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Cato v0.1 - Live Marcus Visualization Dashboard

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Cato v0.1 - Initial Release

Overview

Cato is a live visualization dashboard for Marcus multi-agent orchestration system. This initial release provides real-time monitoring and visualization of agent tasks, dependencies, conversations, and parallelization metrics.

Key Features

🔴 Live Data Mode

  • Real-time connection to Marcus backend API
  • Automatic 60-second background refresh
  • On-demand refresh when clicking project dropdown
  • Always shows newest/most recently active project

📊 Visualization Views

  • Network Graph: Task dependencies and relationships
  • Agent Swim Lanes: Timeline view of agent task execution with playback
  • Conversation View: Agent message history with expandable details
  • Health Dashboard: System metrics and status (in development)

🎮 Playback Controls

  • Timeline scrubbing to review project execution
  • Play/pause with adjustable speeds (0.5x - 10x)
  • Preserved playback position during data refresh
  • Linear timeline (1.0 power scale) for intuitive visualization

🔧 Project Management

  • Project dropdown with automatic newest selection
  • Real-time project list updates
  • Single-project filtering
  • Graceful handling of deleted projects

Technical Details

  • Frontend: React + TypeScript + Zustand
  • Backend: Python FastAPI
  • Visualization: D3.js for network graphs
  • State Management: Zustand with persistent playback state

UX Improvements in v0.1

  • ✅ Removed mock mode complexity (live-only)
  • ✅ Simplified header controls
  • ✅ Background auto-refresh without UI clutter
  • ✅ Automatic newest project selection on load
  • ✅ Project list refreshes when dropdown clicked
  • ✅ Fixed power scale consistency (0.4 → 1.0)

Known Issues

  • Health dashboard view incomplete (type errors)
  • Some pre-existing TypeScript warnings

Installation

See README.md for installation and setup instructions.

Next Steps

See GitHub issues for planned enhancements and feature requests.

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