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My AI Agents Lie About Their Status, So I Built a Hidden Monitor

• kaylamathisen 7mo ago
  Short version:I tried to get my Claude Cowork agents to self-report their status to a dashboard. They wouldn't. The fix was using Cowork's hook system to monitor them at the infrastructure level, bypassing agent judgment entirely. Happy to answer questions about the setup. I'm still unsure about the right task counter threshold for restarting sessions. Also, I'm trying to find a way to get the agents to indicate on my dashboard when they're "stuck" and waiting for something like access approval. The Claude Desktop app clearly knows when this happens (indicates it with a blue circle) but I haven't found a way to get the information into my dashboard.
  • sarkarsh 7mo ago
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    • kaylamathisen 7mo ago
      Using this approach, it sounds like you'd be able to tell when an agent gets stuck because it needs approval or times out. Is that right? And I assume you're using Claude Code? I'm wondering if I can make this approach work for Cowork (I don't think we can create custom MCP tools yet) or if I have to finally abandon it.
• _wire_ 7mo ago
  But who monitors the monitor?!
  • kaylamathisen 7mo ago
    Unfortunately, me. Let me know if you think of an alternative, would love to outsource keeping my eyes open.