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Status Light
Status Light
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The Status Light is a desktop AI agent status light: a three-lens traffic signal that shows at a glance whether a long-running agent task is still working, waiting on you, or finished. It is bright enough to read from the far side of a room, which is the point — you stop interrupting your own focus to alt-tab and check a terminal.
What is the Status Light?
A chunky matte-black desk unit about the size of a chess piece, with three large domed lenses stacked vertically: red at the top, amber in the middle, green at the bottom. It stands on the desk unaided and needs no mount.
What is the Status Light for?
Long agent runs create a bad habit. You switch to another task, then break your concentration every ninety seconds to check whether the run finished. A light in your peripheral vision removes the reason to look. Red, amber and green map naturally onto running, blocked and finished, though nothing forces that mapping.
How do you use the Status Light?
- Power the Status Light over USB-C.
- Point a hook or script at it — most people wire it to the start and end of an agent run.
- Set red when the task starts, amber when the agent stops to ask a question, and green when it exits cleanly.
- Glance at it instead of switching windows.
Status Light specifications
| Lenses | 3 — red, amber, green |
|---|---|
| Power | USB-C |
| Platforms | Windows and macOS |
| Mounting | Free-standing, no bracket required |
| Size | About the height of a chess piece |
| SKU | FD-02 |
How does the Status Light compare?
The Status Light and the Agent Pet do the same job with opposite personalities. The Status Light is legible: three colours, no interpretation needed, readable from across the room. The Agent Pet is charming: it shows the same states as facial expressions and is far more likely to end up in someone's photo. Buy the light to be informed, the pet to be delighted.
Frequently asked questions
What do the three colours mean?
Whatever you assign them to. The common convention is red for a task running, amber for an agent waiting on your input, and green for a clean finish. They are three independently addressable lamps.
Does the Status Light integrate with my agent automatically?
No. It ships as hardware plus the manufacturer's utility. Mapping it to your specific agent's state is a few lines of glue you write once, typically in a start and stop hook.
Does the Status Light need a battery?
The wired version runs from USB-C with no battery, which is the one we recommend. A rechargeable Bluetooth variant exists but contains a lithium cell, which restricts how it can be shipped by air.
What to know before buying
This is hardware plus a utility, not a finished integration. If you want something that recognises your agent with no configuration, wait for a later revision rather than buying this one and being disappointed.
Ships in 1–2 days · delivers in 7–12, tracked. You get the tracking link the minute it exists. Free shipping over $75, thirty-day returns, one-year warranty.
