Feature Request: TodoWrite / TodoRead tool support in Claude Desktop (Web & App)

Status Fixed / completed

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Activity 3 comments · opened May 20, 2026 · closed May 20, 2026

Current behavior

Claude Desktop shows a "Plan" panel with the placeholder text "No plan yet. Claude writes the plan here as it explores." However, the panel never populates because Claude Desktop does not expose the TodoWrite / TodoRead tools that Claude Code CLI uses to write and track task plans in real-time.

Expected behavior

Claude Desktop should support the same TodoWrite / TodoRead tool calls available in Claude Code CLI, so that:

The Plan panel renders live task lists as Claude works through a multi-step request
Users can track progress without switching to the CLI
Long agentic tasks (research, code generation, multi-step workflows) show intermediate state visibly

Why this matters

For users who do complex, multi-step work in Claude Desktop (not just Claude Code CLI), the Plan panel creates a false expectation of real-time task tracking. Activating these tools would close the feature gap and make Desktop a viable alternative for agentic workflows.

Platform

claude.ai (Web)
Claude Desktop App

Priority suggestion

Medium — significant UX improvement for power users doing agentic work outside the CLI.

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cloverink · 4 months ago

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