make the progress display configurable (default to true)

schema/mcp-agent.config.schema.json

@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@
           "type": "string",
           "description": "Minimum logging level"
         },
+        "progress_display": {
+          "default": true,
+          "title": "Progress Display",
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "Enable or disable the progress display"
+        },
         "path": {
           "default": "mcp-agent.log",
           "title": "Path",
@@ -524,6 +530,7 @@
       "default": {
         "type": "console",
         "level": "info",
+        "progress_display": true,
         "path": "mcp-agent.log",
         "batch_size": 100,
         "flush_interval": 2.0,

src/mcp_agent/config.py

@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ class LoggerSettings(BaseModel):
     level: Literal["debug", "info", "warning", "error"] = "info"
     """Minimum logging level"""
 
+    progress_display: bool = True
+    """Enable or disable the progress display"""
+
     path: str = "mcp-agent.log"
     """Path to log file, if logger 'type' is 'file'."""
 

src/mcp_agent/context.py

@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ async def configure_logger(config: "Settings"):
         transport=transport,
         batch_size=config.logger.batch_size,
         flush_interval=config.logger.flush_interval,
+        progress_display=config.logger.progress_display,
     )
 
 

src/mcp_agent/logging/logger.py

@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ async def configure(
         if "logging" not in bus.listeners:
             bus.add_listener("logging", LoggingListener(event_filter=event_filter))
 
-        if "progress" not in bus.listeners:
-            # Progress listener gets all events pre-filtering since it inherits from LifecycleAwareListener
+        # Only add progress listener if enabled in settings
+        if "progress" not in bus.listeners and kwargs.get("progress_display", True):
             bus.add_listener("progress", ProgressListener())
 
         if "batching" not in bus.listeners: