diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f87b5d62c..8af97b0eb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "dev:server": "nx serve @magickml/server",
     "bucket:init": "ts-node ./scripts/init-bucket.ts",
     "build-release": "nx run-many --target=build --parallel=20 --projects=tag:release",
+    "build-release:watch": "nx run-many --target=build --parallel=20 --projects=tag:release --watch",
     "build-client": "npx nx build @magickml/client",
     "build-cloud-agent-manager": "npm run generateClients && npx nx build @magickml/cloud-agent-manager-app",
     "build-cloud-agent-worker": "npm run generateClients && npx nx build @magickml/cloud-agent-worker-app",
diff --git a/packages/server/agents/src/lib/Agent.ts b/packages/server/agents/src/lib/Agent.ts
index 02695cd26..e9b9da0da 100644
--- a/packages/server/agents/src/lib/Agent.ts
+++ b/packages/server/agents/src/lib/Agent.ts
@@ -96,12 +96,14 @@ type ChannelEvents = {
 class Channel extends (EventEmitter as new () => TypedEmitter<ChannelEvents>) {
   constructor(private channelId: string, private agent: Agent) {
     super()
+    console.log(`Channel ${channelId} constructed`)
   }
 
   emit<K extends keyof ChannelEvents>(
     event: K,
     data: Parameters<ChannelEvents[K]>[0]
   ): boolean {
+    console.log(`Channel ${this.channelId} emitting ${event}:`, data)
     return super.emit(event, ...([data] as Parameters<ChannelEvents[K]>))
   }
 
@@ -109,11 +111,20 @@ class Channel extends (EventEmitter as new () => TypedEmitter<ChannelEvents>) {
     event: K,
     data: Parameters<AgentEvents[K]>[0]
   ): boolean {
+    console.log(`Channel ${this.channelId} emitting to agent ${event}:`, data)
     return this.agent.emit(event, {
       ...data,
       channel: this.channelId,
     })
   }
+
+  on<K extends keyof ChannelEvents>(
+    event: K,
+    listener: ChannelEvents[K]
+  ): this {
+    console.log(`Channel ${this.channelId} adding listener for ${event}`)
+    return super.on(event, listener)
+  }
 }
 
 const plugins = [CorePlugin, KnowledgePlugin, DiscordPlugin, SlackPlugin]
@@ -204,17 +215,21 @@ export class Agent
 
     this.logger.info('New agent created: %s | %s', this.name, this.id)
 
-    // Set up global event routing to channels
+    // Set up global event routing to channels with debug logging
     this.on('messageReceived', (data: ActionPayload) => {
+      console.log('Agent received messageReceived event:', data)
       const channelId = (data as any)?.channel
       if (channelId && this.channels.has(channelId)) {
+        console.log(`Forwarding messageReceived to channel ${channelId}`)
         this.channels.get(channelId)!.emit('messageReceived', data)
       }
     })
 
     this.on('message', (data: EventPayload) => {
+      console.log('Agent received message event:', data)
       const channelId = (data as any)?.channel
       if (channelId && this.channels.has(channelId)) {
+        console.log(`Forwarding message to channel ${channelId}`)
         this.channels.get(channelId)!.emit('message', data)
       }
     })
@@ -527,7 +542,9 @@ export class Agent
 
   // Add channel method to get/create channel instance
   channel(channelId: string): Channel {
+    console.log(`Getting/creating channel for ${channelId}`)
     if (!this.channels.has(channelId)) {
+      console.log(`Creating new channel for ${channelId}`)
       const channel = new Channel(channelId, this)
       this.channels.set(channelId, channel)
     }
diff --git a/portal/cloud b/portal/cloud
index c739a7550..6697b5a06 160000
--- a/portal/cloud
+++ b/portal/cloud
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c739a755084d73462816cc0247058d77109ae57f
+Subproject commit 6697b5a06edbea8d1ce459e21114b143d9005608