Taskhold vs Claude Code's agent view
By Jake Marsh, who builds Taskhold. Updated 2026-10-26. Facts about other tools checked 2026-10-26. 3 min read.
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Short answer: Use agent view if you run several Claude Code sessions on one machine: it is free, built in, and shows which session needs you. Taskhold covers tasks rather than sessions: steps and progress the agent reports, from Claude Code and other MCP clients, on a board you can open on any device. Many people will want both.
Agent view (claude agents) is Claude Code's screen for dispatching and watching background sessions. Each row is a session with a state, working, needs input, completed or failed, and a one-line summary a small model writes. You can peek at a waiting session and reply without leaving the screen. It is a research preview.
Taskhold's live board looks similar at a glance and answers a different question: how far each task has got, and what the agent is asking you. Try it in the live board demo, read how to see what your agent is doing, or compare Claude Code's built-in tasks.
Side by side
| Claude Code agent view | Taskhold live board | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Included with Claude Code | $12/month or $120/year per person, 7-day trial |
| Unit | A session | A task, with steps |
| Agents | Claude Code background sessions on this machine | Any MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, Gemini CLI |
| Where you look | The terminal on that machine | A browser on any device, including a phone |
| Progress | State icon plus a model-written summary, refreshed while it works | Steps, percent or N of M, the agent's own message, elapsed time and an estimate |
| Answering | Peek and reply in the terminal; attach for permission prompts | Reply, or reply and unblock, on the board; the agent reads it with taskhold_updates |
| Starting work | Dispatch a new session from the same screen | Queue a task; the next agent session takes it |
| Backlog and history | Sessions | A task list with projects, priorities and every change marked human or agent |
| Notifications | Through preferredNotifChannel while agent view is open | Browser notifications while the board is open |
Agent view facts from code.claude.com/docs/en/agent-view, checked 2026-10-26.
When is agent view the better choice?
- You run several Claude Code sessions on one machine and want to see which one needs you.
- You want to start sessions and answer them without leaving the terminal.
- You want it free and built in.
When is Taskhold the better choice?
- Your agents are spread across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or more than one machine.
- You want to follow progress and answer questions from a phone or a browser.
- You want a backlog the agents pull from, with the steps and summary kept on each task after the session is gone.
Using both
Dispatch and supervise Claude Code sessions in agent view, and have each session work from Taskhold: it takes the next task, plans steps and reports progress there. Agent view tells you which session to attach to; the live board tells you, and anyone you share a screen with, where the work stands.
See how far along your coding agents are.
$12/month or $120/year after the trial. Card up front. Cancel before day 7 and you pay nothing. Every agent you run is included.
Questions
- Does agent view work with Codex or Cursor?
- Agent view covers Claude Code sessions. The docs describe it as running sessions on your machine that you dispatch from Claude Code.
- Can Taskhold start or stop my agents?
- No. Taskhold is the list and the board. You start agents however you already do, and they connect to Taskhold over MCP.
Sources
- Claude Code docs: agent view, checked 2026-10-26
- Claude Code docs: run agents in parallel, checked 2026-10-26
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