# Seeing what the agent is doing and has done (`control.visibility`)

Feedback Bench, personal agents, built 2026-10-19, window 2026-08-31 to 2026-10-18. Web page: https://feedbackbench.com/#/criterion/control.visibility

Area: [Staying in control](https://feedbackbench.com/criteria/control.md)

**Definition.** Whether the user can watch the agent work, see progress indicators and status updates, and review an activity or tool-call log.

**Boundary.** Not this: see [Says it did something it did not do](https://feedbackbench.com/criteria/act.false_reports.md) when the status it gives is untrue; see [Plan contents, bundles and usage meters unclear](https://feedbackbench.com/criteria/billing.plan_clarity.md) when the missing view is usage consumption.

Rated user-weeks, all agents: 581. Complaint share: 52%.

## The brief

Written by large language models from this page's numbers and the posts it quotes, then checked: every number in the text is in the build. Interpretation, not measurement.

Muse and Hermes Agent are best at showing what they are doing. Muse users describe a small status pill that tells them the agent is busy, and Hermes Agent users describe a live screen view and traces they can look back through. Few users rate this: it is the 43rd most rated of 53 criteria. Grok Bot and ChatGPT Dots rank low. Grok Bot users write 29% of the category's complaints here. ChatGPT Dots users rate it 2.99 times as often as other users, and 63 of their 82 rated user-weeks are complaints.

### What separates the best from the rest

Muse and Hermes Agent users say they can watch the agent work, see where it stalls and step in when needed. Grok Bot users say they can no longer find the screen view that let them watch the bot. They also say it gives only a short acknowledgement, so they have to open the app to check. ChatGPT Dots users describe long silences and a vague status chip. They say they cannot tell whether the agent is working, stuck or idle.

- **Ranks high**: [Muse](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/muse.md), [Hermes Agent](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/hermes-agent.md)
  - Muse, 2026-09-23, @muse (X): “@alexcornell @muse it's cool that the status pill has been there since the beginning. it's such a simple but effective way to keep track of what the agent's doing.” [source](https://twitter.com/1745701761401204737/status/2102599619339280714)
  - Hermes Agent, 2026-09-24, @NousResearch (X): “@wahbi_4 @nousresearch by god, it's a nice transition 👏🔥 you see the agent working in front of you and you can intervene when needed, this way automation becomes easier and more reliable 🤖💚” [source](https://twitter.com/1230224093099765766/status/2103112937661448233)
- **Ranks low**: [Grok Bot](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/grok-bot.md), [ChatGPT Dots](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/dots.md)
  - Grok Bot, 2026-10-09, App Store (App Store): “grok bot is a good app, but i can no longer see the screen showing what my bot is doing. there used to be a small computer screen icon on the home screen that let me watch it work. that feature was really helpful. please bring it back so i can follow the bot’s progress again!” [source](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/grok-bot/id6794501026)
  - ChatGPT Dots, 2026-10-02, X search: ChatGPT dots, ChatGPT dot, OpenAI dots, OpenAI's dot (X): “chatgpt dots really needs to be a bit more transparent about what the dot is doing. i see the most vague little status chip or nothing at all and i am waiting for several minutes with just no idea whats going on. the behavior im describing exists within codex.” [source](https://twitter.com/1305751307660206080/status/2106055322364268721)

## How it breaks

Rule: A separate pass sorts complaints into failure modes. For each criterion with at least 30 complaining user-weeks, a large language model reads 150 complaint posts drawn at random and names 4 to 8 failure modes; a second large language model then puts every complaint post on that criterion in one mode, or in Other when it fits none. Modes are fixed once named, and new posts are sorted into them each week. A mode counts distinct user-weeks with a complaint in it, per agent; across agents, one user-week per agent. Modes do not change the labels or the Feedback Score. Examples: up to 3 posts per mode from different users, chosen and checked as receipts are.

The largest failure mode is a missing live progress signal during long tasks. It covers 25% of complaining user-weeks, and most of these complaints come from Grok Bot and ChatGPT Dots users in close to equal numbers. Two smaller modes come mainly from one agent. Grok Bot users write 50% of complaints that usage and context consumption are not broken down. Hermes Agent users write 36% of complaints about having no single place to see every agent, subagent and job.

305 complaining user-weeks.

