feat: chat tracker

README.md

@@ -211,6 +211,38 @@ Fires when the player's inventory changes
 }
 ```
 
+### CHAT
+
+Examine
+
+```json5
+{
+  "tick": 406,
+  "ts": "2026-07-31T10:35:39Z",
+  "type": "CHAT",
+  "data": {
+    "type": "ITEM_EXAMINE",
+    "name": "",
+    "message": "Deceptively pie shaped."
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Game message
+
+```json5
+{
+  "tick": 1591,
+  "ts": "2026-07-31T10:47:30Z",
+  "type": "CHAT",
+  "data": {
+    "type": "GAMEMESSAGE",
+    "name": "",
+    "message": "Your reward is: <col=ff0000>1</col> x <col=ff0000>Book of knowledge</col>."
+  }
+}
+```
+
 ## Chat commands
 
 There are various helpful chat commands available when the Action Logger plugin is installed.

src/main/java/actionlogger/ActionLoggerPlugin.java

@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 package actionlogger;
 
-import actionlogger.trackers.AnimationTracker;
-import actionlogger.trackers.DialogueTracker;
-import actionlogger.trackers.InventoryTracker;
-import actionlogger.trackers.VarTracker;
+import actionlogger.trackers.*;
 import actionlogger.writers.JsonWriter;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@@ -41,6 +38,7 @@ public class ActionLoggerPlugin extends Plugin {
     private VarTracker varTracker = null;
     private InventoryTracker inventoryTracker = null;
     private AnimationTracker animationTracker = null;
+    private ChatTracker chatTracker = null;
     private JsonWriter writer = null;
 
     @Override
@@ -56,10 +54,13 @@ protected void startUp() {
 
         inventoryTracker = new InventoryTracker(writer);
         eventBus.register(inventoryTracker);
-        
+
         animationTracker = new AnimationTracker(writer, client);
         eventBus.register(animationTracker);
 
+        chatTracker = new ChatTracker(writer);
+        eventBus.register(chatTracker);
+
         log.debug("Started up Action Logger");
     }
 
@@ -74,10 +75,13 @@ protected void shutDown() {
 
         eventBus.unregister(inventoryTracker);
         inventoryTracker = null;
-        
+
         eventBus.unregister(animationTracker);
         animationTracker = null;
 
+        eventBus.unregister(chatTracker);
+        chatTracker = null;
+
         writer.close();
         writer = null;
 

src/main/java/actionlogger/trackers/ChatTracker.java

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package actionlogger.trackers;
+
+import actionlogger.writers.JsonWriter;
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Value;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import net.runelite.api.ChatMessageType;
+import net.runelite.api.events.ChatMessage;
+import net.runelite.client.eventbus.Subscribe;
+
+@Slf4j
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+public class ChatTracker {
+    private final JsonWriter writer;
+
+    @Subscribe
+    public void onChatMessage(ChatMessage e) {
+        if (e.getType() == ChatMessageType.ITEM_EXAMINE ||
+            e.getType() == ChatMessageType.GAMEMESSAGE ||
+            e.getType() == ChatMessageType.MESBOX ||
+            e.getType() == ChatMessageType.DIALOG ||
+            e.getType() == ChatMessageType.CONSOLE) {
+            this.writer.write("CHAT", new ChatTracker.ChatData(e.getType().toString(), e.getName(), e.getMessage()));
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    @Value
+    private static class ChatData {
+        String type;
+        String name;
+        String message;
+    }
+}