Agent Steering
The run's plan with a box to send the agent a note. Notes queue until the agent picks them up, and can be edited or pulled back until then; once picked up they glide into the plan as a Steered line above the step they changed. Stop after this step lets the current tool call finish before the run pauses.
The decision inside it
A note waits for the next step boundary
A correction never lands halfway through a tool call, which is how agents write half a file. The queue says which step will be the first to see it ("Applies from: Draft the reply"), so the timing is visible before it happens.
When to use it
Use Agent Steering beside a running agent so a person can correct it without stopping it: notes queue for the next step boundary, can be edited or pulled until picked up, and Stop after this step pauses cleanly. Your server marks a note picked up by setting pickedUpAt.
Installation
How you get it
Paste this into Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or any coding agent. It installs the file and uses it as it is, instead of writing a new one.
Use Layro's Agent Steering for this.
Install it: npx shadcn@latest add @layro/agent-steering
(the @layro registry is set up in components.json, with LAYRO_KEY in .env.local)
Import it from @/components/ui/agent-steering.
Do not rewrite or restyle it. Pass my data through its props
and keep its built-in states.For the full brief with every prop and the mistakes assistants usually make, use Copy prompt above. Pro components install through the @layro registry with your CLI token: see the Namespaced tab.
Usage
import { AgentSteering, type SteerNote, type SteerStep } from "@/components/ui/agent-steering";
const steps: SteerStep[] = [
{ id: "read", label: "Read the renewal thread", status: "done", detail: "3 emails" },
{ id: "draft", label: "Draft the reply", status: "running" },
{ id: "send", label: "Send it to Olivia", status: "pending" },
];
export function SteerRun({ notes, api }: {
notes: SteerNote[];
api: { steer: (text: string) => Promise<void>; interrupt: () => void; resume: () => void };
}) {
return (
<AgentSteering
agent="Renewal agent"
steps={steps}
status="running"
notes={notes}
onSteer={api.steer}
onInterrupt={api.interrupt}
onResume={api.resume}
/>
);
}API reference
“Copy prompt” above puts a full brief on your clipboard — install command, dependencies, props, and the mistakes an assistant usually makes with this component.
Props
Read from the component’s own TypeScript interface when the site is built, so this table cannot drift from the file you install.
| Prop | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
stepsrequired | SteerStep[] | — |
statusrequired | SteerRunStatus | — |
notes | SteerNote[] | Notes sent so far: queued ones have no `pickedUpAt`. |
title | string | — |
agent | string | — |
onSteer | (text: string) => void | Promise<void> | Send a note. May return a promise; the box waits for it. |
onEditNote | (id: string, text: string) => void | — |
onRemoveNote | (id: string) => void | — |
onInterrupt | () => void | Stop after the current step returns. |
onResume | () => void | — |
placeholder | string | — |
look | Look | Layered sets it in a tray, the heading above the card and the status in the strip below. Flat is one card. |
Dependencies
npm packages
clsxframer-motionlucide-reacttailwind-mergeLayro foundations, installed alongside it
layro-themebuttonStates
All of them are drawn by the component. None is left for you to design.
- Running
- Note queued
- Picked up
- Stopping
- Paused
- Done
Accessibility
- Keyboard reachable throughout, in visual order
- Focus trapped in overlays, Escape closes them
- Focus returns to whatever opened it
- Live regions announce what changed, not that something did
- Honours prefers-reduced-motion
Responsive behavior
- Sizes to its container, not the viewport
- Usable from 320px up
- Pointer-based interaction, so trackpad and touch both work
- No hover-only affordances
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