| Failure mode | User-weeks | Posts | Agents (user-weeks) | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No live progress signal during long tasks | 76 | 79 | Grok Bot 25, ChatGPT Dots 24, Hermes Agent 14, OpenClaw 8, Hark 2, Muse 2, Instinct 1 | Covers an agent that is working on a task but shows no running status, steps, reasoning stream, typing indicator or progress bar, or shows them only some of the time, so the user can't tell whether it is progressing, waiting or hung; does not cover failures that already happened and were never reported, or after-the-fact logs. |
| No reviewable activity or tool-call log | 59 | 61 | Grok Bot 17, Hermes Agent 13, OpenClaw 11, Muse 10, ChatGPT Dots 8 | Covers cases where the user can't later look up a complete, readable record of what the agent did, including tool calls, external actions, outputs and decision traces, because the log is missing, cut off, hidden from history or hard to read; does not cover live progress display or usage and cost figures. |
| No overview across agents, subagents and jobs | 44 | 44 | Hermes Agent 16, Grok Bot 10, OpenClaw 9, Muse 5, ChatGPT Dots 3, Gemini Spark 1 | Covers the lack of one place to see which agents, subagents, background jobs, cron runs and projects are active, idle, stuck or done, and what they produced, which forces the user to open threads one by one; does not cover what happens inside a single agent's run. |
| Failures and stalls go unreported | 38 | 38 | Grok Bot 10, ChatGPT Dots 9, OpenClaw 7, Hermes Agent 6, Muse 6 | Covers an agent or its platform that crashes, stalls, gets denied an action or hits an outage without telling the user or giving a usable reason, so a dead or stuck run looks the same as one that is working or finished; does not cover healthy runs that just lack progress updates. |
| Agent's own config and memory hidden | 25 | 26 | Grok Bot 9, Hermes Agent 6, OpenClaw 4, ChatGPT Dots 3, Muse 3 | Covers skills, memories, prompts, schedules, heartbeats, compaction and session changes that the user can't inspect, or that the agent changes without telling them, such as silently rewriting a skill or starting a new session; does not cover logs of task actions or usage counters. |
| Usage and context consumption not broken down | 24 | 25 | Grok Bot 12, Hermes Agent 5, OpenClaw 4, ChatGPT Dots 2, Hark 1 | Covers missing or vague views of tokens, quota, cost, remaining provider allowance or context-window fill, especially per bot, task or process, which leaves users and agents unable to see what is burning usage; does not cover billing disputes or pricing levels. |
| Pending decisions and approvals buried in chats | 13 | 13 | Grok Bot 4, ChatGPT Dots 3, Hermes Agent 3, Muse 3 | Covers the lack of a single view that collects questions, approvals and action items waiting on the user, or standing instructions the agent is still carrying out, so these get lost across chats and bots; does not cover general status of running work. |
| Other | 28 | 31 | ChatGPT Dots 11, Hermes Agent 7, Hark 6, Grok Bot 3, Muse 1 | Complaints that fit none of the modes above. |

#### No live progress signal during long tasks

- Muse, 2026-10-15, @muse (X): “@muse needs to get rid of the three dots that you wait for in anticipation of an answer. give me a quick response and tell me that you’re working on it. that is more natural.” [source](https://twitter.com/1591863287339110400/status/2110727186311467029)
- ChatGPT Dots, 2026-10-13, X search: ChatGPT dots, ChatGPT dot, OpenAI dots, OpenAI's dot (X): “i wish there was a visual indicator to see that @openai dot is working on something” [source](https://twitter.com/1830424170544394241/status/2110124099205046482)
- Hark, 2026-10-13, @hark_labs (X): “@liminallysanti @hark_labs overall it was a clean experience! it was a bit confusing as the panel was being built as there wasn't clarity on the panel nor the chat as to the progress of build maybe some settings/visual ability to see what's possible with the panels too?” [source](https://twitter.com/1458759487/status/2110104529505014235)

#### No reviewable activity or tool-call log

- OpenClaw, 2026-10-13, X search: OpenClaw, openclaw.ai (X): “my ai agent uses a #metamask #crypto #wallet but there is not user interface to see what the ai agent has been doing with the wallet. #aiagent #openclaw #shopware” [source](https://twitter.com/773631581487566848/status/2109905975847026991)
- Hermes Agent, 2026-10-12, X search: Hermes Agent, hermes-agent, Hermes Desktop (X): “nodding along as my hermes agent tells me what it accomplished in cloudflare today all the while i have no fucking clue whats going on.” [source](https://twitter.com/1664820292567351297/status/2109745910431560086)
- Hermes Agent, 2026-10-07, X search: Hermes Agent, hermes-agent, Hermes Desktop (X): “@teknium tbh. even as a software dev , i can use hermes for powerful tasks but i don't like how.... hermes still looks obfuscated under the hood if you are using the cli. i want to be able to see more than just thinking traces. or maybe i should move to hermes desktop app?” [source](https://twitter.com/1656240871006773249/status/2107749686152937821)

#### No overview across agents, subagents and jobs

- Gemini Spark, 2026-10-14, X search: Gemini Spark (X): “@joshwoodward @geminiapp gemini spark have disappeared and now every task is invisible. any fix for that ?” [source](https://twitter.com/300610801/status/2110298541167915249)
- ChatGPT Dots, 2026-10-05, X search: ChatGPT dots, ChatGPT dot, OpenAI dots, OpenAI's dot (X): “how is everyone managing their chatgpt dot? i feel like i can give it 5 or 6 different tasks to do in a call and then i have no idea what it's working on, if it gets stuck, if the task i gave it is actually in the que at all. i just have to keep guessing and hoping. anyone else?” [source](https://twitter.com/922683300/status/2107194319564394598)
- Hermes Agent, 2026-10-05, @NousResearch (X): “@alexhvnsen @nousresearch @teknium thanks for the answer. i’m having a hard time to monitor several tasks for 1 agent on telegram (desktop app is easier). alan’s seems nice though!” [source](https://twitter.com/733782276430008321/status/2107193278248423615)

