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Feature: Sub-agent status sidebar panel #12463
Description
Summary
Add a sidebar panel that displays active sub-agents and their status, similar to how the TODO list is shown in the sidebar.
Use Case
When using multi-agent orchestration systems (like OhMyOpenCode's Atlas/Sisyphus pattern), the main agent frequently delegates tasks to sub-agents. Currently, viewing sub-agent status requires:
- Pressing
Ctrl+Xto open the session switcher - Navigating with arrow keys to find the relevant sub-agent session
This workflow interrupts focus and makes it difficult to monitor parallel sub-agent execution at a glance.
Proposed Solution
A persistent sidebar panel (toggleable, like the TODO panel) showing:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Agent name | The sub-agent identifier (e.g., "sisyphus-1", "explore-2") |
| Task | Brief description of delegated task |
| Status | running / completed / failed |
| Duration | Time elapsed since spawn |
Mockup
┌─ Sub-agents ────────────────┐
│ ● sisyphus-1 [running] │
│ "Fix auth middleware" │
│ 2m 34s │
│ │
│ ● explore-3 [running] │
│ "Find error handlers" │
│ 45s │
│ │
│ ✓ librarian-1 [done] │
│ "Lookup JWT docs" │
│ 1m 12s │
└─────────────────────────────┘
Additional Context
I'm using OhMyOpenCode which adds orchestration capabilities via prompt engineering and MCP tools. The orchestrator delegates to specialized sub-agents, but there's no visibility into their status without manually switching sessions.
Would be happy to contribute to this implementation if there's interest.
cc: @kaizen403
Activity
github-actions commentedon Feb 6, 2026
This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:
Feel free to ignore if none of these address your specific case.
collin commentedon Feb 23, 2026
This would be great.
I love that you can chat with sub-agents after they are "complete".
But the buttons to click to open up the sub-agent keep scrolling higher up the chat history as the main session continues, so having a tree view of sub-agents per top-level-agent would be very useful for certain work sessions.
For example, I set a session to work on a bunch of similar files, each in a sub-agent.
If I need to go back and follow-up on particular files, it's nice to be able to navigate to that sub-agent quickly.
sanderma commentedon Mar 4, 2026
Yeah, I too would like better feedback what is happening with subagents. I'm currently staring at a screen that is "busy" and pressing CTRL-X right is not a nice way to see which subagents are currently doing stuff.
It might be I'm doing something wrong of course. I use Oh-My-Opencode which might also be a reason it sometimes seems stuck.
github-actions commentedon Jun 26, 2026
To stay organized issues are automatically closed after 60 days of no activity. If the issue is still relevant please open a new one.