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Coucou is an open source Mac notch app (with Windows, Linux and Android parts) that shows your AI coding agent sessions, lets you approve their permission requests, and adds voice dictation, call notes and an iPhone companion.

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5 use cases

  • Approve Claude Code permissions from the notch

    Watch Claude Code sessions in the Mac notch and allow or deny its permission requests without switching windows.

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    Using the Louis-CFM/coucou repo, follow docs/AGENTS.md to connect Claude Code on <target machine> to the Coucou notch app. Expected output: a permission request from a Claude Code session appears in the notch with Allow, Deny and Always buttons. Verify by triggering a request that needs a file edit and confirming the buttons respond.

  • Track coding agents and approve them from iPhone

    See agent progress on your iPhone Lock Screen and approve permissions with Face ID when you step away from your Mac.

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    Using the Louis-CFM/coucou repo, set up the Coucou Mac app and iPhone app so that a Codex session on <target Mac> shows as a Live Activity on <target iPhone>. Expected output: the agent state appears on the Lock Screen, and an Allow tap is confirmed with Face ID. Verify that the Mac applies only the decision for the request it is waiting on.

  • Dictate text into any Mac app with a held key

    Hold a key, speak, and have your words pasted where you type, in any app on the Mac.

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    Using the Louis-CFM/coucou repo, enable Flow dictation in the Coucou Mac app and set it to use Parakeet on <target Mac>. Expected output: a short spoken sentence is pasted into a text field in another app. Verify that the clipboard contents from before the dictation are restored afterwards.

  • Track Claude and Codex plan limits in the notch

    See your 5-hour and weekly Claude limits and Codex limits in small pills in the notch header.

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    Using the Louis-CFM/coucou repo, enable the Claude and Codex plan usage pills in the Coucou Mac app on <target Mac>. Expected output: the notch header shows a Claude pill with 5-hour and weekly limits and a Codex pill with its limits. Verify that the pills match the limits shown in your Claude and Codex accounts.

  • Get call transcripts and to-dos without a meeting bot

    Record a call from your Mac with no bot in the meeting, then get a transcript, summary and to-dos.

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    Using the Louis-CFM/coucou repo, set up the Notetaker in the Coucou Mac app on <target Mac> to record a call and write a summary with Claude or Apple Intelligence. Expected output: a transcript by person, a summary and a to-do list. Verify that the audio file is removed after the transcript is written.

How to use Coucou

  1. Check you have what it needs: A Mac, since the notch app and most features are macOS only; Download the Coucou app from the releases page linked in the README; An AI coding agent such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Gemini CLI.
  2. Open Louis-CFM/coucou on GitHub and read the README and license.
  3. Download and open the Coucou Mac app from the releases page linked in the README.
  4. Connect Claude Code to Coucou using the hook setup described in docs/AGENTS.md.
  5. Start a Claude Code session on a task that needs file edits or shell commands.
  6. When a permission request appears in the notch, click Allow, Deny or Always.

These steps come from our top use case, Approve Claude Code permissions from the notch, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.

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About this repo

  • Who it is forDevelopers who run Claude Code, Codex or other AI coding agents on a Mac and want to monitor and approve their actions without staying in the terminal.
  • Why it is hot
  • LanguageSwift
  • Sourcegithub.com/Louis-CFM/coucou · Back to Hot repos

Requirements

  • A Mac, since the notch app and most features are macOS only
  • Download the Coucou app from the releases page linked in the README
  • An AI coding agent such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Gemini CLI
  • Your own API keys for any cloud provider you plan to use, stored in the macOS Keychain
  • An iPhone with the Coucou iPhone app, only for the phone features
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Questions about Coucou

What is Coucou?

Coucou is an open source Mac notch app (with Windows, Linux and Android parts) that shows your AI coding agent sessions, lets you approve their permission requests, and adds voice dictation, call notes and an iPhone companion. It is an open-source project on GitHub: https://github.com/Louis-CFM/coucou.

Who is Coucou for?

Developers who run Claude Code, Codex or other AI coding agents on a Mac and want to monitor and approve their actions without staying in the terminal.

What can I do with Coucou?

5 use cases so far, for example: Approve Claude Code permissions from the notch; Track coding agents and approve them from iPhone; Dictate text into any Mac app with a held key. Each has steps and a copy-paste agent prompt.

What do I need to run Coucou?

A Mac, since the notch app and most features are macOS only; Download the Coucou app from the releases page linked in the README; An AI coding agent such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Gemini CLI; Your own API keys for any cloud provider you plan to use, stored in the macOS Keychain.

What are alternatives to Coucou?

Other hot AI repos in Software and DevOps: Harness2, iFixAi, Orca, Diagram Design, AI Memory.

Is Coucou safe to run?

Deduped does not own, audit or vouch for it. Read the README and license, run it on your own systems first and review every command before you run it.