Agent status & progress

Show what the agent is doing now, what it did already, and what it is about to do next.

5 patterns in this family

Same kind of element, used at different moments of the task.

The intended sequence of steps, shown before execution and editable by the user.

A running log of steps and tool calls as they happen, collapsible to a one-line summary.

Progressive text rendering that makes latency legible and lets users bail early.

Elapsed time, step count and honest expectation-setting for work measured in minutes or hours.

A closing summary of what changed, what was skipped, and what still needs a human.

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