Formerly AgentDeck. The Python distribution is now agentstreamdeck; the ocdeck command, existing configuration and hook receipts remain compatible. See rename and upgrade steps. Historical release media may still show the former name.

AgentStreamDeck

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AgentStreamDeck connects OpenCode, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, Copilot in VS Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor CLI and Codex CLI to one local controller. Each managed launch gets a stable key. A launch beyond the connected deck's capacity waits for a vacancy; closing one does not shuffle the others. The controller uses direct USB HID, with no Elgato plugin or MCP server.

What's new in 2.1

Version 2.1 adds the following 20 enhancements. The implementation is available for testing; physical-device/native-harness acceptance and PyPI publishing setup are still outstanding. See validation status.

Setup · Codex · Deck sizes · Appearance · Alerts · Diagnostics · Configuration · Uninstall · Releases · Detailed feature guide

Demo video

Watch on YouTube. The original demo shows the OpenCode workflow; additional adapters have the coverage described below.

Choose your harness

All six hook adapters are implemented and fixture-tested. Windows/Ubuntu CI exercises mocked hardware and subprocess transport. Live native-hook loading, interactive Windows focus/notifications and physical USB behavior require local validation. A non-red key does not prove that no approval is waiting. See adapter details for lifecycle and missed-event limitations. Aider and cloud/remote agent integrations are not included.

A key press requests focus only. It never types, approves a tool, answers a question, or changes an agent's state. Windows can deny foreground activation; inspect lastFocus in ocdeck status and verify physical behavior on your desktop.

Requirements

The original scripts/Install.ps1 requires OpenCode and installs its global plugin, command shims and per-user logon task. Other adapters do not require OpenCode: use the foreground broker tutorial. Linux/macOS can run mock/status tests; Windows desktop focus is not implemented there.

The connected device determines slot capacity. Mock tests cover 6, 15 and 32 keys; physical acceptance remains required on each device model.

Get started

Release the deck first: quit Elgato Stream Deck from the tray and close old controller scripts. See advanced coexistence if needed. Two applications writing to the same device cause flicker and unreliable input.

Choose the path that matches your setup:

• Existing AgentStreamDeck installation: add a harness
• Fresh install with OpenCode and automatic logon startup
• Fresh install without OpenCode: foreground broker
• Copilot in VS Code: isolated editor setup
• Physical first-run acceptance

For an existing install, keep this checkout at C:\Tools\AgentStreamDeck (or substitute your actual permanent location). In PowerShell:

C:\Tools\AgentStreamDeck\scripts\Install-Harness.ps1 -Profile claude -Project C:\Projects\MyApp
C:\Tools\AgentStreamDeck\scripts\Install-Harness.ps1 -Profile copilot-cli -Project C:\Projects\MyApp
cd C:\Projects\MyApp
C:\Tools\AgentStreamDeck\scripts\Launch-Claude.bat
C:\Tools\AgentStreamDeck\scripts\Launch-Copilot.bat

Hooks are installed once per software project. The BAT launchers use the current working directory; invoking them from the AgentStreamDeck checkout would target that checkout. Installation preserves unrelated settings, makes backups before changes, and supports -DryRun and -Remove. Plain claude or copilot launches do not attach to AgentStreamDeck; use its managed launchers.

For AI-assisted setup, give your coding agent this instruction:

Install AgentStreamDeck from https://github.com/darkmatter2222/AgentStreamDeck in a permanent
source directory. Read docs/QWEN-HANDOFF.md and docs/TUTORIALS.md. Use the setup path
for the harnesses I actually use, preserve my existing configuration, and verify
that Elgato Stream Deck is closed before opening the device. Read docs/NEXT.md
for 2.1 commands, supported deck sizes, Codex trust and current limitations. Run the automated
checks, then guide me through docs/FIRST-RUN.md and the harness-specific acceptance
steps. Record observed results separately from unverified hardware/runtime gates.

