Real-time dashboard for Claude Code agent teams
The author built a project called Agents Observe to monitor and manage teams of Claude code agents in real-time, with insights from Claude's hooks and JSONL files.
Why it matters
This tool provides valuable insights and performance improvements for teams using Claude code agents, which is an important part of the AI/ML ecosystem.
Key Points
- 1Claude code hooks are blocking and can degrade performance with many plugins
- 2Hooks provide more useful data than OTEL, and JSONL files give the full picture
- 3Lifecycle management of MCP processes started by plugins is challenging
- 4Switching to background hooks and removing other plugins significantly improved Claude performance
Details
The Agents Observe project was built to provide a real-time dashboard for monitoring and managing teams of Claude code agents. The author found that Claude code hooks are blocking and can degrade performance rapidly with many plugins. Hooks provide more useful information than OTEL data, and the JSONL files give a complete view of agent activity. However, managing the lifecycle of MCP processes started by plugins is problematic. The biggest improvement came from switching to background (fire-and-forget) hooks and removing all other plugins, which significantly boosted Claude's performance. The tool uses Docker to run the API and dashboard service, which helps with security. The server tracks active connections and automatically shuts down when not in use, then spins back up when a new session starts.
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