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 "generated": "2026-10-19",
 "id": "stablyai-orca--steer-agents-from-your-phone",
 "repo": "stablyai/orca",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/stablyai/orca",
 "repo_slug": "stablyai-orca",
 "title": "Get a phone alert when an agent finishes and send follow-ups",
 "page_title": "How to get a phone alert when an agent finishes and send follow-ups with orca",
 "summary": "Leave agents running on your desktop and use the mobile companion app to check progress and reply from anywhere.",
 "who": "Developer who kicks off long agent runs, then walks away from the desk",
 "problem": "You keep checking a terminal to see if an agent is done or waiting on you.",
 "outcome": "Your phone notifies you when an agent finishes, and you send the next instruction without going back to your computer.",
 "steps": [
  "Install the Orca desktop app and start an agent on a task.",
  "Install the Orca mobile app from the iOS App Store or the Android APK link in the README.",
  "Pair the phone with your desktop by following the mobile docs.",
  "Walk away, wait for the finish notification, then send a follow-up from the phone."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using stablyai/orca, walk me through pairing the mobile companion app with my desktop Orca on <my OS>. Confirm what I should see on the phone when an agent finishes, and tell me how to verify notifications are enabled.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Beginner",
 "time": "30 minutes",
 "basis": "field",
 "caveat": "The desktop app must stay running for the phone to reach your agents, and one issue thread suggests updating both phone and desktop if the companion misbehaves.",
 "category": "Software & DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software & DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "typescript",
 "requirements": [
  "macOS, Windows or Linux desktop (README badge lists all three)",
  "At least one coding agent CLI installed and signed in with your own subscription, such as Claude Code, Codex or OpenCode",
  "A git repository to work in, since each agent runs in its own git worktree",
  "Optional: iPhone or Android phone for the mobile companion app",
  "Optional: a remote machine reachable over SSH for SSH worktrees"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": true,
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.709,
 "evidence": [
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   "platform": "x",
   "url": "https://x.com/i/web/status/2112362647803031874",
   "posted": "2026-10-20"
  },
  {
   "platform": "x",
   "url": "https://x.com/i/web/status/2112156299580649725",
   "posted": "2026-10-19"
  }
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 "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/stablyai-orca/steer-agents-from-your-phone/",
 "md": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/stablyai-orca/steer-agents-from-your-phone/index.md",
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}