Install or update version 2.1

Use main or the v2.1.1 release ZIP in your permanent checkout. Inspect and preserve any local edits before switching. Close managed sessions and stop the broker before updating its source and dependencies.

cd C:\Tools\AgentStreamDeck
git fetch origin
git switch main
git pull --ff-only

For an original OpenCode/task installation, rerun powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\scripts\Install.ps1. For a foreground setup, run python -m pip install -e . using its existing Python environment and restart python -m ocdeck broker. Reinstall the affected project hooks so receipts point to the current scripts, then relaunch managed sessions. Existing config is retained; sound/toasts remain off until enabled. See the installation tutorials for fresh setups and custom paths.

Set up Codex CLI

Install and authenticate Codex normally, then install its observer hooks in the software project you will work on:

ocdeck harness-install codex --project C:\Projects\MyApp --dry-run
ocdeck harness-install codex --project C:\Projects\MyApp
cd C:\Projects\MyApp
ocdeck start --profile codex
# Equivalent checkout launcher:
# C:\Tools\AgentStreamDeck\scripts\Launch-Codex.bat

Open /hooks in Codex to review and trust the exact installed hooks. AgentStreamDeck merges .codex/hooks.json, preserves unrelated settings, creates a receipt and backs up changes. It never grants hook trust or emits approval decisions.

Prompt/tool events map to RUNNING; Stop/Interrupt map to IDLE; an observed PermissionRequest maps to INPUT with an unknown count until a result, new turn, stop or interrupt. This is observed lifecycle state, not confirmation that an approval dialog remains open. Missing hooks remain UNKNOWN. Paired request_user_input tool IDs can also establish pending input. Exiting the managed child removes its slot. Codex coverage and live checks.

Supported decks and slot capacity

One broker controls one deck. Use ocdeck devices to list models, serials and key counts. Set serial in config when more than one matching deck is attached. Capacity resizes on attachment; overflow launches take a freed slot in registration order. Resizing invalidates stale key-press assignments. These are agent/focus slots; arbitrary custom action keys and multi-deck aggregation are not included.

The broker conservatively refuses hardware access while an Elgato Stream Deck process is running. Quit it from the tray. If you have explicitly released this device in Elgato and need other devices there, "allow_elgato": true disables the process guard; it does not release a device on your behalf. hardware-check requires Elgato to be closed. For mock capacity only, configure "slots": 15 or 32; physical hardware supplies its own capacity.

Using HomeAILab or another local-model launcher?

Start it through AgentStreamDeck to make button focus work. A directly launched CLI can report status without a usable window mapping, because Windows Terminal owns the window. The wrapper creates a dedicated window and keeps your existing model configuration inside it.

cd C:\Projects\MyApp
C:\Tools\AgentStreamDeck\scripts\Launch-Agent.bat --profile opencode --launcher "C:\Tools\HomeAILab\harness\opencode\opencode-5090.bat" --
C:\Tools\AgentStreamDeck\scripts\Launch-Agent.bat --profile claude --launcher "C:\Tools\HomeAILab\harness\claude\claude-5090.bat" --

Complete the OpenCode installation or the corresponding project hook setup above first. After updating, restart the broker and relaunch your old sessions through these wrappers. Existing unmanaged windows cannot be retroactively mapped.

HomeAILab examples use HOMEAILAB_ROOT; local Claude uses AGENTDECK_LOCAL_URL and AGENTDECK_LOCAL_MODEL. No model credentials are bundled. The original HomeAILab scripts retain their own tuning and permission flags.

Full launcher setup, local/cloud examples, and focus troubleshooting.

Make every key your own

The preview demonstrates several states together. In normal use, READY appears only when no agents are registered. Windows hardware and native harness acceptance gates are tracked in the verification record.

Three layouts. Six palettes. Two text lines you control. Each button can have its own look, brightness, and motion. These examples come directly from AgentStreamDeck's renderer using sample sessions; they are enlarged key previews, not hardware photos. Harness mode uses bundled official app icons and GitHub's Copilot UI icon where available. Codex uses a text identifier and procedural status symbol. Asset sources and attribution are included; no runtime downloads are needed.

