ccmon 0.5.6

Terminal monitor for Claude Code sessions and subagents

ccmon

Terminal monitor for Claude Code sessions and subagents in real time. Run ccmon to watch your agents.

Features

• Real-time monitoring — watch subagent status, output, and activity as they run
• Session filtering — view agents from the current project, a specific project, or all projects
• Status tracking — running, completed, interrupted, or unknown states with visual indicators
• Auto-refresh — updates every 0.5 seconds without manual intervention
• Stale expiry — completed/interrupted agents are automatically removed after 10 minutes of inactivity
• Manager agent visibility — shows which specialised agent is currently running in manager-type agents

Requirements

• Python 3.11+

Install

Homebrew (macOS, recommended)

brew install einerlei/tap/ccmon

pipx (cross-platform)

pipx install ccmon

pip

pip install ccmon

Development setup

git clone https://github.com/einerlei/ccmon.git
cd ccmon
uv sync
uv run ccmon

Usage

ccmon
ccmon --project /path/to/project
ccmon --all

Key bindings

Key	Action
r	Manual refresh
q	Quit

Architecture

The monitor is a single-file Python application using the Textual TUI framework.

Data sources:

• Sessions: ~/.claude/sessions/*.json — contains PID, working directory, and session ID
• Subagents: ~/.claude/projects/{project-dir}/{session-id}/subagents/ — per-agent metadata and message logs

How it works:

1. Loads active sessions from the sessions directory, filtering by project if specified
2. For each live session, discovers subagents and reads their .meta.json (metadata) and .jsonl (messages)
3. Infers agent status by analysing message history and checking process liveness
4. Expires completed/interrupted agents after 10 minutes without activity
5. Renders a two-column grid of agent panes with scrolling output
6. Refreshes every 0.5 seconds to keep the view current

Development

# Install with dev dependencies
uv sync

# Run tests
uv run pytest -q

# Lint and format
uv run ruff check
uv run ruff format --check

# Run the monitor
ccmon

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/my-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/my-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

All code must pass ruff check and ruff format --check. Add tests for new functionality.

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md