ProgressPulse — Visual progress for long-running agent tasks

Add an intuitive progress bar to long tasks in Claude Code and other agents

Problem

After handing a long task to Claude Code, developers have no idea where it is — they can only guess from output and tool calls, unsure if it's off track, and afraid to interrupt the session.

Solution

A lightweight plugin or terminal wrapper that parses the agent's output stream, automatically identifies task phases (e.g., reading files, editing code, running tests), and displays a progress bar with current step in the terminal or menu bar. Supports expanding to view completed checklist.

Users

Indie developers and engineers who heavily use Claude Code, Cursor, and other coding agents

MVP

Support Claude Code output parsing; show real-time progress bar in terminal; expandable completed and pending checklist; support macOS menu bar or CLI status bar; open source and free

Revenue

Open-core with paid enhanced version (multi-agent support, history, team-shared progress)

Why now

Long-running coding agent tasks are becoming common, but progress feedback is still a black box; terminal and editor plugin ecosystems are mature enough for indie developers to implement quickly via MCP or output parsing