Layouts · Themes · Harness icons · Text · Motion · Mixed deck

Real logos, plus ten more ways to customize

Use the actual OpenCode, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, and Cursor icons. Their artwork keeps its source colors; your palette controls the surrounding status indicators.

Name your agents and style their text

Aliases belong to slots, so “Reviewer” stays on key 2 even if a different agent later occupies it. An empty alias restores the real project name. Status text and window focus still use the real session state and identity.

ocdeck appearance --slot 2 --alias "Reviewer" --primary alias --secondary status
ocdeck appearance --slot 2 --text-size large --text-align left

Watch the text move

Scroll reveals a long label and pauses at both ends; shimmer moves a highlight across the letters. Text effects share the animation speed control. steady or animations: false freezes both icon and text motion. This preview uses 0.5x speed.

ocdeck appearance --slot 2 --alias "Backend review agent" --text-effect scroll --speed 0.5
ocdeck appearance --slot 3 --text-effect shimmer

Customize the frame around the logo

Change the badge, border, background, and logo size independently. The badge stays separate from the brand mark. Ring badges include a state symbol; pill badges use RUN, IDLE, ASK, or ? so you have a cue beyond color.

ocdeck appearance --layout harness --badge ring --border double --background gradient --logo-size large

Start with a preset, then make it yours

Studio leads with your alias, Neon adds glow and shimmer, Focus stays still, Readable emphasizes status, and Marquee scrolls long labels.

ocdeck appearance --preset studio
ocdeck appearance --slot 2 --preset marquee --alias "Backend review agent"
ocdeck appearance --slot 3 --preset neon --theme ocean
ocdeck preview --preset neon --alias "Builder" --output neon-preview.gif

Presets replace visual settings at the selected scope, preserve aliases and custom text, and allow explicit flags to override them. Per-button overrides still take precedence over global settings. Restart the broker after saving.

Three ways to see your agents

Classic puts the state front and center. Harness shows the agent logo with an upper-right status dot. Minimal uses a simple state symbol. Each row below shows RUNNING, IDLE, INPUT, LINK ?, READY, and an empty black key in the same order.

ocdeck appearance --layout harness

Six color palettes

Choose Classic, Aurora, Ocean, Accessible, Mono, or High Contrast. The original five-palette comparison is below; the new high-contrast example follows. State labels stay readable regardless of the palette. Keep a status text line when using harness icons, especially with Mono, so color is not your only cue.

ocdeck appearance --theme aurora

Recognize the harness

OpenCode, Claude, Copilot CLI, Copilot in VS Code, Gemini, Cursor and Codex share the same status language. The gallery below shows the original six adapters; Codex uses its name and a procedural symbol rather than a bundled brand image. Both Copilot adapters use the same icon; use a project name or per-button custom text when you want to distinguish them on the deck.

ocdeck appearance --layout harness --primary harness --secondary status

Choose the text under each icon

Lead with the state, project name, or harness. Show adapter-reported detail, add your own short label, or hide both text lines. Detail availability depends on the adapter. Long text is shortened by default; enable the scrolling text effect to read the full label.

ocdeck appearance --primary project --secondary status --no-show-slot
ocdeck appearance --slot 2 --primary custom --custom-text "Code review"

Breathing, glowing, or still

Watch the same INPUT state with three effects: Breathe pulses its artwork, Glow adds whole-button dimming, and Steady freezes the animation. These are rendered effects; pressing the button still only requests window focus.

ocdeck appearance --effect glow --intensity 0.8 --fps 24
ocdeck appearance --slot 6 --effect steady

Set your pace

Slow motion for a calmer desk, standard speed for everyday use, or faster motion for a key you want to notice. Below: the same running indicator at 0.5x, 1x, and 2x. Speed controls the animation cycle; FPS controls how often the device can update.

ocdeck appearance --speed 0.5
ocdeck appearance --slot 2 --speed 2

Motion uses a 96-step clock with a default 24 FPS target. Actual hardware frame rate depends on USB throughput and active keys; physical Mini performance still needs validation. Existing installations retain their saved FPS setting.