#### Failures and stalls go unreported

- Hermes Agent, 2026-10-11, X search: Hermes Agent, hermes-agent, Hermes Desktop (X): “hermes agent seems to still be somewhat limited. specifically, it cannot distinguish between errors and normal retrieval when obtaining rss. it cannot monitor whether the llm has outputted the final response correctly.” [source](https://twitter.com/1417085717465899012/status/2109268890291507623)
- Grok Bot, 2026-10-03, @bot (X): “@leerob @bot sometimes, it's just complete the task (it could be failure while processing in own computer) and unable to give the progesss or final updates and in the background, i might be working on something else, expecting the grokbot will be working and it's completed” [source](https://twitter.com/1336512317542973440/status/2106321081917473027)
- Muse, 2026-10-03, @muse (X): “@brandon_galang @muse @meta mine died silently twice this week on background tasks. even a dumb little 'task failed' ping would fix most of this.” [source](https://twitter.com/2101365330383962112/status/2106200775777304694)

#### Agent's own config and memory hidden

- Muse, 2026-10-08, @muse (X): “@muse nice until it keeps watching things i forgot i asked about. in a bank every standing instruction has an end date and a list the customer can see. where do i see everything muse is still watching for me?” [source](https://twitter.com/2099833526531039232/status/2108026781945020802)
- Grok Bot, 2026-10-03, @bot (X): “@bot @spacexai why on earth did you get rid of the chat transcription on local on oct 3. now we have no way of knowing context and handing off optimally. i guess i know the reason $$. not impressed. also no way to know what level autocompact triggers. this is bad business.” [source](https://twitter.com/19114641/status/2106524252576862291)

#### Usage and context consumption not broken down

- Hermes Agent, 2026-09-04, @NousResearch (X): “@nousresearch i miss the helpful usage display options recently removed in the style-uber-alles re-skinning. we now have less control over range and granularity. it used to be more resizable so we could shrink the window and observe usage in a corner of the display. i mourn these losses. 😢” [source](https://twitter.com/14926193/status/2095943531512942603)

#### Pending decisions and approvals buried in chats

- Grok Bot, 2026-09-05, X search: Grok Bot, Grokbot, x.ai/bot (X): “the grok @bot app should have a dedicated view for all items blocked on you. maybe a decisions tab that lists all decisions waiting on me from all bots. right now, if i don’t skim through all my bots, i can’t see all the items open on me.” [source](https://twitter.com/920605478/status/2096324737526116801)
- ChatGPT Dots, 2026-10-08, X search: ChatGPT dots, ChatGPT dot, OpenAI dots, OpenAI's dot (X): “things that are troublesome when working with chatgpt dots - sometimes i am asked to explicitly write approval for direct work tasks - tasks launched via dots are not visible in the ios app, making it impossible to do ↑ on ios” [source](https://twitter.com/14600869/status/2108025933122990106)
- ChatGPT Dots, 2026-10-05, X search: ChatGPT dots, ChatGPT dot, OpenAI dots, OpenAI's dot (X): “i keep running into this issue with my openai dots that it won’t surface approvals for permissions on mobile. it also doesn’t show me the subagents that it spawns. so i have no way to unblock any of the work! [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1136131586070474752/status/2106938413526245717)

## Top requests

What users ask to add or change, most asked first. 422 user-weeks ask for something. Requests do not change the Feedback Score. Rule: A separate pass by a large language model reads every counted post and extracts what the user asks the agent or its vendor to add or change, with the criteria it maps to and a short normalised wording; it does not touch the labels or the Feedback Score. A large language model groups the wordings within each criterion (the first criterion the request maps to) into themes, and a second pass merges themes that ask for the same change under different criteria; a merged theme sits under the criterion most of its requests map to, and code counts it once. A theme counts distinct user-weeks that ask for it, per agent; across agents, one user-week per agent. Themes asked in fewer than 2 user-weeks, and requests that share no theme, are not shown. Examples: up to 3 posts per theme from different users, without slurs: whole posts of 60 to 450 characters with at least 8 words beyond handles and links, posts of at most 280 characters first, then the newest.

| Rank | Request | User-weeks | Posts | Agents (user-weeks) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Audit trail of agent actions | 48 | 48 | Grok Bot 16, Muse 11, OpenClaw 10, Hermes Agent 8, ChatGPT Dots 2, Hark 1 |
| 2 | Working and progress status indicators | 38 | 40 | Grok Bot 16, Hermes Agent 7, ChatGPT Dots 5, Muse 5, OpenClaw 4, Hark 1 |
| 3 | Usage and cost per agent | 33 | 36 | Grok Bot 19, Hermes Agent 9, OpenClaw 4, ChatGPT Dots 1 |
| 4 | Run traces and debugging tools | 25 | 26 | Hermes Agent 11, OpenClaw 9, Grok Bot 4, Muse 1 |
| 5 | Live visibility into what the agent is doing | 25 | 25 | Grok Bot 9, ChatGPT Dots 5, Hermes Agent 4, OpenClaw 4, Muse 2, Hark 1 |
| 6 | Manual takeover when agent is stuck | 20 | 21 | Hermes Agent 10, Grok Bot 4, Hark 4, Instinct 1, OpenClaw 1 |
| 7 | Action log with rollback | 20 | 20 | Grok Bot 6, OpenClaw 6, Muse 4, Hermes Agent 2, ChatGPT Dots 1, Instinct 1 |
| 8 | Decision log with reasons and IDs | 17 | 19 | Hermes Agent 6, OpenClaw 5, Muse 3, Grok Bot 2, ChatGPT Dots 1 |
| 9 | Visible tool calls and commands | 17 | 17 | Hermes Agent 7, Grok Bot 6, OpenClaw 4 |
| 10 | Subagent activity and status visibility | 16 | 16 | Hermes Agent 7, Grok Bot 4, OpenClaw 4, ChatGPT Dots 1 |
| 11 | Task list tracking progress | 14 | 14 | Grok Bot 6, Hermes Agent 3, ChatGPT Dots 2, OpenClaw 2, Muse 1 |
| 12 | Live view of agent's browser or screen | 13 | 14 | Grok Bot 6, ChatGPT Dots 2, Muse 2, OpenClaw 2, Hermes Agent 1 |

