Team agent progress visibility + keyboard shortcuts for Tasks/Plans tabs
Problem
1. No real-time visibility into team agent progress
When using TeamCreate + Agent to spawn teammates (dev, tester, inspector), the Tasks tab in Claude Desktop only shows the initial prompt used to create each agent. There's no way to see:
- Whether the agent is actively working or stuck
- What step it's currently on
- Intermediate output or progress percentage
- Whether it's waiting for permissions or blocked
This makes it very frustrating to manage a team of agents — the team lead (user-facing session) has no dashboard to monitor progress without manually sending "are you done yet?" messages.
Expected: A live status view per agent showing current activity, last tool call, elapsed time, and completion state.
2. No keyboard shortcuts for Tasks and Plans tabs
The Tasks tab and Plans tab are frequently accessed during team workflows, but there are no keyboard shortcuts to quickly switch to them. Users must click the tab each time.
Expected: Either default keybindings for these tabs, or the ability to assign custom shortcuts in ~/.claude/keybindings.json or Settings.
Environment
- Claude Desktop 1.2773.0
- macOS
- Using Claude Code agent teams (TeamCreate, Agent, SendMessage)
Suggested Improvements
- Agent status panel: Show each teammate's current state (idle/working/blocked), last action timestamp, and a brief status line
- Progress streaming: Stream agent tool calls or milestones to the team lead's Tasks tab in real-time
- Keyboard shortcut support: Allow binding keys to switch to Tasks/Plans tabs (e.g.,
Cmd+Shift+Tfor Tasks,Cmd+Shift+Pfor Plans) - Configurable shortcuts: If not default, let users define these in settings or keybindings.json
These would significantly improve the team agent workflow UX.
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