{"slug": "show-hn-conan-a-live-hud-for-claude-code-on-macos", "title": "Show HN: Conan – A Live HUD for Claude Code on macOS", "summary": "Conan, a native macOS app that wraps Claude Code in a live HUD, launched at a $29 one-time price. The app provides a real-time timeline of commands, tool calls, and token usage, along with context window monitoring and a live throughput pulse. It requires macOS 13+ and Apple silicon.", "body_md": "partial match (terms: skill)\n\nstrong description match (terms: sources)\n\n01 · Timeline\n\n### Every deed, driven before you\n\nEach command, edit, and tool call streams onto a living timeline — the whole campaign, as it happens.\n\nThe campaign, as it happens\n\nConan is a native macOS app that wraps Claude Code in a live HUD — every prompt, tool call, skill, and token, surfaced as it happens.\n\nmacOS 13+ · Apple silicon · [$29 once](https://buy.polar.sh/polar_cl_yCw19D7U1STmkUlsNrQkGRwYkeRyr196LeoYJ46vMvd), no subscription\n\nWhat it watches\n\npartial match (terms: skill)\n\nstrong description match (terms: sources)\n\n01 · Timeline\n\nEach command, edit, and tool call streams onto a living timeline — the whole campaign, as it happens.\n\n02 · Context\n\nWatch the context window fill — system, tools, memory, skills — and tokens burn, in real time.\n\n03 · Pulse\n\nA live pulse of throughput — spikes when Claude works, calm when it waits.\n\nCreate distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces with high design quality — avoids the generic AI look.\n\nlast fired just now`~/.claude/skills/frontend-design`\n\nDrive a real Chromium browser via Playwright with a persistent login profile — navigate, fill forms, screenshot, scrape.\n\nlast fired 2m ago`~/.claude/skills/automate-browser`\n\nDeep research engine that scans a recent time window (default 30 days; configurable via --days, e.g. last day or last 7 days) across 6+ sources — Reddit, X/Twitter, YouTube, Hacker News, Polymarket, and the web.\n\nlast fired 7d ago`~/.claude/skills/scan-trends`\n\nWrite a resume-ready HANDOFF.md capturing the session's state so a fresh session picks up sharp, not context-rotted.\n\nlast fired 1h ago`~/.claude/skills/handoff`\n\n04 · Skills & MCP\n\nSkills and MCP servers, surfaced and observable — know exactly what's in play.\n\n❯ What stations are available on Conan radio and can I add my own\n\nThe curated stations on Conan Radio:\n\nCan you add your own? Sort of — two different things:\n\nSo if you've got a station/stream in mind, just paste the link and I'll switch it on. I can also pick from the curated set by vibe (“something epic/focus”) or shuffle a random one. Want me to put something on?\n\n05 · Radio\n\nClaude Radio hums while you work.\n\nMiss nothing.\n\nFree to download · [Premium $29, once](https://buy.polar.sh/polar_cl_yCw19D7U1STmkUlsNrQkGRwYkeRyr196LeoYJ46vMvd) ·\nlifetime 1.x · macOS 13+ (Apple silicon)\n\nDispatches from the forge. New features, releases, and Windows/Linux availability — sent only when there's something worth your steel.\n\nOccasional Conan news. Unsubscribe anytime.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-conan-a-live-hud-for-claude-code-on-macos", "canonical_source": "https://www.conan.sh/", "published_at": "2026-06-15 13:29:33+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-15 13:39:17.230430+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "ai-tools", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["Conan", "Claude Code", "macOS", "Apple"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-conan-a-live-hud-for-claude-code-on-macos", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-conan-a-live-hud-for-claude-code-on-macos.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-conan-a-live-hud-for-claude-code-on-macos.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-conan-a-live-hud-for-claude-code-on-macos.jsonld"}}