Claudette

Agent View is my default home now in Claude Code (for more on what it is and how to use it, check out Claude Code as a Control Center). But with many background tasks running, I found myself losing track of things when the terminal was in the background. So I built a tiny macOS menu bar widget that taps into Agent View’s session management to make those tasks visible and add notifications.

Claudette uses claude agents --json to track background Claude Code sessions. It displays all active sessions in a pop-up and can open a terminal window with a scoped agent view directly. It polls Claude in the background and updates the menu bar with the count of active sessions. When a session changes state to finished or needs input, you’ll get a notification.

If you have hosts reachable over passwordless SSH, it can check Claude status on those as well.

Nothing big, nothing fancy. Just a persistent little buddy that lets you know when things are moving.

If you’re brave and don’t mind trying out a very lightly tested app, you can play with the beta.

vfilby/Claudette A menu bar buddy for your background Claude Code sessions ↗