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supervisor-pane

A side pane that lists subagent runs and chosen shell commands with their state and elapsed time.

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v0.1.0MITupdated 2026-10-09i-noma-ru/claude-supervisor-pane
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│ ┃ Supervisors ✕ › fix the failing auth test and add an audit log call │ ┃ No supervisors have run yet. │ ┃ done 0 / 0 ⏺ Read(src/auth.ts) │ ⎿ Read 6 lines │ ⏺ Update(src/auth.ts) │ ⎿ Added 2 lines, removed 1 line │ ⏺ Bash(bun test) │ ⎿ 3 pass, 1 fail │ │ ● Done. refresh now rejects expired claims and logs an audit event. │ │ ✻ Worked for 42s · done 4:20 PM │ │ › /supervisor │ ⎿ supervisor-pane: Supervisors pane opened. │ │ ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── › ? for shortcuts

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README

claude-supervisor-pane

A small plugin ("mod") for Claude Code's terminal UI that opens a side pane listing subagent runs, and optionally chosen shell commands, with their state and elapsed time.

日本語の説明は README.ja.md にあります。

When to use

  • When Claude runs several subagents (reviewers, verifiers, explorers) and the one-line status in the transcript is not enough to see who is running, who finished, and who failed.
  • When a pipeline step is a shell command you want to watch in the same list (for example deploy.sh or a review script): add its name to the commands setting.
  • When you want this without spending tokens: the pane is drawn by the mod, and the model never sees it.

Not for you if you run Claude non-interactively (claude -p), or on a narrow terminal: when there is no room for a side pane, nothing opens, and /supervisor reports that instead.

What it looks like

A pane titled Supervisors opens beside the conversation when the first matching call starts. Each row is one call:

… code-reviewer 12s
✓ test-runner 41s
✗ deploy.sh 3s
done 2 / 3

… is running, ✓ finished, ✗ failed. /supervisor opens or closes the pane.

Requirements

  • Built on Claude Code's plugin hooks ("mods") API, which is in early access and may change between versions.
  • Developed and tested with Claude Code 2.1.295 on macOS.
  • Windows is untested.

Install

From the marketplace in this repository:

claude plugin marketplace add i-noma-ru/claude-supervisor-pane
claude plugin install supervisor-pane@claude-supervisor-pane

Or for one session only, from a clone:

claude --plugin-dir /path/to/claude-supervisor-pane

Configuration

All settings have defaults, so the mod works without configuration. Change them with /plugin configure supervisor-pane@claude-supervisor-pane or in /config.

SettingDefaultMeaning
agentsemptysubagent_type values to list. Empty lists every subagent.
commandsemptySubstrings of Bash commands to list as rows. Empty lists no shell commands.
max_rows30Oldest finished rows are dropped beyond this count.

How it works

  • On each Agent tool call whose subagent_type matches (or on every one when agents is empty), a row starts. A subagent launched in the background returns before it finishes, so the mod keeps the row running and checks the engine's agent list every 5 seconds to mark it finished or failed.
  • On each Bash tool call whose command contains one of commands, a row starts and finishes with the call. A non-zero exit or an error result marks it failed.
  • Rows live in the session state and survive a reload of the mod. The 5-second timer does not: after a hot reload, background rows are settled again only when a new session starts.

What the plugin reads

The subagent_type and result status of Agent calls, the command text of Bash calls, and the engine's list of agents. It reads no files and sends nothing anywhere.

Tests

claude plugin validate .
claude plugin test .

Notes

License

MIT. See LICENSE.

