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# Display Working Status • AI Agent SDK

> display_working_status: Display animated working status with pulsing dots.

# display\_working\_status

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> This function is defined in the [**main**](../modules/main) module.

Display animated working status with pulsing dots.

Shows a unique "Working ●○○" indicator with phase-specific status.
This is PraisonAI's distinctive approach to showing processing status.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def display_working_status(phase: int, status_text: str, console: Any) -> Any
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="phase" type="int" required={false} default="0">
  Current animation phase (0-3)
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="status_text" type="str" required={false}>
  Optional status description
</ParamField>

<ParamField query="console" type="Any" required={false}>
  Rich console for output
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="Any">
  Panel object for use with Rich.Live
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `Console`
* `Panel.fit`
* `Text`

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/main.py` at line 457
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## Related Documentation

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  <Card title="Display System" icon="display" href="/docs/features/display-system" />

  <Card title="Display Callbacks" icon="phone" href="/docs/features/display-callbacks" />

  <Card title="Output Styles" icon="palette" href="/docs/features/output-styles" />
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