Migrate console logging to @wgtechlabs/log-engine and remove emojis from logs

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This PR migrates the console logging system from a custom implementation to @wgtechlabs/log-engine v2.2.0, implementing a clean, emoji-free logging format that shows only error type and local time as requested.

Changes Made

🔧 Complete Logger Migration

• Replaced custom logger: Migrated both src/utils/logger.js and src/utils/logger.ts from custom console logging to @wgtechlabs/log-engine
• Added dependency: @wgtechlabs/[email protected] to package.json
• Custom output handler: Implemented clean formatting that removes ISO timestamps and shows only local time
• Removed legacy code: Completely eliminated ~50 lines of legacy console logging code from TypeScript logger

🧹 Clean Output Format

The new logging format follows the requirements exactly:

Before:

[2025-08-21T14:27:25.643Z][2:27PM][INFO]: Bot started successfully

After:

[14:27:25][INFO]: Bot started successfully

🚫 Emoji Removal

Removed all emojis from logging calls across the codebase:

• src/events/ready.js & src/events/ready.ts: Removed ⚠️ and ✅ from channel validation logs
• src/events/threadCreate.js: Removed ❌, ⚠️, ✅, 📧, 💡, 🔧, 🔐, ⏱️ from error and status logs

Total: 18 emoji instances removed across 4 files

🔄 Unified Implementation

• Zero breaking changes: All existing logger methods (debug, info, warn, error) work unchanged
• Environment support: DEBUG_MODE environment variable continues to control debug log visibility
• API preservation: Existing imports and usage patterns require no modifications
• Consistent behavior: Both JavaScript and TypeScript loggers produce identical output format

🧪 Technical Implementation

• Custom output handler: Strips ANSI color codes and extracts clean message content
• Message parsing: Removes log-engine's default formatting to show only level and local time
• Error handling: Maintains proper console routing for error/warn streams
• TypeScript compatibility: Project builds successfully with all changes

Testing

• ✅ Manual testing with various log levels and scenarios
• ✅ DEBUG_MODE environment variable functionality verified
• ✅ TypeScript compilation successful
• ✅ Integration testing with realistic bot logging scenarios
• ✅ Both JavaScript and TypeScript loggers tested and working identically

This migration follows KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) and Clean Code principles, providing a modern, secure logging solution while maintaining the exact output format requirements and completely eliminating all legacy console logging code.

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Pull Request Overview

This PR migrates the logging system from a custom implementation to @wgtechlabs/log-engine v2.2.0 while removing emojis from all log messages to achieve a cleaner output format showing only error type and local time.

• Replaced custom logger implementation with @wgtechlabs/log-engine integration
• Removed 18 emoji instances from log messages across event handlers
• Implemented custom output handler to format logs as [HH:MM:SS][LEVEL]: message

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 5 out of 6 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

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File	Description
src/utils/logger.js	Complete migration to @wgtechlabs/log-engine with custom output formatting
src/events/threadCreate.js	Removed emojis (❌, ⚠️, ✅, 📧, 💡, 🔧, 🔐, ⏱️) from error and status logs
src/events/ready.ts	Removed emojis (⚠️, ✅) from channel validation logs
src/events/ready.js	Removed emojis (⚠️, ✅) from channel validation logs
package.json	Added @wgtechlabs/[email protected] dependency

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[Copilot]

The regex pattern for extracting message content is fragile and may break if the log-engine's internal format changes. Consider using a more robust parsing approach or documenting the dependency on this specific format.

Suggested change

	// This approach splits at the first occurrence of ']:', which should follow the last prefix.
	// If the log-engine's format changes, update this logic accordingly.
	const splitIndex = cleanMessage.indexOf(']:');
	if (splitIndex !== -1) {
	cleanMessage = cleanMessage.slice(splitIndex + 2).trim();

[Copilot]

This regex removes all JSON-like content at the end of messages, which could accidentally remove legitimate log data. Consider a more precise approach to handle data parameters or document this limitation.

Suggested change

	cleanMessage = cleanMessage.replace(/\s*\{.*\}$/, '');
	// (Removed imprecise regex that stripped JSON-like content from the end of the message)
	// cleanMessage = cleanMessage.replace(/\s*\{.*\}$/, '');

[warengonzaga]

@copilot I can still see some legacy code for the console log, can we completely remove them and use the @wgtechlabs/log-engine purely here? Use the logger.ts as the configuration file instead no more legacy code for logging in console.

[Copilot]

@copilot I can still see some legacy code for the console log, can we completely remove them and use the @wgtechlabs/log-engine purely here? Use the logger.ts as the configuration file instead no more...

Done! I've completely removed all legacy console logging code from logger.ts and migrated it to use @wgtechlabs/log-engine purely. The TypeScript logger now uses the same clean implementation as the JavaScript version:

• Removed ~50 lines of legacy console.log/warn/error code
• Migrated to LogEngine.debug(), LogEngine.info(), LogEngine.warn(), LogEngine.error()
• Both logger.js and logger.ts now have identical @wgtechlabs/log-engine integration
• Clean output format: [HH:MM:SS][LEVEL]: message with no emojis
• DEBUG_MODE environment variable works correctly

Commit: 3bd08b1