been the go-to tool for monitoring requests, exceptions, queries, jobs, and logs. It provides a rich dashboard that surfaces what’s happening inside your application.

But here’s the catch: when your app scales, Telescope data becomes overwhelming. Thousands of logs, dozens of exceptions, and endless queries pile up. Manually digging through them is tedious and error-prone.

Enter Claude AI. With the new Telescope MCP extension, you can now query Telescope logs using natural language. Claude acts as your debugging assistant, helping you summarize, analyze, and explain logs so you can focus on fixing issues instead of hunting them down.

This blog explores how to set up Claude with Telescope, what kinds of queries you can run, and how AI-assisted debugging transforms developer workflows.

🔍 What Is Telescope MCP?

Telescope MCP is a Laravel package that exposes Telescope’s telemetry data via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). MCP is a standard that allows AI agents (like Claude, Copilot, Cursor) to interact with developer tools in a structured way.

With Telescope MCP installed, Claude can:

  • Access logs, exceptions, queries, jobs, and model changes.
  • Filter data by route, timestamp, or severity.
  • Summarize patterns across large datasets.
  • Suggest fixes based on common Laravel practices.

Think of it as giving Claude direct visibility into your app’s heartbeat.

⚙️ Setting Up Laravel + Claude AI

Step 1: Install Telescope MCP

composer require lucianotonet/laravel-telescope-mcp

Step 2: Publish Config (Optional)

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="LucianoTonet\\TelescopeMcp\\TelescopeMcpServiceProvider"

Step 3: Enable MCP in .env

TELESCOPE_MCP_ENABLED=true
TELESCOPE_MCP_PATH=telescope-mcp

Now your Laravel app exposes Telescope data at /telescope-mcp. Claude can query this endpoint to fetch logs and telemetry.

🤖 How Claude AI Assists Debugging

Claude doesn’t just dump raw logs back at you. It interprets them.

Example 1: Exception Analysis

Query:

“What exceptions occurred on the checkout route in the last 48 hours?”

Claude’s Response:

  • Found 12 exceptions on /checkout.
  • 9 were StripeWebhookFailedException.
  • 3 were QueryTimeoutException.
  • Suggested fix: increase DB timeout for payment queries, and verify Stripe webhook signature handling.

Example 2: Slow Query Detection

Query:

“Show me queries slower than 500ms yesterday.”

Claude’s Response:

  • 4 queries exceeded 500ms.
  • Top offender: SELECT * FROM orders WHERE status = 'pending' (avg 1.2s).
  • Suggested fix: add index on status column.

Example 3: Failed Job Debugging

Query:

“Why did the SendWelcomeEmail job fail for user ID 123?”

Claude’s Response:

  • Job failed due to SMTPConnectionTimeout.
  • Occurred 3 times in the last 24 hours.
  • Suggested fix: check mail server availability or switch to queue retry with exponential backoff.

Example 4: Security Audit

Query:

“List all 403 responses from admin routes last week.”

Claude’s Response:

  • 27 unauthorized attempts detected.
  • IP addresses clustered around 3 sources.
  • Suggested fix: enable rate limiting and log suspicious IPs.

🧪 Real-World Use Cases

1. Production Error Triage

Instead of manually scanning Telescope’s exception tab, Claude can summarize the top 3 exceptions by frequency and suggest fixes.

2. Performance Optimization

Claude can analyze slow queries and recommend indexing strategies or query refactors.

3. Job Queue Monitoring

Claude can surface failed jobs, explain why they failed, and suggest retry strategies.

4. Security Monitoring

Claude can detect suspicious patterns in logs (e.g., repeated 403s, brute-force attempts).

🛠️ Integrating Claude into Your Workflow

You don’t have to use Claude only via chat. With the Laravel MCP Client, you can embed Claude queries directly into your app or dashboards.

Example: Slack Integration

use Claude\Facades\Claude;

$response = Claude::message()
    ->withContext('telescope')
    ->send('Summarize all failed jobs from the last 24 hours.');

Slack::send($response);

Now your team gets daily AI-generated summaries of failed jobs in Slack.

🚀 Benefits of AI-Assisted Debugging

  1. Time Savings
    No more manual log hunting. Claude surfaces the most relevant data instantly.
  2. Actionable Insights
    Claude doesn’t just show logs — it explains them and suggests fixes.
  3. Scalability
    Works even when Telescope data grows massive.
  4. Team Collaboration
    Summaries can be shared across Slack, email, or dashboards.

🔮 What’s Next?

The future of AI-assisted debugging looks exciting:

  • Voice Debugging: Ask Claude via Twilio, “What errors happened today?”
  • Auto Bug Reports: Claude generates GitHub issues from exceptions.
  • Learning Agents: Claude learns from commit history and past fixes.
  • Predictive Debugging: Claude warns about potential bottlenecks before they happen.

🧠 Final Thoughts

Debugging is often the bottleneck in software development. With Laravel Telescope MCP + Claude AI, you can transform debugging from a manual, frustrating process into a conversational, AI-assisted workflow.

Claude doesn’t replace developers — it empowers them. By summarizing logs, analyzing exceptions, and suggesting fixes, Claude helps you spend less time digging and more time building.

If you’re running a SaaS, e-commerce platform, or enterprise Laravel app, this integration is a game-changer. It’s not just about fixing bugs faster — it’s about building smarter, more resilient systems.

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