Give individual keys different brightness

Keep a primary session bright and supporting sessions subdued. These settings dim each button's rendered pixels; the deck's hardware brightness remains global.

ocdeck appearance --slot 6 --brightness 0.6

Mix it up, button by button

You do not have to choose one style for the whole deck. This example combines project-first text, a custom review label, a minimal icon, a harness name, a mono key, and a dimmed key. Settings follow physical slots 1–32, not particular agents.

ocdeck appearance --layout harness --theme aurora --effect glow --fps 24
ocdeck appearance --slot 2 --theme ocean --primary custom --custom-text "Code review"
ocdeck appearance --slot 3 --layout minimal --theme accessible
ocdeck appearance --slot 5 --theme mono --effect steady
ocdeck appearance --slot 6 --brightness 0.6

Restart the broker after saving settings. Global preferences apply unless a button overrides that field. Try a temporary preview before changing your deck:

ocdeck preview --layout harness --theme ocean --effect glow --output my-deck.gif

Full appearance guide, settings, and JSON examples. Contributors can regenerate this gallery with python scripts/render-gallery.py.

High contrast and pending-input counts

ocdeck appearance --theme high-contrast --effect steady --text-size large

OpenCode supplies known pending counts, including questions and permissions. INPUT keys show 1–9 or 9+. Hook adapters do not claim complete totals: their public slot pending is null, and the numeric badge is omitted. An unknown count is not zero. Keep status text enabled for a cue beyond color. Global appearance defaults are Classic layout/theme, status + project text, Breathe, speed 1, intensity 0.55 and per-button brightness 1. Per-slot overrides take precedence.

Share a look or preview a change

ocdeck appearance --export my-look.json
ocdeck appearance --import my-look.json --dry-run
ocdeck appearance --import my-look.json
ocdeck appearance --slot 15 --alias Reviewer --dry-run

The schema-version-1 file contains only appearance, buttons and fps, plus schema_version. Unknown keys, invalid values and slot keys outside 1–32 are rejected. Import replaces visual settings while retaining serial, alerts and other broker options; explicit flags apply after the import. Malformed config JSON is rejected instead of silently overwritten.

--dry-run prints a settings diff and a PNG data URI of sample keys using the resulting settings. It writes no configuration, preview or export files, even when combined with --export. This is a sample appearance preview, not a live USB capture. Use ocdeck preview --output my-look.gif for a saved six-key sample GIF. Restart the broker after applying saved settings.

Sound alerts and Windows notifications

Merge an alerts object into your existing config, then restart the broker:

{
  "alerts": {
    "sound": true,
    "toast": true,
    "states": ["input"],
    "cooldown_seconds": 10,
    "muted_slots": ["2"]
  }
}

Both channels default off. Sound uses SystemExclamation unless sound_file names a WAV path, such as "C:\\Sounds\\input.wav". The states list selects sound transitions: input, running, idle, or unknown. Cooldown is global; repeated snapshots do not produce another chime. Muted slots are one-based strings and suppress both channels. Alerts are processed independently of USB rendering.

Toasts require a newly identified request. Multiple new IDs in one snapshot produce one slot toast. Repeated delivery and stale-state recovery do not repeat that toast during the broker lifetime. A broker restart resets deduplication history. INPUT without a request ID can trigger sound but not a request-specific toast; states does not turn toasts into generic activity notifications.

Windows delivery uses normal-priority notifications, silent toast audio and the shell interruption-state check. The first opted-in toast registers the per-user AgentStreamDeck notification identity. Enable AgentStreamDeck in Windows notification settings. Focus Assist/Do Not Disturb and fullscreen/presentation states may suppress delivery. Sound and desktop toasts are Windows-only; mock tests elsewhere exercise the transition logic. Live notification checks remain required.

