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A local Perch shelf or a shared agent dashboard?
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A personal monitor and a shared dashboard may both show agent activity, but they can solve different problems. Start with who needs the information and where the work runs.
Write down the requirements
| Requirement | Perch | What to check in another tool |
|---|---|---|
| Personal activity on your Mac | Core workflow | Which local sessions it can detect |
| Shared team access | Not provided | Identity, access and sharing controls |
| Phone or remote access | Not provided | Remote connection and supported devices |
| Task assignment and scheduling | Not provided | How tasks and dependencies are managed |
| Data location | Perch app status and notes stay on your Mac | What is uploaded, retained and shared |
| Provider actions | Documented per integration | The actual action matrix, not only provider logos |
Choose Perch for the local attention problem
Perch is useful when you already run agents and need a quiet place to see which session needs you. It has no account or server, and it does not upload your activity.
Its scope is the sessions on your Mac, supported answers you choose and local notes. Your provider subscriptions and their own data handling remain separate.
Evaluate shared workflows on their own terms
If your requirement is a shared queue, remote session access or organization-wide reporting, make that explicit before selecting a tool. Perch does not provide those features.
Other products vary. Check their current documentation for supported providers, where execution happens, what content they retain, how access works and whether a displayed action is actually interactive. No competitor capability or pricing is assumed here.
Monitoring is not orchestration
Even when several states appear together, task boundaries and code integration still need an owner. Perch does not distribute work, prevent edit conflicts or merge the results.
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