I gave my coding agents a physical dashboard — a week with AgentStreamDeck

Description and use

A physical Stream Deck dashboard lets you instantly see the status of AI coding agents and focus on their windows, eliminating window‑switching hassle.

Problem

Managing multiple AI coding agents simultaneously became a token‑cost issue and a focus‑management headache, as alt‑tabbing and window switching were inefficient.

Outcome

Using AgentStreamDeck with a Stream Deck Mini/MK.2 provides a clear, real‑time visual status of each AI coding agent and allows instant focus, eliminating the need for alt‑tabbing and reducing context switching overhead.

Workflow

• Install AgentStreamDeck via pip: pip install agentstreamdeck
• Install the OpenCode plugin globally: ocdeck install
• For each project, install the harness for the desired agent: ocdeck harness-install <agent>
• Connect the Stream Deck Mini/MK.2 to the computer
• Configure keys for each agent session via the AgentStreamDeck UI or config
• Use the physical keys to monitor status and focus sessions

Evidence

The ring is the feature. I stopped checking windows. The status colors are honest per-harness

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Tabs lie to window focus. Two sessions in one Windows Terminal window made focus ambiguous. One session per window and it stopped misfiring

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6 keys is tight. On the Mini, the Jelly companion mascot mostly had no room once three sessions were live. The 15-key MK.2 is the sweet spot

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