Diagnostics, logs and bug reports

ocdeck doctor --project C:\Projects\MyApp
ocdeck doctor --no-device --json
ocdeck status --json
ocdeck report --output agentdeck-report.zip --lines 200

Doctor checks configuration, Node, runtime assets, hook receipts, broker health, capacity and (unless excluded) device/Elgato state. It also lists interactive checks for native hook trust, focus and other troubleshooting cases. Every line includes a fix/check; PASS means verified, FAIL means a detected problem, and MANUAL means unverified. Exit status is 1 if any check fails, otherwise 0. A MANUAL result is not a pass. --no-device never enumerates or opens HID; it still checks whether the broker responds. Errors use stable AD codes and troubleshooting links.

broker.log contains JSON lines, request correlation IDs and up to three rotated backups, each capped at approximately 2 MB. Status includes at most ten recent warning/error excerpts. Report ZIPs contain only status.json, versions.json, config.json and logs.json, with 100 log lines by default and a 2,000-line cap. An existing output ZIP is never overwritten.

Credential-named fields, recognizable secret patterns and the exact local bearer token are scrubbed. Reports exclude raw hook/launch/discovery files, prompts and transcripts. Automated tests cover metadata, rendered labels, logs and reports; arbitrary prose is not reliably classifiable as a secret. Avoid credentials in custom labels and inspect a report before sharing it. Troubleshooting contains the symptom guide; the API reference describes status fields.

How it works

flowchart TD
    L["Managed launcher"] --> W["Agent window"]
    W --> O["OpenCode plugin"]
    W --> H["Native harness hooks"]
    H --> R["Per-launch relay"]
    O --> B["Local broker"]
    R --> B
    B <--> D["Stream Deck Mini / MK.2 / XL"]
    B -->|"Validate identity and focus"| W

The Python broker owns device access and assignments sized to the connected deck. Both adapter paths use plugins/core.mjs for authenticated snapshots, discovery, sequence numbers and reconnection. Short-lived hook commands report metadata to a persistent relay, which keeps one producer per launch and sends a full snapshot every two seconds. Supervisor PIDs are paired with exact creation timestamps. A broker restart restores reported state; confirmed process death releases a slot.

Architecture · Broker API · Environment boundaries

Commands and configuration

Use python -m ocdeck instead of ocdeck if no command shim is installed, with the Python environment containing this checkout. --current-window on harness-launch is useful for status tests; it does not promise exact terminal focus.

Broker settings live in %USERPROFILE%\.opencode-deck\config.json (or OCDECK_HOME):

{
  "fps": 24,
  "brightness": 45,
  "animations": true,
  "ready": true,
  "serial": null,
  "allow_elgato": false,
  "check_updates": true,
  "alerts": {
    "sound": false,
    "toast": false,
    "states": ["input"],
    "cooldown_seconds": 10,
    "muted_slots": []
  }
}

Merge settings into existing config rather than replacing unrelated preferences.

Restart the broker after edits. FPS is configurable from 1 to 30; new installations target 24. Disable animations for static images, disable ready for an empty black deck, or select a serial when multiple decks are connected. Compatibility names remain ocdeck, .opencode-deck and the OpenCode Deck scheduled task; renaming the project does not rename installed state.

Uninstall and backups

Close managed sessions before removal. The command reads registered projects and scans specified roots for older .agentdeck receipts, skipping symlinks and common dependency folders. Supply every root containing older installations; without --scan, it scans the current directory as well as registered projects.

ocdeck uninstall --all --scan C:\Projects --scan D:\Work --dry-run
ocdeck uninstall --all --scan C:\Projects --scan D:\Work

All project receipts are preflighted before mutation. Unrelated hooks remain, modified configs are backed up, and moved/malformed project receipts stop removal. The owned Windows task, managed OpenCode server/TUI integration, PATH/shims and notification identity are removed. Local config, metadata and token move under a timestamped backups directory. Logs, backups and the Python environment remain. Remove the package separately with python -m pip uninstall agentstreamdeck after integration cleanup. Source paths are absolute: uninstall/reinstall hooks before moving or deleting the checkout.

scripts/Uninstall.ps1 delegates to this flow and supports -DryRun and -Scan. To remove just one adapter, use ocdeck harness-install codex --project C:\Projects\MyApp --remove. Full uninstall behavior · Troubleshooting.

