Sidekick is a VS Code extension and standalone terminal dashboard that sits alongside your AI coding agent and shows you what's happening in real time.
Try it:
VS Code: search "Sidekick Agent Hub" in the extension marketplace
CLI: npm install -g sidekick-agent-hub && sidekick dashboard
It auto-detects
which agent you're running.What it shows you:
- Live token and cost tracking with burn rate - Full tool call timeline — every file read, write, bash command - Session mind maps (force-directed graph in VS Code, tree in terminal) - Destructive command alerts (rm -rf, force push, drop table) - Decision log and knowledge notes that persist across sessions - Session export to markdown, JSON, or text
It also does inline completions, code transforms, and commit messages using your existing Claude subscription or API key — but the monitoring is the part I think is missing from the ecosystem.
Works with Claude Code, OpenCode, and Codex CLI.
GitHub: https://github.com/cesarandreslopez/sidekick-agent-hub Docs: https://cesarandreslopez.github.io/sidekick-agent-hub/
MIT licensed, TypeScript. Happy to answer questions about the architecture or anything else.