### 1. Audit trail of agent actions

- ChatGPT Dots, 2026-10-10, X search: ChatGPT dots, ChatGPT dot, OpenAI dots, OpenAI's dot (X): “both labs shipped always-on agents this week: openai's dots in the chatgpt mobile app, per x's summary, and claude code projects. agents that never stop need logs that never stop. the winner is whoever makes every agent action auditable.” [source](https://twitter.com/41304261/status/2108973269907022140)
- Hark, 2026-10-07, @hark_labs (X): “@kevskgs @hark_labs @muse vault auth + visible computer use is the combo. users need to see what the agent did. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1856728854934482944/status/2107905655709344252)
- Hermes Agent, 2026-10-06, @NousResearch (X): “@nousresearch knowing what it did, when, and why is the part i care about most. if a tool acts on my behalf, i need a record i can actually check.” [source](https://twitter.com/1827897370945761281/status/2107268417116114961)

### 2. Working and progress status indicators

- ChatGPT Dots, 2026-10-13, X search: ChatGPT dots, ChatGPT dot, OpenAI dots, OpenAI's dot (X): “i wish there was a visual indicator to see that @openai dot is working on something” [source](https://twitter.com/1830424170544394241/status/2110124099205046482)
- Hark, 2026-10-13, @hark_labs (X): “@liminallysanti @hark_labs overall it was a clean experience! it was a bit confusing as the panel was being built as there wasn't clarity on the panel nor the chat as to the progress of build maybe some settings/visual ability to see what's possible with the panels too?” [source](https://twitter.com/1458759487/status/2110104529505014235)
- OpenClaw, 2026-10-10, @openclaw (X): “@conoro @openclaw fair play to openclaw on the recovery, but 'hadn't triggered in ages' is the scary bit. a watcher that only speaks up on errors can't tell you it has stopped. does super claw send a heartbeat, or just alert on failures?” [source](https://twitter.com/945131351719624709/status/2108957017004204218)

### 3. Usage and cost per agent

- Grok Bot, 2026-10-16, X search: Grok Bot, Grokbot, x.ai/bot (X): “elon, can we get a feature in grok bot where we list usage next to every bot, including total usage. this way we can monitor if one bot is eating too many tokens and need to make adjustments. [link] [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/17050482/status/2111239936061985106)
- Grok Bot, 2026-10-15, X search: Grok Bot, Grokbot, x.ai/bot (X): “@leerob that's basically how i run it now. my grok bot holds the plan and hands repo work to cursor cloud agents, then checks the pr before i ever see it. the thing i'd want most from projects is seeing which subagent is eating the usage. [link] 𝓒𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓧~𝓡𝓲𝓭𝓰𝓮” [source](https://twitter.com/1499549634800193536/status/2110774637751906369)
- Grok Bot, 2026-10-11, X search: Grok Bot, Grokbot, x.ai/bot (X): “@mattyp @bot quick feature request: could grok bot show agents their own usage, and cursor's too? i run a team of bots, and a live usage readout would let them pace themselves.” [source](https://twitter.com/1518996675582259201/status/2109313377310736745)

### 4. Run traces and debugging tools

- Hermes Agent, 2026-10-06, @NousResearch (X): “@olriconlyfornft @nousresearch @teknium the /aux and /errors pairing could make missing summaries much easier to diagnose. can a background failure be linked to the original slack request, so the user sees which part is incomplete and a retry resumes that run?” [source](https://twitter.com/2103160355426099201/status/2107460828320727392)
- OpenClaw, 2026-10-04, X search: OpenClaw, openclaw.ai (X): “building the ai orchestrator on openclaw taught me that multi-agent coordination is mostly just brutal state management. spent days debugging agents stuck in infinite error loops. we desperately need better tracing tools for agent routing. what are you guys using?” [source](https://twitter.com/1448008091618926599/status/2106821012126118213)
- Grok Bot, 2026-10-04, X search: Grok Bot, Grokbot, x.ai/bot (X): “@elonmusk a useful speed demo would show the whole grok bot run, with model time, tool time and waiting time broken out. a 20-step task pays each pause repeatedly. faster text generation helps, but shrinking the gaps between actions could change what feels practical” [source](https://twitter.com/936436614917636101/status/2106674802131964069)

