Watching the work and taking over
Watch shows what an agent is doing: Activity, Screen and Files. Base gets screenshots, Premium gets the live desktop and can take it over when the agent is stuck.
Updated 2026-10-13
Open Watch from Work, from a run card, or from any page. It shows whoever is working, and works as a side panel in HQ or a sheet elsewhere.
| Tab | What you see |
|---|---|
| Activity | The agent’s steps as they happen: commands, files, pages, searches. |
| Screen | The computer’s screen. See below. |
| Files | What it has made, in both folders. |
The computer panel in Team uses the tabs Terminal, Files and Screen, with the compute used this month.
What the screen shows, by plan
| Plan | Screen |
|---|---|
| Free | Not available. You still see Activity and Files. |
| Base | A screenshot every few seconds while a run is live: every 4 seconds, slowing to every 10 after a quiet minute. A picture stops being requested when nothing is running or the panel cannot be seen. |
| Premium | The live desktop. Press Watch live to open it. |
Picture-in-picture
While an agent’s computer is running, a small picture-in-picture of its screen floats over the Pythe chat. On the canvas, a Computer card shows the same screen. They all use the same component, so what you see is consistent.
Taking over
Sometimes a run gets stuck at a screen only you can get past, such as a code sent to your phone. The agent parks and asks. You then:
- Press Take the screen. The agent is paused.
- Do what is needed. The live desktop answers your keyboard and mouse.
- Optionally tell the agent what you did, then choose Give it back. It carries on.
Your turn at the screen has a time limit, and the server hands it back when it ends. You can also offer yourself the screen with a quiet button while the agent works, on plans that allow it. Taking over is a Premium feature.
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