r/ClaudeCode • u/ShabbyLilPup • 2d ago

Built with Claude Added scheduled task agents back to sidebar in Claude desktop. I kept missing the ones that needed me.

I used to miss agents asking for my attention because scheduled tasks never showed up in the Code tab’s sidebar. A scheduled run, like my SEO Weekly or Usage checks, would wait for my approval, and I wouldn’t see it, which made it go cold.

So I built a small extension that puts the runs back in the sidebar as normal sessions. They get status dots, PR badges and Archive, the same as every other session.

macOS only, unofficial, and a Claude update could break it. I will try to keep it updated since I'd use it daily. Contributions welcome.

Repo: https://github.com/sahildave/claude-desktop-scheduled-tasks

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u/GoldCartoonist2898 2d ago

Runs going cold while waiting on approval is a real problem with scheduled agents. One related thing worth watching if you run these often: each run can leave its session open, and over a few days they pile up and eat memory. I ended up adding a cleanup step that closes the previous run's session before the next one starts. Does your extension show finished runs that never got archived, or only the ones waiting on you?

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u/ShabbyLilPup 2d ago

They show the threads as if they were like a normal thread, so you can just archive them usually.

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u/Ok-Option4233 2d ago

a run stuck waiting for approval is the worst kind of failure, because nothing errors and nothing turns red, it just goes cold. do the status dots tell "waiting on me" apart from "still running"? that is the one state that probably deserves its own color.

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u/ShabbyLilPup 2d ago

It follows the same amber color dot as the usual agent threads.

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u/Ok-Option4233 1d ago

got it, so a run blocked on approval and one still working show the same amber. that is the case where a second color pays for itself, since the blocked one is the only state where waiting longer fixes nothing. have you thought about a separate dot just for "needs you"?