### 5. Live visibility into what the agent is doing

- Grok Bot, 2026-10-09, App Store (App Store): “grok bot is a good app, but i can no longer see the screen showing what my bot is doing. there used to be a small computer screen icon on the home screen that let me watch it work. that feature was really helpful. please bring it back so i can follow the bot’s progress again!” [source](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/grok-bot/id6794501026)
- Hark, 2026-10-07, @hark_labs (X): “i don’t trish @hark_labs already. i think it comes down to how it responds and the word choices to state when it’s thinking. it does not assure me what it’s actually doing or accessing in the background.” [source](https://twitter.com/3604943412/status/2107773524895257050)
- ChatGPT Dots, 2026-10-04, ChatGPT Dots Finally Clicked When I Learned This (YouTube): “i wish it would clearly tell you what its thinking about or working on. and somtimes you dont know if its workin or slackin. sometimes it just pauses. tried using skills to keep it movin but not sure its following it or not.” [source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RYDaLnB6ec&lc=Ugw15LRGQbzSNIdjWCR4AaABAg)

### 6. Manual takeover when agent is stuck

- Hark, 2026-10-17, @hark_labs (X): “@hark_labs still can’t even get it to log into doordash. asked it to hand me browser control so i could do it and said it couldn’t. if this is supposed to be an agent that could potentially work for me, it’s not off to a great start. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1955764894772375553/status/2111267945183650262)
- Hark, 2026-10-13, @hark_labs (X): “@hark_labs feature request: give us control of hark’s computer at least for when he’s encountering security checks issues at sign in and sign up pages.” [source](https://twitter.com/1148534535841374208/status/2110135592956887287)
- Hark, 2026-10-13, @hark_labs (X): “@aliansarinik @hark_labs @openai it would be great if hark could manually take over the browser, otherwise many things can't be done.” [source](https://twitter.com/1112370951532904450/status/2109854972833882245)

### 7. Action log with rollback

- Grok Bot, 2026-10-03, X search: Grok Bot, Grokbot, x.ai/bot (X): “@lingxi @poteto @bot 1) grok bot runs my phone repair shop. feature request: employee sub-accounts. i pick which bots and connectors they use, their drafts need my approval, no access to my memory or passwords, monthly credit limit, activity log, one-click revoke.” [source](https://twitter.com/549733284/status/2106498040152625194)
- OpenClaw, 2026-09-30, X search: OpenClaw, openclaw.ai (X): “@venturebeat i run openclaw. the client question isn't features. it's can i read what the agent did and revoke it without uninstalling. it's pilot-only until 1.0, so ask that before you sign anything.” [source](https://twitter.com/1514979088280264704/status/2105278939660951604)
- Instinct, 2026-09-28, X search: Instinct AI, Instinct personal assistant, instinct.com (X): “@poteto @bot this is where i’d have to draw the line. it’s a reason why i won’t use instinct ai because if there’s a catastrophic failure or if my data is leaked and somebody drains my bank account and i did not authorize that particular action, who’s responsible.” [source](https://twitter.com/864161530757226498/status/2104656920237982018)

### 8. Decision log with reasons and IDs

- Hermes Agent, 2026-10-14, @NousResearch (X): “@drevziga @nousresearch @umanitek @origin_trail keeping the rule version with each blocked call would help the next agent understand why it was stopped. otherwise a rule change can make yesterday's decision hard to explain.” [source](https://twitter.com/1127153059140907008/status/2110272316542263531)
- ChatGPT Dots, 2026-10-10, X search: ChatGPT dots, ChatGPT dot, OpenAI dots, OpenAI's dot (X): “openai's dots can now start work in codex and pick up your existing threads, and you can create one from your phone. an always-on agent deciding which thread to continue is great until it continues the wrong one. i'd want every one of those calls logged. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/2097323326993465344/status/2109019312698933729)
- OpenClaw, 2026-10-01, X search: OpenClaw, openclaw.ai (X): “@morganlinton i do love the ease of these new bots, but i hate when it doesn’t work and it’s a black box so you can’t really debug it well. with openclaw you can still really dig in and figure out what’s going on. it’s the literal oldie but goodie.” [source](https://twitter.com/1611538959263498242/status/2105460081760629122)

### 9. Visible tool calls and commands

- Grok Bot, 2026-10-01, r/cursor (Reddit): “when i tell grok bot to show me the command it is about to run, the drop-down does not display anything whatsoever” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1wur8i7/composer_wiped_out_my_whole_drive/pd7hwym/)
- Grok Bot, 2026-10-01, @bot (X): “@naoufal_elh @bot i wanna see what my bots doing it can just be a toggle in settings, but i want to see like what tool calls it’s making. most of the time i don’t need it, but there are specific times where it would be helpful.” [source](https://twitter.com/1703499086928687104/status/2105802308630299044)
- Hermes Agent, 2026-09-17, @NousResearch (X): “@geebonics @nousresearch would like to see it go further too. even a simple always on strip showing which tool the agent is inside and how many tokens it has burned so far would change how comfortable i am leaving it unattended.” [source](https://twitter.com/401542820/status/2100381887068053677)

