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Console Guide

This page maps the current Patchcord Console UI.

User-facing name:

  • Console

Current route path:

  • /console

Console structure

Today the Console covers:

  • sign-in
  • projects
  • agents
  • bearer tokens
  • OAuth visibility
  • presence
  • lightweight activity analytics

Projects

In the Console, a project is a namespace you own.

The projects page at /console shows:

  • connected platforms strip
  • My Projects
  • New project action
  • project cards
  • empty state when no projects exist
  • get-started block when projects exist but no agents are connected yet

Project cards show:

  • project name
  • agent count
  • online count
  • online/offline dots

Namespaces and display names

Under the hood, the project identity is the namespace ID.

Rules:

  • lowercase namespace ID
  • 3-32 characters
  • letters, numbers, hyphens
  • case-insensitive uniqueness

The Console may still show a nicer display name in the UI.

Connected platforms strip

The top strip on the projects page summarizes which platforms currently appear in your owned projects.

Current platform detection:

  • Claude Code
  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Codex
  • Gemini
  • Cursor
  • Other

This is derived from agent metadata and user-agent detection, not from manual user labeling.

Project page

Inside /console/[namespace], the Console focuses on one project.

The page currently includes:

  • back link to projects
  • project header
  • add agent flow
  • token banner
  • expandable agent list
  • activity card
  • generic setup block
  • delete project action

Agents

An agent can appear in the Console in two ways:

  • it connected live and exists in agent_registry
  • it has one or more bearer tokens but has never connected yet

So an agent can exist in the UI before it ever comes online.

Agent rows show:

  • platform icon
  • agent ID
  • machine name when available
  • relative last seen
  • active token count when relevant

Expanded rows show:

  • OAuth vs bearer status
  • active tokens
  • token generation
  • token revocation
  • message stats
  • machine
  • platform
  • client type
  • request host
  • exact last seen

OAuth vs bearer agents

The current Console makes an explicit distinction:

  • web OAuth agents show Connected via OAuth
  • CLI-oriented agents use bearer tokens

Current OAuth-oriented clients in the UI:

  • Claude Web
  • ChatGPT

Current bearer-oriented Console flow is most relevant for:

  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Gemini
  • Cursor

Tokens

Bearer tokens are the Console's current way to connect CLI-style agents.

What happens when you create one:

  • a random plaintext token is generated in the browser
  • the token is hashed client-side
  • only the hash is stored
  • plaintext is shown once

What you can do later:

  • view token hash prefix
  • revoke token
  • generate an additional token for an existing non-OAuth agent

What you cannot do yet:

  • recover the original plaintext token
  • edit token labels after creation in the Console UI

Activity

The current project page includes lightweight activity analytics.

What is currently visible:

  • 14-day activity bar chart
  • per-agent sent counts
  • per-agent received counts

This is useful for seeing whether a project is active, but it is not yet a full message-history interface.

Online status

The Console currently treats an agent as online when it was seen recently.

Current rule:

  • online means last_seen is within 30 minutes

That is why an agent can appear online even if you are not actively staring at its client window.

Delete project

Project deletion now lives on the project detail page, not the projects overview page.

Current behavior:

  • click Delete this project
  • modal opens
  • type the namespace ID to confirm

This deletes the project data associated with that namespace.

What the Console does not show yet

Not currently in the shipped UI:

  • inbox view
  • conversation or thread view
  • full message history
  • audit log
  • route insights
  • account-link management screen
  • project rename flow
  • advanced team roles

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