Project Progress Desk: Know Where All Your Claude Code and Codex Projects Stand at a Glance

Abstract

Agentic coding tools such as Codex and Claude Code let developers work on many projects in parallel, but keeping track of them still means switching between chats, terminal sessions and providers. We present Project Progress Desk, a local desktop interface that brings overall progress, blockers and pending decisions into one view. Users can see which projects need attention and what remains, and compare earlier approaches before choosing how to continue. Agents report each result in a short receipt; the Desk checks it against the project's checklist and moves the bar, showing earlier estimates in a lighter shade. We describe daily use across 36 projects, including a choice between two implementations based on their recorded outcomes. At the demo, attendees will explore 30 simulated projects, trace completed work to overall progress, and watch a coding agent's new result update the overview.

arXiv comment6 pages, 4 figures. Submitted to IUI 2027 Demos. Revised text, figures and references; results unchanged