### 10. Subagent activity and status visibility

- Grok Bot, 2026-10-09, X search: Grok Bot, Grokbot, x.ai/bot (X): “@grokbot please add: 1. a way to see which model is being used and an option to select models. 2. a way to see how much context is being used, along with its details. 3. a way to see which subagents are currently running and what they are doing.” [source](https://twitter.com/1673330175939956739/status/2108423035401433088)
- Hermes Agent, 2026-10-02, @NousResearch (X): “@alokdotsh @nousresearch android app i'm so excited for, and better cross platform use of hermes just natively being able to use it from my desktop at home to my laptop from anywhere with full functionality. like sub agent visablity.” [source](https://twitter.com/1440088151876259841/status/2106172117263790265)
- Grok Bot, 2026-09-12, @bot (X): “@cursor_ai @bot persistent thread plus subagents changes the failure mode from bad answers to silent drift. the audit trail will matter more than the demo — can projects show why the coordinator handed off each task?” [source](https://twitter.com/1600553496725495808/status/2098737875198132486)

### 11. Task list tracking progress

- Hermes Agent, 2026-10-11, @NousResearch (X): “at hermes agent i gave the prompt it create multiple phases for it. how can i find those phases/tasks hermes created. phase 4 work (groups/nesting p4.1–4.2, background grid p4.3, snapping p4.4, arrange wiring p4.6–4.8), or pause here? @nousresearch #hermes” [source](https://twitter.com/1831534891848138752/status/2109125939456307704)
- ChatGPT Dots, 2026-10-08, X search: ChatGPT dots, ChatGPT dot, OpenAI dots, OpenAI's dot (X): “things that are troublesome when working with chatgpt dots - sometimes i am asked to explicitly write approval for direct work tasks - tasks launched via dots are not visible in the ios app, making it impossible to do ↑ on ios” [source](https://twitter.com/14600869/status/2108025933122990106)
- Grok Bot, 2026-10-05, X search: Grok Bot, Grokbot, x.ai/bot (X): “poteto poteto poteto can we have a task list for grok bot so i can keep track on what the bot is doing normally i send multiple task to bot without waiting for other task to finish maybe can save this task as a list so it wont forget as well” [source](https://twitter.com/2545132135/status/2107206321074487499)

### 12. Live view of agent's browser or screen

- Grok Bot, 2026-10-07, r/GrokBot (Reddit): “what happened to the computer you can click to see their ui ? i don’t see it anywhere you have to ask for a link” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GrokBot/comments/1wzpu39/grok_bot_becoming_more_and_more_opaque_with_each/peif2mi/)
- Muse, 2026-10-07, @muse (X): “@tomosman @muse @bot this should still be visible though, right ? even if agent is primary interface with the network - sometimes i still want to to manually browse, look at a list of profiles, opinionated ui” [source](https://twitter.com/52556921/status/2107931579255505040)
- Muse, 2026-10-07, @muse (X): “@kevskgs @hark_labs @muse is the superior muse in the room with us now? visible computer use? you can watch computer use of grok bot and grok bot does this, better. this is just glitz porn ux as a business. where’s the differentiator?” [source](https://twitter.com/22088913/status/2107786090207715658)

## Every agent

| Agent | Overall rank | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Muse](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/muse.md) | 1 | 1st of 5 | 0.538 | 0.514–0.563 | 84 | 54 | 30 |
| [Hermes Agent](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/hermes-agent.md) | 2 | 2nd of 5 | 0.532 | 0.500–0.563 | 155 | 87 | 68 |
| [OpenClaw](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/openclaw.md) | 5 | 3rd of 5 | 0.518 | 0.494–0.543 | 86 | 44 | 42 |
| [Grok Bot](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/grok-bot.md) | 3 | 4th of 5 | 0.474 | 0.442–0.505 | 149 | 60 | 89 |
| [ChatGPT Dots](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/dots.md) | 8 | 5th of 5 | 0.427 | 0.399–0.455 | 82 | 19 | 63 |
| [Hark](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/hark.md) | 4 | Too few posts | – | – | 21 | 13 | 8 |
| [Instinct](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/instinct.md) | 6 | Too few posts | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| [Gemini Spark](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/gemini-spark.md) | 7 | Too few posts | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| [Poke](https://feedbackbench.com/agents/poke.md) | 9 | Too few posts | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Posts

Receipts rule: Up to 5 praise and 5 complaint posts per area and 3 per criterion. Each is a whole post of 60 to 450 characters (700 for areas) with at least 8 words beyond handles and links, that judges the criterion, whose labels are all praise or all complaint, and that contains no slur. Posts that touch the fewest criteria come first, then posts of at most 280 characters, then the newest. A second large language model reads the first 3 candidates per slot and keeps a post only if it clearly praises, or clearly complains about, the agent on that criterion. Links and personal details removed by the source show as marks such as [link].

### Muse

- Praise, 2026-10-17, App Store (App Store): “it’s easy to work w and watching the lil guy work at the top is an awesome touch!!” [source](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/muse-from-meta/id6760173601)
- Praise, 2026-10-11, App Store (App Store): “i have severe adhd and having this assistant is almost a literal god send. they can do everything but they show you the process also so very helpful” [source](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/muse-from-meta/id6760173601)
- Praise, 2026-10-07, @muse (X): “@kevskgs @hark_labs @muse visible computer use plus reusable auth makes this agent feel genuinely task-capable” [source](https://twitter.com/2024112218753900544/status/2107694857926140220)
- Complaint, 2026-10-15, @muse (X): “@muse needs to get rid of the three dots that you wait for in anticipation of an answer. give me a quick response and tell me that you’re working on it. that is more natural.” [source](https://twitter.com/1591863287339110400/status/2110727186311467029)
- Complaint, 2026-10-08, @muse (X): “@muse nice until it keeps watching things i forgot i asked about. in a bank every standing instruction has an end date and a list the customer can see. where do i see everything muse is still watching for me?” [source](https://twitter.com/2099833526531039232/status/2108026781945020802)
- Complaint, 2026-10-03, @muse (X): “@brandon_galang @muse @meta mine died silently twice this week on background tasks. even a dumb little 'task failed' ping would fix most of this.” [source](https://twitter.com/2101365330383962112/status/2106200775777304694)

