Agent card fields

Choose which fields each Host's agent cards show in the Console, in up to three rows, from Settings › Agent List Fields.

Each agent card in the Console shows up to three rows of fields, such as the Workspace, the agent’s name, or its working directory. You choose those fields per Host in Settings › Agent List Fields, and every agent on that Host shares them.

Change the fields on a Host’s cards

  1. Open Settings › Agent List Fields.
  2. Tap a Host.
  3. Edit Row 1, Row 2 or Row 3. The Console Preview at the top shows the result as you go.

Changes save right away. In each row:

  • Tap + to add a field. The sheet lists herdr fields, Waycar fields, and Custom field.
  • Tap a field for Move Left, Move Right, Remove, or Secondary Style (dimmed text). Default Style switches it back.

Which fields can I add?

Each field shows its herdr name, with a short description beside it in the add sheet:

Field Shows
state_text Status text, shown in the status column, not as a field in the row
workspace Workspace or repo folder name
tab Tab title
pane Pane title
agent Agent name
terminal_title Current terminal window title
terminal_title_stripped Terminal title without the agent prefix
host Host name (Waycar field)
status Agent status as text (Waycar field)
directory Working directory (Waycar field)

A custom field shows a value that a herdr plugin provides, as plain text. Custom names start with $ and use 1 to 32 letters, digits, underscores or hyphens.

What are the three rows?

Row 1 and Row 2 start from herdr’s own sidebar fields. Row 3 is Waycar’s row. Rows are fixed: you can’t add, move or delete a row, and an empty row shows nothing. Every row accepts both herdr and Waycar fields. Each row holds up to 16 fields; when a row is full, its + is turned off.

The status badge at the end of Row 1 and the pin mark are always there, whatever fields you pick. Adding status as a field repeats it as text.

Start over from herdr’s fields

Tap Sync from plugin and confirm Replace Rows. That Host’s rows are replaced with its herdr fields and saved. Row 3 is only filled when herdr defines a third row.

Sync can also tell you “herdr reported a configuration problem, so its default fields were used.” or “This Host has no plugin fields snapshot, so Waycar’s fallback fields were used.” If it can’t reach the Host, it says “Couldn’t reach . Rows unchanged.” or “You’re offline. Rows unchanged.” Tap Retry once you’re connected.

herdr and tmux

Until you save your own rows, a herdr Host follows the fields its herdr plugin sets. On tmux Hosts the cards use Waycar’s built-in layout, and Sync from plugin isn’t offered for a tmux-only Host. On a Host with both, the editor notes that tmux rows have no plugin fields: they use Waycar’s fields until you change the rows, then yours. Their cards also carry a tmux badge. See Waycar with tmux.

Good to know

  • Pull down on the screen to read the Hosts’ herdr fields again.
  • Your Live Activities show the first two rows of each agent’s fields.
  • The one-line AI summary under a card is separate from these fields. See AI Summaries.

Troubleshooting

If Agent List Fields says Saved fields can’t be read, Waycar couldn’t read your saved rows. Nothing was changed, every Host follows its herdr fields, and editing is paused. To start over:

  1. Tap Reset Saved Fields.
  2. Confirm Reset Saved Fields in “Reset saved Agent List Fields?”.

The unreadable saved fields are deleted, and every Host returns to its herdr fields and can be edited again.

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