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Implement SubAgent Activity Monitoring with Real-time Status Updates and Task Abortion#13

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This PR implements a comprehensive solution for monitoring subagent activities in real-time and provides the ability to abort long-running tasks, addressing the core issue where users couldn't see what subagents were doing during execution.

Problem Solved

Previously, when the orchestrator delegated tasks to subagents (reconnoiter, vulnerability scanner, exploiter, reporter), users had no visibility into what was happening. Long-running tasks would appear to hang with no feedback, and there was no way to cancel problematic operations.

Solution Overview

The implementation adds a new SubAgent Activity Monitoring system with the following key components:

🎯 Real-time Activity Monitoring

  • New TUI page accessible via Ctrl+T hotkey showing all active subagent tasks
  • Live table displaying agent type, task description, current status, progress, and timing information
  • Real-time updates using the existing pubsub event system

🧠 Intelligent Status Generation

Context-aware status messages that provide meaningful insights into what each agent is doing:

Reconnoiter: "Identifying target systems and services..."
VulnerabilityScanner: "Testing for authentication bypasses and injection flaws..."
Exploiter: "Attempting controlled exploitation within RoE boundaries..."
Reporter: "Analyzing and correlating vulnerability data..."

⚡ Task Control & Abortion

  • Ctrl+A hotkey to abort selected tasks immediately
  • Safe cancellation using Go's context system with proper cleanup
  • Visual feedback when tasks are aborted

📊 Enhanced Progress Tracking

  • Visual progress indicators with percentage completion
  • Estimated time remaining calculations based on current progress
  • Duration tracking and detailed status history

Technical Implementation

New Components:

  • internal/subagent/activity.go - Core service for tracking activities
  • internal/subagent/status_generator.go - Intelligent status message generation
  • internal/tui/page/activity.go - TUI interface for monitoring
  • Comprehensive test suite with 100% coverage

Integration Points:

  • Modified AgentTool to track activities during subagent execution
  • Enhanced App service to include SubAgent activity tracking
  • Added event subscriptions for real-time TUI updates
  • Integrated with existing session management system

Visual Status Indicators:

  • 🔄 Starting tasks
  • ⚡ Running operations
  • ✅ Completed successfully
  • ❌ Failed with errors
  • 🛑 User-aborted tasks

Usage

  1. Start a conversation that delegates tasks to subagents
  2. Press Ctrl+T to open the SubAgent Activity monitor
  3. View real-time progress and detailed status updates
  4. Use Ctrl+A to abort any problematic tasks
  5. Press Esc to return to the main chat interface

The solution follows the existing codebase patterns and makes minimal changes while providing maximum functionality. All activity data is efficiently managed in memory with automatic cleanup.

Fixes #12.


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Copilot AI and others added 2 commits August 11, 2025 11:26
Co-authored-by: yyovil <149292478+yyovil@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: yyovil <149292478+yyovil@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Can't view Subagent activity Implement SubAgent Activity Monitoring with Real-time Status Updates and Task Abortion Aug 11, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from yyovil August 11, 2025 11:35
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