### Hermes Agent

- Praise, 2026-10-15, r/hermesagent (Reddit): “i use discord because when i message my bot on it, it puts a little eyes 👀 emoji on it then ticks it when it's done” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/hermesagent/comments/1x68c6a/ive_tried_telegram_slack_and_redde_whats_the_best/pguhzz6/)
- Praise, 2026-10-13, X search: Hermes Agent, hermes-agent, Hermes Desktop (X): “hermes desktop just got a github-style heatmap for ai usage. 🪽 sessions. tokens. models. tools. skills. and the new hermes activity v0.2.0 can also show provider-reported usage from codex, opencode, commandcode, and ollama. this one's definitely staying installed. 🔥 [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1998221941300490241/status/2109861906161045579)
- Praise, 2026-10-01, X search: Hermes Agent, hermes-agent, Hermes Desktop (X): “@patrickmoorhead the hermes agent trace data makes those call and retry patterns much easier to learn from.” [source](https://twitter.com/1828694705506500608/status/2105465989005725778)
- Complaint, 2026-10-12, X search: Hermes Agent, hermes-agent, Hermes Desktop (X): “nodding along as my hermes agent tells me what it accomplished in cloudflare today all the while i have no fucking clue whats going on.” [source](https://twitter.com/1664820292567351297/status/2109745910431560086)
- Complaint, 2026-10-11, X search: Hermes Agent, hermes-agent, Hermes Desktop (X): “hermes agent seems to still be somewhat limited. specifically, it cannot distinguish between errors and normal retrieval when obtaining rss. it cannot monitor whether the llm has outputted the final response correctly.” [source](https://twitter.com/1417085717465899012/status/2109268890291507623)
- Complaint, 2026-10-07, X search: Hermes Agent, hermes-agent, Hermes Desktop (X): “@teknium tbh. even as a software dev , i can use hermes for powerful tasks but i don't like how.... hermes still looks obfuscated under the hood if you are using the cli. i want to be able to see more than just thinking traces. or maybe i should move to hermes desktop app?” [source](https://twitter.com/1656240871006773249/status/2107749686152937821)

### OpenClaw

- Praise, 2026-10-10, @openclaw (X): “@openclaw is sending me updates while working on a thing in the background (i can see the tasks being completed) so cool!” [source](https://twitter.com/3001480921/status/2108918171524829691)
- Praise, 2026-10-01, X search: OpenClaw, openclaw.ai (X): “@morganlinton i do love the ease of these new bots, but i hate when it doesn’t work and it’s a black box so you can’t really debug it well. with openclaw you can still really dig in and figure out what’s going on. it’s the literal oldie but goodie.” [source](https://twitter.com/1611538959263498242/status/2105460081760629122)
- Praise, 2026-09-25, @openclaw (X): “@openclaw 🥳🥳🥳 the managed-update honesty (running / restored / repair pending) is exactly what you want when your agent is sitting on a pi that has to keep measuring overnight” [source](https://twitter.com/1773104271468249089/status/2103293600897364108)
- Complaint, 2026-10-13, X search: OpenClaw, openclaw.ai (X): “my ai agent uses a #metamask #crypto #wallet but there is not user interface to see what the ai agent has been doing with the wallet. #aiagent #openclaw #shopware” [source](https://twitter.com/773631581487566848/status/2109905975847026991)
- Complaint, 2026-10-04, X search: OpenClaw, openclaw.ai (X): “@steipete @vburojevic openclaw doesn't stream live thinking tokens, thats why i moved to hermes, like it a lot to be honest” [source](https://twitter.com/1426549823533162498/status/2106854841670926677)
- Complaint, 2026-09-24, @openclaw (X): “@openclaw an update saying whether it actually stuck should not feel like a luxury, yet here we are.” [source](https://twitter.com/225100450/status/2102980422129049733)