Source 3 files
hooks/register.tsx 159 lines
1import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
2import type { EngineInterface, Register } from 'claude-code'
3
4import type { SupervisorRow } from '../types'
5import {
6  PANE_ID,
7  PANE_TITLE,
8  hasRunning,
9  outcomeOf,
10  prune,
11  renderLines,
12  rowNameFor,
13  settingsFrom,
14  settleByAgents,
15} from './logic'
16import type { RanShape } from './logic'
17
18const rows = atom({ plugin: 'supervisor-pane', key: 'rows' } as const, [])
19
20// Functions that take $ live at module level (passing $ into a function made inside a hook fails validate)
21
22async function openPane($: EngineInterface): Promise<boolean> {
23  try {
24    const opened = await $.ui.open({ id: PANE_ID, title: PANE_TITLE })
25    return opened.isPlaced
26  } catch {
27    // No screen (claude -p): nothing to open
28    return false
29  }
30}
31
32async function beginRow($: EngineInterface, id: string, name: string, max: number): Promise<void> {
33  const startedAt = await $.clock.now()
34  const row: SupervisorRow = { id, name, status: 'running', startedAt }
35  const before = await read($, rows)
36  await update($, rows, list => prune([...list, row], max))
37  // Open only for the first row; never reopen a pane the user closed
38  if (before.length === 0) await openPane($)
39}
40
41async function finishRow($: EngineInterface, id: string, ran: RanShape): Promise<void> {
42  const outcome = outcomeOf(ran)
43  const endedAt = outcome.status === 'running' ? undefined : await $.clock.now()
44  await update($, rows, list =>
45    list.map(row => {
46      if (row.id !== id) return row
47      if (outcome.status === 'running') return { ...row, agentId: outcome.agentId }
48      return { ...row, status: outcome.status, endedAt }
49    }),
50  )
51}
52
53async function failRow($: EngineInterface, id: string): Promise<void> {
54  const endedAt = await $.clock.now()
55  await update($, rows, list =>
56    list.map(row => (row.id === id ? { ...row, status: 'error' as const, endedAt } : row)),
57  )
58}
59
60/** Every 5 s: settle background Agents from agent.list and redraw elapsed seconds of running rows */
61async function tick($: EngineInterface): Promise<void> {
62  try {
63    const list = await read($, rows)
64    if (!hasRunning(list)) return
65    if (list.some(row => row.status === 'running' && row.agentId !== undefined)) {
66      const agents = await $.agent.list()
67      const now = await $.clock.now()
68      if (settleByAgents(list, agents, now).changed) {
69        await update($, rows, current => settleByAgents(current, agents, now).rows)
70      }
71    }
72    $.ui.invalidate('ui.render')
73  } catch {
74    // A failed list or redraw is retried on the next tick
75  }
76}
77
78export const register: Register = (on, options) => {
79  const settings = settingsFrom(options)
80
81  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
82    try {
83      await $.command.register({
84        name: 'supervisor',
85        description: 'Open or close the Supervisors pane (subagent runs and chosen shell commands)',
86      })
87    } catch {
88      // A failed registration must not stop the session
89    }
90    $.clock.every(5000, () => {
91      void tick($)
92    })
93
94    return next(e)
95  })
96
97  on('command.run', { command: 'supervisor' }, async $ => {
98    const isUp = (await $.ui.panes()).some(pane => pane.id === PANE_ID)
99    if (isUp) {
100      await $.ui.close({ id: PANE_ID })
101      return { text: 'Supervisors pane closed.' }
102    }
103    const placed = await openPane($)
104    return {
105      text: placed
106        ? 'Supervisors pane opened.'
107        : 'Supervisors pane opened, but it cannot be placed on this screen (terminal too narrow, or no screen).',
108    }
109  })
110
111  on('tool.call', { tool: 'Agent' }, async ($, e, next) => {
112    const name = rowNameFor('Agent', e.subagent_type, settings)
113    if (name === undefined) return next(e)
114    await beginRow($, e.tool_use_id, name, settings.maxRows)
115    let ran: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof next>>
116    try {
117      ran = await next(e)
118    } catch (error) {
119      // If next rejects (interrupt), do not leave the row running
120      await failRow($, e.tool_use_id).catch(() => undefined)
121      throw error
122    }
123    await finishRow($, e.tool_use_id, ran)
124
125    return ran
126  })
127
128  on('tool.call', { tool: 'Bash' }, async ($, e, next) => {
129    const name = rowNameFor('Bash', e.command, settings)
130    if (name === undefined) return next(e)
131    await beginRow($, e.tool_use_id, name, settings.maxRows)
132    let ran: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof next>>
133    try {
134      ran = await next(e)
135    } catch (error) {
136      await failRow($, e.tool_use_id).catch(() => undefined)
137      throw error
138    }
139    await finishRow($, e.tool_use_id, ran)
140
141    return ran
142  })
143
144  // The matcher is a literal (a constant makes validate read requestId=?)
145  on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: 'supervisor' }, async ($, e) => {
146    const { Box, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
147    const list = await read($, rows)
148    const now = await $.clock.now()
149
150    return (
151      <Box flexDirection="column">
152        {renderLines(list, now).map((line, index) => (
153          <Text key={`line${index}`} wrap="truncate-end">{line}</Text>
154        ))}
155      </Box>
156    )
157  })
158}
159
hooks/logic.ts 132 lines
1import type { PluginOptions } from 'claude-code'
2
3import type { SupervisorRow } from '../types'
4
5export const PANE_ID = 'supervisor'
6export const PANE_TITLE = 'Supervisors'
7export const DEFAULT_MAX_ROWS = 30
8
9/** The plugin's userConfig, normalized once per activation */
