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Developer builds macOS app to signal AI coding assistant activity

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A developer created a macOS menu bar application called Lockpaw to alert users when their AI coding assistant, Claude Code, requires attention. The app prevents Macs from sleeping while the assistant runs and signals when it encounters a permission prompt or finishes its task by making the screen glow. Lockpaw was largely built with the assistance of Claude Code itself, which helped with complex coding challenges and bug fixes. AI

IMPACT Provides a niche utility for users of AI coding assistants, improving workflow by signaling task completion or prompts.

RANK_REASON This is a user-created tool that integrates with an AI product, not a release from the AI provider.

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Developer builds macOS app to signal AI coding assistant activity

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  1. r/ClaudeAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/inspectorjawa ·

    I kept walking back to check if Claude Code needed me, so I made my locked Mac glow when it does

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>If you leave Claude Code running and step away, you know the walk. Back to the desk, wiggle the mouse, nothing, walk away again.</p> <p>So I built Lockpaw, a small menu bar app for macOS. One hotkey covers the screen without putting the Mac to sl…

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