Coucou puts Claude Code permission prompts in your Mac's notch and on your Lock Screen
Coucou goes after a small, familiar problem with coding agents: an agent stops to ask permission while you are in another window. Its answer is to put the request in your Mac's notch. Claude Code permission requests show up there with Allow, Deny and Always, and AskUserQuestion prompts show their choices in the notch too. Walk away from the Mac, and the README says the session follows you to your iPhone's Lock Screen and Dynamic Island.
Coucou describes itself as a tiny friend that lives in your Mac's notch, or at the top of the screen on Windows and Linux, and keeps an eye on your AI coding agent sessions. The friend is Mochi, a squircle with big eyes that waves, follows your cursor with its eyes, and tells you the moment Claude Code needs you. The code is MIT licensed, while the README says the Coucou name, Mochi and the sounds stay copyrighted by the author.
Agents in the notch
The feature list names Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, Antigravity, Copilot CLI, OpenCode, Amp, Claude Desktop and others. For each session, the notch shows what it reads, edits and runs, step by step. File edits show the file name and added and removed line counts in a ticker, and tapping opens the full diff.
The README spells out the approval controls. Claude Code gets Allow, Deny and Always; Codex gets Allow and Deny. AskUserQuestion prompts appear with single or multi-select choices for up to four questions, and "Reply in terminal" falls back to the CLI. On macOS you can jump to the exact terminal window of a session. Any agent can get its own pill by tagging a hook payload with coucou_agent, with details in docs/AGENTS.md.
The mobile apps also surface sessions and approvals. The README describes the iPhone app with Live Activities, widgets and Siri, and an Android app by @Rhytam23 that handles approvals with your fingerprint, linked to Coucou on Windows or Linux over your Wi-Fi.
Be careful with "Always"
Before approving from a phone, I would ask whether the Lock Screen shows enough to decide. In the notch, file edits come with names, line counts and a full diff. "Always" is the button I would leave alone until you know which tool and pattern it will remember, because the README does not describe what scope it applies.
What version 0.4 adds
Since 0.4, Coucou has its own window and sits in the Dock. It adds Flow dictation, where you hold a key, speak and release, and your words are pasted where you type. NVIDIA's Parakeet can run offline on the Neural Engine through FluidAudio, a download of about 650 MB, Apple silicon only. There is also a Notetaker that records your microphone and what the Mac plays without a bot joining the call, then writes a transcript, summary and to-dos using Claude with your key or Apple Intelligence. The README says the audio is deleted once the transcript is written, and adds: tell the people in the call that you record.
Other listed features include chat with several cloud providers or a local model through Ollama or LM Studio, a crypto portfolio pill with read-only exchange keys, Claude and Codex plan usage, integrations with Stripe, GitHub, Vercel and others, music controls, a wardrobe for Mochi, and a weekly coding recap.
Privacy claims
The README states no telemetry and no account. Keys live in the macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Manager or Linux Secret Service, and the app only talks to services you plug in. For the "OK Coucou" voice assistant, speech recognition runs on the Mac, and only your words and the data Coucou reads to answer go to Anthropic, never audio.
Should you install it
If you run several agent sessions, I would try the approval and activity features first. I would turn on the agent pills first, leave the many other pills off, and decide later whether the dictation and call recording belong on the same machine you run agents from. The repository was created on September 27, 2026, and lists 420 open issues, so I would expect changes between versions.
