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Coucou

by Louis RailléAppWrite code

Shows your AI coding agents' progress in the Mac notch and lets you approve their steps

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The problem it solves

You come back from making coffee and find your coding agent has been waiting twenty minutes for a yes.

For People who use AI coding agentsMac users with a notchDevelopers

Before
You keep checking terminal windows to see whether an agent finished or needs permission.
After
Each session shows live in the notch or on your phone, and you allow, deny or answer its question in one click.
Stars
★ 6.8k
License
MIT
Cost
Free
Platforms
Mac · Win · Linux
Runs
Local

Overview

Coucou is a small app that lives in the Mac notch, or at the top of the screen on Windows and Linux. It shows each AI coding agent session live, such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Gemini CLI, and lets you allow or deny permission requests without switching windows. On the Mac it also does hold-a-key dictation and records calls into a transcript, summary and to-dos. It suits people who run AI coding agents and want to step away without missing a question.

It brings agent approvals to one place you always see, and to your iPhone or Android phone, so a waiting agent does not sit idle while you are away.

Try these first

Start with the first one: it is a small task you can check easily.

  1. Open Settings, General, Demo and try demo mode to see a scripted session, an approval and a question.First try · nothing is saved

  2. Install the Claude Code hooks, start a session and approve its next file edit from the notch.edits agent settings

  3. Hold the right Option key, say a short note, and let go to paste it into this document.

  4. Record my call (I will tell everyone it is recorded) and show me the transcript, summary and to-dos afterwards.records audio

Example prompts written by Agent Flows Hub.

Features

From the creator's documentation.

FeatureWhat it doesRuns
Live sessionsSee what each agent reads, edits and runs, step by stepYour computer
ApprovalsAllow, deny or answer agent questions from the notch or your phoneYour agent sessions
ChatChat with Claude, Gemini, OpenAI and others with your key, or a local modelYour AI provider
DictationHold a key, speak and the words are pasted where you type; offline option on Apple siliconMicrophone
Call notesRecord a call and get a transcript, summary and to-dosMicrophone and audio
Service pillsGitHub, Vercel, Stripe, Notion and more, with keys you addYour service accounts

Good to know

Install Coucou, click Install hooks for your coding agent, and start a session. The notch shows each step the agent takes and pops up its permission requests so you can answer with one click.

Limits

  • Hooking into Claude Code, Gemini CLI or Antigravity changes their settings files; Coucou backs the file up first and, for Claude Code, shows you the diff before writing.
  • Some features are Mac-only for now, such as dictation and call notes in the GitHub build; the Windows installer is not code-signed and shows a SmartScreen warning.

Notes by (original project name: Coucou), written from the creator's documentation, not from running it ourselves. Coucou README · Coucou name, character and artwork terms

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