10export type Settings = {
11  /** subagent_type values that get a row; empty = every subagent */
12  agents: readonly string[]
13  /** substrings; a Bash command containing one gets a row named after it; empty = no Bash rows */
14  commands: readonly string[]
15  maxRows: number
16}
17
18/** A `multiple` string field arrives as an array; accept a lone string too */
19function stringList(value: unknown): readonly string[] {
20  if (value === undefined || value === null) return []
21  return ([] as unknown[]).concat(value).filter((one): one is string => typeof one === 'string')
22}
23
24export function settingsFrom(options: PluginOptions): Settings {
25  const max = options.max_rows
26  return {
27    agents: stringList(options.agents),
28    commands: stringList(options.commands),
29    maxRows: typeof max === 'number' && Number.isFinite(max) ? max : DEFAULT_MAX_ROWS,
30  }
31}
32
33/**
34 * The row's name. Agent passes subagent_type, Bash passes the command, as `detail`.
35 * undefined = no row.
36 */
37export function rowNameFor(tool: string, detail: unknown, settings: Settings): string | undefined {
38  if (typeof detail !== 'string') return undefined
39  if (tool === 'Agent') {
40    return settings.agents.length === 0 || settings.agents.includes(detail) ? detail : undefined
41  }
42  if (tool === 'Bash') return settings.commands.find(part => detail.includes(part))
43  return undefined
44}
45
46/** The part of next(e)'s result that decides where the row goes */
47export type RanShape = {
48  deny?: string
49  isError?: boolean
50  text?: string
51  result?: unknown
52}
53
54export type Outcome = { status: 'done' | 'error' } | { status: 'running'; agentId: string }
55
56// "exit code 0" is not a failure, so the first digit is limited to 1-9
57const NONZERO_EXIT = /exit code[:\s]*[1-9]\d*/i
58
59/** done / error / running (background Agent) from next(e)'s result */
60export function outcomeOf(ran: RanShape): Outcome {
61  if (ran.deny !== undefined || ran.isError === true) return { status: 'error' }
62  const result = ran.result
63  const record = result && typeof result === 'object' ? (result as Record<string, unknown>) : {}
64  // A background Agent answers at launch (status: async_launched); its end is read from agent.list.
65  // A record with agentId but no status has not finished either, so it is treated the same.
66  if (typeof record.agentId === 'string' && record.status !== 'completed') {
67    return { status: 'running', agentId: record.agentId }
68  }
69  const text = [ran.text, record.stdout, record.stderr]
70    .filter((part): part is string => typeof part === 'string')
71    .join('\n')
72  return { status: NONZERO_EXIT.test(text) ? 'error' : 'done' }
73}
74
75/** Keep at most `max` rows: drop the oldest done/error first; if all are running, drop the oldest */
76export function prune(rows: SupervisorRow[], max = DEFAULT_MAX_ROWS): SupervisorRow[] {
77  if (rows.length <= max) return rows
78  const kept = [...rows]
79  while (kept.length > max) {
80    const index = kept.findIndex(row => row.status !== 'running')
81    kept.splice(index < 0 ? 0 : index, 1)
82  }
83  return kept
84}
85
86export function hasRunning(rows: readonly SupervisorRow[]): boolean {
87  return rows.some(row => row.status === 'running')
88}
89
90type AgentLike = { id: string; status: string }
91
92/** Copy background Agents' end state onto rows: completed -> done, failed/killed -> error */
93export function settleByAgents(
94  rows: SupervisorRow[],
95  agents: readonly AgentLike[],
96  now: number,
97): { rows: SupervisorRow[]; changed: boolean } {
98  let changed = false
99  const settled = rows.map(row => {
100    if (row.status !== 'running' || row.agentId === undefined) return row
101    const agent = agents.find(one => one.id === row.agentId)
102    if (agent === undefined) return row
103    if (agent.status === 'completed') {
104      changed = true
105      return { ...row, status: 'done' as const, endedAt: now }
106    }
107    if (agent.status === 'failed' || agent.status === 'killed') {
108      changed = true
109      return { ...row, status: 'error' as const, endedAt: now }
110    }
111    return row
112  })
113  return { rows: changed ? settled : rows, changed }
114}
115
116const MARK = { running: '…', done: '✓', error: '✗' } as const
117
118export function elapsedSeconds(row: SupervisorRow, now: number): number {
119  return Math.max(0, Math.floor(((row.endedAt ?? now) - row.startedAt) / 1000))
120}
121
122export const EMPTY_LINE = 'No supervisors have run yet.'
123
124/** Pane lines: one per row as "<mark> <name> <seconds>s", then "done n / m" (n counts done and error) */
125export function renderLines(rows: readonly SupervisorRow[], now: number): string[] {
126  const lines = rows.map(row => `${MARK[row.status]} ${row.name} ${elapsedSeconds(row, now)}s`)
127  if (lines.length === 0) lines.push(EMPTY_LINE)
128  const finished = rows.filter(row => row.status !== 'running').length
129  lines.push(`done ${finished} / ${rows.length}`)
130  return lines
131}
132
types/index.d.ts 23 lines
1export type SupervisorStatus = 'running' | 'done' | 'error'
2
3/** One pane row = one tracked call (the same subagent running twice in parallel makes two rows). */
4export type SupervisorRow = {
5  /** tool_use_id of the tool.call */
6  id: string
7  /** The subagent_type as given, or the matched command substring for Bash */
8  name: string
9  status: SupervisorStatus
10  /** Milliseconds ($.clock.now) */
11  startedAt: number
12  /** Set when the row finishes; absent while running */
13  endedAt?: number
14  /** Id of a background Agent; its end is read from $.agent.list() */
15  agentId?: string
16}
17
18declare module 'claude-code' {
19  interface PluginState {
20    'supervisor-pane': { rows: SupervisorRow[] }
21  }
22}
23