Agent Manager / design study / 18 Aug 2026

Status should be readable before it is decorative.

Sixteen deliberately separated directions. Family A keeps a dedicated state cell in the current locations. Family B removes that cell and makes the Claude icon’s own frame carry state. Every option is shown at production sizes, under the normal-weight sidebar and the 600-weight centred pane title, in light and dark.

STATE SETworking · idle · off, always visible together
SIDEBAR282px rail · 12px logo · 18px tinted tile
PANE HEADER16px logo · 22px tile · 600-weight title
LIVE TOKENSaccent · muted · border · Geist Mono
Family AFamily B