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Coucou is a free, open source companion app that shows what your AI coding agents are doing from the MacBook notch, and lets you approve requests without switching windows. Code is MIT licensed. See the project at Louis-CFM/coucou t.co
AIの許可待ち、気づかず放置してへん？🥺 CoucouはClaude CodeやCodexの待ち状態をMacの画面上部に通知 iPhoneからも許可を出せる✨ AIの止まりっぱなし対策に🦍 Louis-CFM/coucou
Meet Mochi, a tiny notch buddy that watches your AI coding agents and lets you approve permissions from your iPhone Lock Screen 👀 🔗 Louis-CFM/coucou Credits: Louis-CFM/coucou #coucou #swift #swiftui
Coucou watches your coding agent sessions from the notch, shows edits live, and lets you Allow or Deny from the notch or your phone. Here is what it does and where to be careful: Louis-CFM/coucou #AIAgents #Macos #ClaudeCode
Coucou puts Claude Code permission prompts in your Mac's notch and on your Lock Screen Coucou goes after a small, familiar problem with coding agents: an agent stops to ask permission while you are in another window. Its answer is to put the request in your Mac's notch. Claude Code permission requests show up there with Allow, Deny and Always, and AskUserQuestion prompts show their choices in the notch too. Walk away from the Mac, and the README says the session follows you to your iPhone's Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Coucou describes itself as a tiny friend that lives in your Mac's notch, or at the top of the screen on Windows and Linux, and keeps an eye on your AI coding agent sessions. The friend is Mochi, a squircle with big eyes that waves, follows your cursor with its eyes, and tells you the moment Claude Code needs you. The code is MIT licensed, while the README says the Coucou name, Mochi and the sounds stay copyrighted by the author. Agents in the notch The feature list names Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, Antigravity, Copilot CLI, OpenCode, Amp, Claude Desktop and others. For each session, the notch shows what it reads, edits and runs, step by step. File edits show the file name and added and removed line counts in a ticker, and tapping opens the full diff. The README spells out the approval controls. Claude Code gets Allow, Deny and Always; Codex gets Allow and Deny. AskUserQuestion prompts appear with single or multi-select choices for up to four questions, and "Reply in terminal" falls back to the CLI. On macOS you can jump to the exact terminal window of a session. Any agent can get its own pill by tagging a hook payload with coucou_agent, with details in docs/AGENTS.md. The mobile apps also surface sessions and approvals. The README describes the iPhone app with Live Activities, widgets and Siri, and an Android app by @Rhytam23 that handles approvals with your fingerprint, linked to Coucou on Windows or Linux over your Wi-Fi. Be careful with "Always" Before approving from a phone, I would ask whether the Lock Screen shows enough to decide. In the notch, file edits come with names, line counts and a full diff. "Always" is the button I would leave alone until you know which tool and pattern it will remember, because the README does not describe what scope it applies. What version 0.4 adds Since 0.4, Coucou has its own window and sits in the Dock. It adds Flow dictation, where you hold a key, speak and release, and your words are pasted where you type. NVIDIA's Parakeet can run offline on the Neural Engine through FluidAudio, a download of about 650 MB, Apple silicon only. There is also a Notetaker that records your microphone and what the Mac plays without a bot joining the call, then writes a transcript, summary and to-dos using Claude with your key or Apple Intelligence. The README says the audio is deleted once the transcript is written, and adds: tell the people in the call that you record. Other listed features include chat with several cloud providers or a local model through Ollama or LM Studio, a crypto portfolio pill with read-only exchange keys, Claude and Codex plan usage, integrations with Stripe, GitHub, Vercel and others, music controls, a wardrobe for Mochi, and a weekly coding recap. Privacy claims The README states no telemetry and no account. Keys live in the macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Manager or Linux Secret Service, and the app only talks to services you plug in. For the "OK Coucou" voice assistant, speech recognition runs on the Mac, and only your words and the data Coucou reads to answer go to Anthropic, never audio. Should you install it If you run several agent sessions, I would try the approval and activity features first. I would turn on the agent pills first, leave the many other pills off, and decide later whether the dictation and call recording belong on the same machine you run agents from. The repository was created on September 27, 2026, and lists 420 open issues, so I would expect changes between versions. --- GitHub: Louis-CFM/coucou --- Curated by Agent Palisade — practical AI for small and mid-sized businesses.
