dashboards for monitoring claude code agents

häufig gestellte fragen

• +What is an agent dashboard?

  A screen that shows every coding-agent session you have running and what state each is in: working, waiting for you, done or stuck.

• +Is monitoring the same as agent management?

  No. Monitoring shows you state. Management also starts the agents, keeps each one on its own branch, and lets you review and commit what it did.

• +How do I know which Claude Code session needs attention?

  Use a tool that reads each session's state. recon and claude-tmux do it for Claude Code in tmux, Herdr and cmux mark the waiting pane, and Pane shows a red status on any agent that's blocked and sends a desktop notification when one finishes or needs input.

• +Can dashboards prevent file collisions?

  No. Collisions are prevented by giving each agent its own git worktree, which a dashboard doesn't do. You need a tool that creates the worktree when it starts the agent.

• +Does recon replace Pane?

  No, they do different jobs. recon watches Claude Code sessions you started yourself in tmux. Pane starts the agents, gives each a worktree and shows their diffs, with status built in.

• +When is a lightweight dashboard enough?

  When you already like how you start agents and review their work, and the only thing you lose is track of which one is waiting.

• +When do I need more than a dashboard?

  When getting to the session, answering it and reviewing its diff takes longer than noticing it. At that point you want the status and the session in the same app.

• +Do dashboards work on Windows?

  tmux-based ones like recon and claude-tmux need WSL. Lazyagent ships for macOS and Linux. Pane, Orca and Herdr show agent status natively on Windows.

• +Can I use dashboards with Pane?

  You can, but you likely won't need one for Pane's own agents, since each pane already shows its status. Pane also exposes status through its runpane CLI if you want to feed another tool.

• +What is the key decision question?

  Is your problem seeing which agent needs you, or the whole loop from prompt to diff to merge? A dashboard solves the first; an agent manager solves both.

• +Are dashboards good for teams?

  They help a team see what's running. They don't decide who reviews what or keep branches tidy; that still needs a process.

• +Why does Pane belong in this conversation?

  Because many people looking for a dashboard really want to manage their agents, not just watch them. Pane shows status the way a dashboard does and also runs the sessions.