Updates, packaging and release status

A hardware broker checks GitHub's latest stable release in a background worker at startup with a three-second network timeout and a bounded response. It announces newer versions once per cached version, with release notes also in ocdeck status. Offline failures do not block startup. Set "check_updates": false to disable lookups. It never automatically downloads or installs an update.

The Python distribution is named agentstreamdeck; the CLI remains ocdeck. Wheel/sdist builds include Node adapters, PowerShell runtime helpers and renderer assets. To build/install locally, use the Python environment intended for AgentStreamDeck:

python -m pip install -e ".[dev]"
python -m build
python -m pip install .\dist\agentstreamdeck-2.1.1-py3-none-any.whl
ocdeck --version

Exact PyPI setup and publishing steps.

PyPI publication is not complete. Do not assume pip install agentstreamdeck retrieves this project/version until its PyPI ownership and release are established. Use this checkout or its built wheel meanwhile. The original automatic OpenCode task and shim setup still uses scripts/Install.ps1 from a permanent checkout.

The manual Signed Python release workflow builds wheel/sdist, SHA-256 checksums and a CycloneDX SBOM. Its publish job is restricted to this repository's main, the pypi environment and configured trusted publishing. It creates provenance/PyPI attestations. Maintainers must establish PyPI project ownership and publisher settings first. Pushing this feature branch does not publish a PyPI package or GitHub release.

Tests and contributor documentation

On Windows, run scripts\Test.ps1. On a configured development environment:

python -m pip install -e ".[dev]"
pre-commit install
ruff check ocdeck tests
ruff format --check ocdeck tests
pyright
python -m unittest discover -s tests -v
node --test tests/facts.test.mjs tests/harnesses.test.mjs tests/next.test.mjs

PR CI runs the suites on Windows/Ubuntu with Python 3.11/3.13 and Node 22, then lint, formatting, Pyright basic, build and clean-wheel checks. Pre-commit runs Ruff and per-file Node syntax checks. The type gate covers all of ocdeck/; concrete annotations are being expanded incrementally.

The tests use real subprocesses and loopback HTTP with fixture harness events and mock hardware. They do not prove that a native agent loads hooks or that Windows can focus a physical window. TEST-RESULTS.md records evidence.

Read CONTRIBUTING.md before adding an adapter. Report issues with harness/runtime versions, redacted ocdeck status, and the failed acceptance step. Never include model credentials, broker tokens or hook connection descriptors.

Validation status

The implementation passed 61 Python tests and 25 Node tests, plus lint, formatting, type and wheel checks, on the four Windows/Ubuntu CI combinations. Verified implementation CI run. The Windows run caught and verified a native-EXE quote-preservation fix; receipt tests also account for Windows canonical paths. The high-contrast gallery was visually inspected. These results are automated evidence, not physical acceptance.

Before a release, complete:

• Physical Mini/MK.2/XL key order, USB reconnect, overflow and focus checks.
• Interactive Windows focus, toast delivery, Focus Assist and task cleanup checks.
• Native Codex hook loading after trust review, including approval/result/exit.
• PyPI project ownership, environment and trusted-publisher setup.

Run ocdeck hardware-check with the broker stopped for physical input checks. python tests/live_codex.py is an explicit interactive check requiring a running broker, trusted hooks and your own native Codex setup; it is not a CI test. Detailed acceptance checklist · Verification record.

Apache-2.0 · Python 3.11+ · Windows desktop · Local controller