Monitoring Progress

Watching Agents Work in Real Time

Once a task is dispatched, Mission Control’s Activity Dashboard gives you a live window into what each agent is doing. You don’t need to poll or refresh — updates arrive automatically via Server-Sent Events (SSE).

The Activity Dashboard

The Activity Dashboard displays a stream of events from all active agents. Each event includes:

• Timestamp — when the event was emitted
• Agent — which agent produced the event
• Task — which task the event belongs to
• Message — a human-readable description of what the agent is doing

Events can be filtered by agent, task, or status type so you can focus on what matters when multiple tasks are running in parallel.

Task Status Lifecycle

Every task moves through a well-defined set of statuses:

Status	Meaning
pending	Created but not yet dispatched
in_progress	Dispatched and actively being worked
completed	Agent finished successfully
failed	Agent encountered an error or was interrupted

The task list on the main dashboard reflects these statuses in real time. You can sort and filter by status to quickly see which tasks need attention.

Reading Activity Events

Agents emit several types of activity events:

• Progress updates — narrative descriptions of what the agent is currently doing (“reading auth middleware”, “running tests”)
• Tool calls — specific actions the agent is taking (file reads, code edits, shell commands)
• Intermediate results — partial outputs as work is completed
• Completion signals — a final summary when the task is finished

When Something Goes Wrong

If a task transitions to failed, the activity log contains the last events before failure, making it straightforward to diagnose the issue. Common causes include missing file context, ambiguous task descriptions, or agent authentication problems.

After reviewing the activity log, you can edit the task description and re-dispatch to correct the issue.