Components Human Control & Oversight Agent State Indicators
HC03 · Activity

Agent State Indicators

Purpose Real-time visibility into what an autonomous agent is currently doing, how far along it is, and what action comes next.
Use when Any multi-step agent task is in progress.
Do not use For single-turn model responses (use AI02 Loading States instead).
Failure mode prevented Users losing confidence or intervening unnecessarily because they cannot tell whether an agent is working, waiting, or stuck.
Example Dark Academia
Dark Academia
The Atelier
Neon Tide
The Archive
Candlelight
The Conservatory
Agent Running · Step 3 of 7
Current action
Querying activity history for dependencies in project-alpha
3 complete 4 remaining
Next: Compare results against compliance policy · Est. 8 sec
Design rule

Agent state must be surfaced continuously during execution — not just at start and completion. Every in-progress action requires a visible, human-readable status.

Override these CSS custom properties to apply your own visual treatment without touching the component's behavioral contracts.

Shared semantic tokens

Token Controls
--rad-surface-card Card background
--rad-color-approve Status text, pulse dot, progress fill
--rad-color-text-primary Action description text
--rad-color-text-meta Label text, meta counts, next-step text
--rad-radius-card Card border radius

Component-scoped tokens

Token Controls
--rad-agent-state-border Card border
--rad-agent-state-next-border Top border above "next" row
--rad-progress-track-bg Progress track background

"*This is the component for when you are actively running a task. Build it as if you might one day see it represent you.*"

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