Menu bar notifications for coding agents.

A small macOS menu bar app that tells you when Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor finishes or is waiting on you. Click to jump straight to it.

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Free. macOS 15 or later on Apple silicon.

Needs you
Approve database migrationClaude Code is waiting on you

Waiting

Know when an agent needs you.

When a session stops to ask a question or approve something, the menu bar icon turns amber and Lookout notifies you.

Finished
➤
Dark mode for settingsCursor · dashboard
6m

Done

Know when a turn is finished.

The icon turns green until you look. Turns shorter than 10 seconds finish quietly, and you can change that cutoff in Settings.

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Jump

Click a session to open it.

Claude Code brings its Terminal window forward with the right tab selected. Codex opens the thread. Cursor comes to the front.

~/.claude/sessions/Claude Code
~/.codex/state_N.sqliteCodex
~/.lookout/events.jsonlCursor
No network requests

Local

Reads local files only.

No account, no server, no analytics. Claude Code needs no hooks, and Cursor uses one small hook that you connect yourself.

Lookout is signed and notarized by Apple. Claude is a trademark of Anthropic. Codex is a trademark of OpenAI. Cursor is a trademark of Anysphere. Lookout is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of these companies.