### Grok Bot

- Praise, 2026-10-06, X search: Grok Bot, Grokbot, x.ai/bot (X): “my grok bot working on coding through cursor, it shows me on the side 'coding' what is merged and what is working being able to see the process is very convenient. i don't have to keep ask the bot if it's working on it or not. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1324183584282939392/status/2107513152506065109)
- Praise, 2026-10-04, X search: Grok Bot, Grokbot, x.ai/bot (X): “one thing i don’t like about dots is some of the interaction design. you cannot tell if your dot is doing anything when you ask it to or have any sense of how long a task will take. muse and grokbot are a lot better at this,” [source](https://twitter.com/33559167/status/2106867596998156361)
- Praise, 2026-10-01, X search: Grok Bot, Grokbot, x.ai/bot (X): “@openbot_ i miss the task-tracking updates from the bot. with grok bot, it provides step-by-step progress while executing a request, whereas openbot doesn't. additionally, i miss being able to continue the conversation while the bot finishes the task in the background.” [source](https://twitter.com/2048160545765724160/status/2105669074298487288)
- Complaint, 2026-10-09, App Store (App Store): “grok bot is a good app, but i can no longer see the screen showing what my bot is doing. there used to be a small computer screen icon on the home screen that let me watch it work. that feature was really helpful. please bring it back so i can follow the bot’s progress again!” [source](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/grok-bot/id6794501026)
- Complaint, 2026-10-07, r/GrokBot (Reddit): “what happened to the computer you can click to see their ui ? i don’t see it anywhere you have to ask for a link” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GrokBot/comments/1wzpu39/grok_bot_becoming_more_and_more_opaque_with_each/peif2mi/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-03, @bot (X): “@leerob @bot sometimes, it's just complete the task (it could be failure while processing in own computer) and unable to give the progesss or final updates and in the background, i might be working on something else, expecting the grokbot will be working and it's completed” [source](https://twitter.com/1336512317542973440/status/2106321081917473027)

### ChatGPT Dots

- Praise, 2026-10-06, X search: ChatGPT dots, ChatGPT dot, OpenAI dots, OpenAI's dot (X): “i had our dot do a visually understandable status report for the dot's vm that i saw on x. this helped identify the issues that were causing it to stop, and it clearly shows how much it is actually working, which is good! [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1284128751102472192/status/2107358997829542089)
- Praise, 2026-10-06, X search: ChatGPT dots, ChatGPT dot, OpenAI dots, OpenAI's dot (X): “i love that you can see the computer your little @openai dot is using. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/432462747/status/2107528682596364390)
- Praise, 2026-10-03, How ChatGPT Dots Can Change Your Life in 4 Minutes (YouTube): “if you click on the dot at top it will show you recent activity of the dot tasks , love that feature” [source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3xKmcHBOzY&lc=UgyaR7O9DDXMyPdwH8h4AaABAg)
- Complaint, 2026-10-13, X search: ChatGPT dots, ChatGPT dot, OpenAI dots, OpenAI's dot (X): “i wish there was a visual indicator to see that @openai dot is working on something” [source](https://twitter.com/1830424170544394241/status/2110124099205046482)
- Complaint, 2026-10-05, X search: ChatGPT dots, ChatGPT dot, OpenAI dots, OpenAI's dot (X): “how is everyone managing their chatgpt dot? i feel like i can give it 5 or 6 different tasks to do in a call and then i have no idea what it's working on, if it gets stuck, if the task i gave it is actually in the que at all. i just have to keep guessing and hoping. anyone else?” [source](https://twitter.com/922683300/status/2107194319564394598)
- Complaint, 2026-10-04, ChatGPT Dots Finally Clicked When I Learned This (YouTube): “i wish it would clearly tell you what its thinking about or working on. and somtimes you dont know if its workin or slackin. sometimes it just pauses. tried using skills to keep it movin but not sure its following it or not.” [source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RYDaLnB6ec&lc=Ugw15LRGQbzSNIdjWCR4AaABAg)

### Hark

- Praise, 2026-10-17, @hark_labs (X): “@hark_labs not only is it fixed but a window popped up showing me a live stream of @hark_labs taking action in real time. super cool! thanks for the pizza guys! [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1532007138872147970/status/2111255341073928538)
- Praise, 2026-10-17, @hark_labs (X): “@hark_labs just ordered. the magnifying glass on the detail of the page it is looking at is a nice touch on mobile.” [source](https://twitter.com/21064539/status/2111299340333654286)
- Praise, 2026-10-13, @hark_labs (X): “@davidpawlan @hark_labs totally agree, the app is really well designed and the ai is solid. panels work well to monitor tasks without having to prompt or scroll through chat” [source](https://twitter.com/1786616919665295360/status/2110027440408121346)
- Complaint, 2026-10-13, @hark_labs (X): “@liminallysanti @hark_labs overall it was a clean experience! it was a bit confusing as the panel was being built as there wasn't clarity on the panel nor the chat as to the progress of build maybe some settings/visual ability to see what's possible with the panels too?” [source](https://twitter.com/1458759487/status/2110104529505014235)
- Complaint, 2026-10-07, @hark_labs (X): “i don’t trish @hark_labs already. i think it comes down to how it responds and the word choices to state when it’s thinking. it does not assure me what it’s actually doing or accessing in the background.” [source](https://twitter.com/3604943412/status/2107773524895257050)

### Instinct

- Praise, 2026-09-25, r/AI_Agents (Reddit): “i've been using instinct as an assistant over whatsapp for a few days. what i've done with it: cleaned up my gmail (thousands of promo emails gone, unsubscribed from the noise), got help with some online teaching work where it drafts messages and i review and send everything myself, and planned a trip. small detail i love: every time i ask for something it reacts with an emoji, so i know it's already on it.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/AI_Agents/comments/1wak4is/ive_been_stresstesting_instinct_with_reallife/pc0gjb5/)

### Gemini Spark

- Complaint, 2026-10-14, X search: Gemini Spark (X): “@joshwoodward @geminiapp gemini spark have disappeared and now every task is invisible. any fix for that ?” [source](https://twitter.com/300610801/status/2110298541167915249)