Coucou：Claude Code 停下來等你，Mac 瀏海裡的麻糬會叫你（開源 3 週多破 5,500 星） #shorts 丟一個大任務給 Claude Code，你切出去回個訊息，回來才發現它早就停在那邊等你按允許？Coucou 是一個開源的 Mac app（程式碼 MIT 授權）：一隻叫 Mochi 的小麻糬住在 MacBook 瀏海裡，幫你盯著 AI coding agent。 ▍裝了之後 ・它一卡住要你按允許，瀏海就冒出麻糬叫你，Allow／Deny 在瀏海就能按，不用切回終端機 ・你在別的視窗回訊息，眼角瞄一下瀏海，就知道它改到哪、測試有沒有過 ・等它跑的時候手很癢？連戳 Mochi 幾下，它會暈給你看 ▍怎麼用 ・Mac 裝好 Coucou → 設定裡按「Install hooks」 ・Claude Code、Codex、Cursor、Gemini CLI 都接得上（Codex 在設定裡另外裝 hooks） ▍最狠的用法 ・Mac 鎖上去倒杯咖啡，它卡著要你按允許：麻糬會跟到 iPhone 鎖定畫面，Face ID 一刷就放行，回到座位它已經跑完了（iPhone 版是 TestFlight 測試版；Mac 版設定 → General → iPhone 打開） ▍為什麼大家在傳 ・開源 3 週多就破 5,500 顆星 ・X 上 @RoundtableSpace 一句「The MacBook notch finally does something useful.」，超過 4.8 萬次觀看 ▍來源 ・GitHub：Louis-CFM/coucou ・官網：louis-cfm.github.io 畫面來源：Coucou 官方 demo 影片與截圖（GitHub Louis-CFM/coucou 的 docs/media，© Louis Raillé）；GitHub repo 頁面；X @RoundtableSpace x.com #ClaudeCode #AI工具 #Mac #AI懶人報
Coucou is now available on #Windows! This open-source app adds a floating island to your desktop to monitor #AI coding agents like #Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Gemini CLI. Track sessions, review changes and approve requests without switching windows. louis-cfm/coucou #GeekRealmHub
The Windows installer is under the official repository Releases page, not the source-code file list. Open the Windows release and expand Assets; it currently offers both an .msi and a setup.exe. Use the official page here: github.com/Louis-CFM/coucou/releases
For Coucou's chat features, the current README lists provider API keys separately from the app's agent-session monitoring. Claude chat uses an Anthropic API key, while the macOS build also lists Google AI/Gemini support. Provider usage can have separate costs; it's worth checking the exact feature you intend to use. louis-cfm/coucou
5 مشاريع ذكاء اصطناعي ظهرت على GitHub في أسبوعين 🔥 (مفتوحة المصدر) 5 مشاريع ذكاء اصطناعي مفتوحة المصدر ظهرت على GitHub في أسبوعين، وجابت آلاف النجوم 🔥 في الفيديو بشرح كل مشروع بسرعة: بيعمل إيه، والترخيص، وبيشتغل على أنهي نظام. ⚠️ المعلومات من وصف أصحاب المشاريع على GitHub، ولسه ماجربناهمش. الأرقام بتاريخ 19 أكتوبر 2026. ⏱️ الأحداث: 0:00 المقدمة 0:20 DigUp: دوّر في ملفاتك بالمعنى 0:45 Anatomy: الذكاء الاصطناعي يبني الفكرة بدل ما يحكيها 1:11 Answer me with HTML: رد واحد مقروء بدل جدار نص 1:35 magpie: بوابة واحدة لنماذج وكلاء البرمجة 2:04 Coucou: صاحب صغير في النوتش 2:29 نصيحة قبل ما تحمّل أي مشروع 2:53 الخاتمة 🔗 المشاريع: DigUp: ARahim3/DigUp Anatomy: wheresryan22/anatomy Answer me with HTML: QingYunA/answer-me-with-html magpie: yetone/magpie Coucou: Louis-CFM/coucou 🔔 اشترك وفعّل الجرس. قولي في التعليقات: أنهي مشروع تحب أجرّبه في فيديو لوحده؟ #الذكاء_الاصطناعي #جيت_هاب #مفتوح_المصدر #GitHub #AI