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Understanding the Dashboard

Navigate your AI development headquarters

Dashboard Overview

Your dashboard is mission control for all your AI development work. It shows real-time status across all your projects and workers.

Dashboard overview
Your dashboard at a glance

Key Metrics

At the top of your dashboard, you'll see four key metrics:

🖥️

Active Workers

How many of your machines are online and ready to accept tasks

📁

Projects

Total number of projects you're managing

✅

Tasks Today

Tasks completed in the last 24 hours

⏱️

Hours Saved

Estimated developer time automated away

Project List

Below the metrics, you'll see all your projects. Each card shows:

  • Project name and description
  • Active task count
  • Last activity timestamp
  • Quick-action buttons
Project cards in dashboard
Your projects with quick status

Click any project to dive into its dedicated dashboard.

Project Dashboard

Inside a project, you get a focused view of that codebase's activity.

Single project dashboard
Focused view of a single project

The Chat Interface

The left side features a chat interface for creating tasks. Just describe what you want:

  • "Add user profile page"
  • "Fix the login timeout bug"
  • "Refactor the payment module"
  • "Update dependencies to latest versions"

The Kanban Board

The right side shows your tasks flowing through workflow stages:

  • Pending - Waiting for a worker
  • In Progress - Currently executing
  • Review - Ready for your review
  • Done - Completed with PR

Task Details

Click any task to see its detailed view:

Task detail view
Full task details with live output

The task detail view shows:

  • Workflow Progress - Which of the 8 steps it's on
  • Live Output - Real-time Claude Code output
  • Files Changed - Git diff preview
  • Test Results - Pass/fail status
  • PR Link - When complete, direct link to review
Frozen task? If a task seems stuck, click "Looks Frozen?" to diagnose and restart it.

Workers Page

The Workers page shows all your registered machines:

Workers management page
Manage your worker machines

For each worker, you can see:

  • Online/offline status
  • Hostname and OS
  • CPU and RAM usage
  • Current task (if any)
  • Last heartbeat time

Sharing with Stakeholders

Need to show progress to a client or team? Generate a public kanban link:

  1. Go to Project Settings
  2. Enable Kanban Sharing
  3. Copy the unique URL
Kanban sharing settings
Generate a shareable kanban link

The public kanban shows task status without exposing sensitive code or configuration. Perfect for client updates.

Settings

Access your settings from the profile menu:

  • AI Configuration - Choose local vs. premium AI providers
  • API Keys - Manage API access tokens
  • Billing - Subscription and payment settings
  • Project Standards - Default coding standards for new projects

What's Next?

You've mastered the basics! Now see xSwarm in action with real-world scenarios: