Show HN: AI Pulse a fake LED strip beside the macOS Dock that shows agent status

18 points by leog_me · 12 comments

Hi HN!

I run a few Claude Code sessions in parallel and kept cmd-tabbing around just to find out one of them had been sitting on a permission prompt for ten minutes. There's a hardware gadget I liked (called SidePulse.io) so before waiting to get my shipment I built the software version instead :D

I hope you like it and find it useful as I do!

12 comments

johng

Looks neat, and I ordered the bundle from SidePulse.io as well. Thanks for the project and pointing this out.

leog_me OP

Thanks! I will certainly enjoy the hardware version, but the app fits in too :)

rootsudo

So, kitt has come to mac

bellowsgulch

Maybe consider adding a live screenshot. "Beside the macOS Dock" is vague. What happens when your dock is the entire length of your desktop?

fellowniusmonk

Yeah, a screenshot that provides context of where this ends up would be nice.

stevenhubertron

Looks like this: https://www.drkpxl.com/assets/img/ai-pulse.png in the lower right of the screen.

leog_me OP

Thanks for taking the time to capture a screenshot to show it on your side and to give the app a try!

leog_me OP

Done! Included a screenshot in the README, good edge case though, I accept suggestions

bellowsgulch OC

Thank you, kindly!

stevenhubertron

Shame its for Claude only and not a more universal harness. Also wish their was an actual screenshot of it in action.

stevenhubertron

Edit: put in a PR for PI support: https://github.com/leog/ai-pulse/pull/1

leog_me OP

Thank you, reviewing it now, I made the app open source exactly because I wanted people to suggest improvement beyond my own usage of the app :)