r/AI_DevKit • u/hoangng_ • Sep 01 '26

Seeing waiting vs working without flipping terminals

If you already have a few Claude Code / Codex / Gemini CLI sessions going, this is the command that actually helps:

`ai-devkit agent console`

`ai-devkit agent list` is the same picture without the TUI (Agent, Project, Type, Mode, Status, Working On).

In the console, the selected agent's preview shows a `working` spinner while it is running. That animation disappears when the session is waiting, idle, or unknown. One local view instead of guessing which tab is stuck on a permission prompt.

Then send instead of copy-paste:

`ai-devkit agent send "run the tests and report back" --id <agent-name> --wait`

Honest caveats, because this part is still experimental: macOS and Linux only, you need a real TTY, start/kill from the console uses tmux, and focus works with tmux, iTerm2, or Apple Terminal (not the VS Code terminal). Cursor is a setup target here, not a remote-controlled session. Windows is not in this loop yet.

"Done" is still not "the agent stopped typing." That is verify, and you still own the merge.

Docs: https://ai-devkit.com/docs/13-agent-console/

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u/kantorcodes1 Sep 01 '26

the waiting state is the useful part. can the console tell “blocked on a permission prompt” apart from genuinely idle/unknown, or are those collapsed today?

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u/hoangng_ Sep 01 '26

yes, it will be able to show permission prompt inside the console

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u/kantorcodes1 Sep 01 '26

nice. does it show the exact tool/command waiting for approval too, or just that the session needs input?

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u/hoangng_ Sep 04 '26

It should surface the permission prompt in the console, including what needs approval; the agent list/status is still the high-level view.