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 "generated": "2026-10-26",
 "id": "icodesign-remote-installer--keep-install-link-alive-after-agent-exits",
 "repo": "icodesign/remote-installer",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/icodesign/remote-installer",
 "repo_slug": "icodesign-remote-installer",
 "title": "Keep an install link alive after an AI agent exits",
 "page_title": "How to keep an install link alive after an AI agent exits with Remote Installer",
 "summary": "Run a bounded share as a launchd background worker so the link survives the agent's session.",
 "who": "A developer using a coding agent on a Mac who needs the agent to hand back a working install URL and then finish its turn.",
 "problem": "When an agent command ends, a normal foreground share closes, so the install link stops working before the phone can use it.",
 "outcome": "The agent returns a JSON session with an install URL, the share keeps running under launchd, and the developer can check or stop it later.",
 "steps": [
  "Install the tool with `brew install icodesign/tap/remote-installer`.",
  "Run `npx --yes @icodesign/remote-installer share MyApp.ipa --background --expire-after 30m --json` and note the printed share ID. (inferred, check the README)",
  "Check the share with `remote-installer status`.",
  "Read the output with `remote-installer logs` if the phone cannot connect.",
  "Stop the share with `remote-installer stop` once installation is done."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Use the repo icodesign/remote-installer to run `npx --yes @icodesign/remote-installer share <path-to-ipa> --background --expire-after 30m --json` and return the install URL and share ID. Verify the response includes a bounded expiry before ending the turn.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code",
  "codex",
  "cursor",
  "gemini-cli"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Advanced",
 "time": "45 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The --background mode is macOS only and requires a bounded expiry, and the README says the share lifecycle does not survive plain & or nohup.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "rust",
 "requirements": [
  "A macOS computer (the Homebrew and npm builds support macOS arm64 and x86_64)",
  "A signed .ipa, signed device .app, or signed standalone .apk build",
  "For iOS, the target iPhone's UDID already included in the provisioning profile",
  "A tunnel provider: Cloudflare Quick Tunnels, Tailscale Serve, or Tailscale Funnel"
 ],
 "risk": "dual-use",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [
  {
   "tag": "remote-script",
   "notice": "A background worker keeps serving the build after the agent's turn ends, so the agent must always set a bounded expiry and the human must check the share status."
  }
 ],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.7,
 "evidence": [],
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