{"slug": "show-hn-i-stopped-babysitting-my-ai-agents-by-pushing-them-to-telegram", "title": "Show HN: I stopped babysitting my AI agents by pushing them to Telegram", "summary": "BlackFlare, a new macOS menu bar app, keeps Macs awake during Claude Code and Codex sessions and sends notifications to Mac, Telegram, or Slack when tasks finish or need input. The app, which requires macOS 13 or later and is available as a universal build for Apple silicon and Intel, offers read-only Keychain access to Claude tokens, zero telemetry, and on-device processing. It also tracks usage limits and lets users set default models, permission modes, effort levels, and thinking modes from the menu bar.", "body_md": "macOS menu bar app · Claude Code & Codex\n\n# Let your agents run.\n\nTouch some grass.\n\nBlackFlare keeps your Mac awake while Claude or Codex runs, pings you the moment a task finishes or needs you — on your Mac, Telegram, or Slack. Tune your defaults and track your usage right from the menu bar. On-device. Private.\n\nRequires macOS 13 or later · Universal (Apple silicon & Intel)\n\nThe gap between \"running\" and \"done\"\n\nYou kick off a long task and step away. Your Mac dozes off and the whole run stalls halfway. Or it finishes — or sits *waiting for your input* — and you don't notice for an hour. **BlackFlare closes every one of those gaps.**\n\n- Terminal / CLI\n- VS Code\n- JetBrains\n- Claude Code\n- Codex\n\n## Long task? Your Mac stays up.\n\nA sleeping Mac is a stalled agent. While a Claude or Codex session is running, BlackFlare keeps your Mac awake — so overnight refactors and marathon test runs never pause halfway. The moment the session ends, normal sleep resumes on its own.\n\n## Know the instant it needs you\n\nThe moment Claude or Codex is waiting for input — or finishes a task — BlackFlare sends you a notification. Every session counts: the CLI in your terminal *and* agents running inside VS Code or JetBrains.\n\n## On your Mac. Or your phone.\n\nRoute notifications to Telegram or Slack and go touch some grass while your agents work. Flip on *\"only when away\"* and BlackFlare stays quiet at your desk — reaching your phone only once you've actually stepped out.\n\n## Set the defaults. Ship faster.\n\nPick your default model, permission mode, effort level, and thinking mode right from the menu bar. BlackFlare applies them to your next session — no flags to remember, no config files to hand-edit.\n\n## See your limits before you hit them\n\nYour Claude and Codex usage lives in the menu — and right in the menu bar icon. Track each model on its own, keep an eye on extra usage, and get a heads-up the moment you cross a threshold you set. No more mid-task surprises.\n\n## Private by design. Actually.\n\nBlackFlare asks for exactly one thing: **read-only** Keychain access to your Claude token, used only to show your exact usage. That token is **never written or sent anywhere but Anthropic**. No accounts, no analytics, no telemetry — BlackFlare collects nothing about you. Ever.\n\n- ✓ Runs entirely on-device\n- ✓ Read-only Keychain access\n- ✓ Token only ever reaches Anthropic\n- ✓ Zero telemetry, zero accounts\n\nUp and running in a minute\n\n## Three steps, then go be human\n\n- 1\n### Install\n\nOpen and drag it to Applications. From there it lives quietly in your menu bar.\n\n- 2\n### Grant Permissions\n\nTwo gentle asks: notifications, so it can tap you on the shoulder, and Keychain —\n\n**read-only**— to read your usage limits. Nothing more, ever. - 3\n### Walk away\n\nStart a session and go enjoy life. BlackFlare keeps watch, and pings you when it matters.\n\nThoughtful down to the last toggle\n\n## Built like a native Mac app should be\n\nQuestions, answered\n\n## Frequently asked\n\n## Does it work with the CLI and with IDEs?\n\nYes. BlackFlare watches Claude Code and Codex sessions whether they run in your terminal or inside VS Code and JetBrains IDEs.\n\n## Which AI tools are supported?\n\nClaude Code and Codex — both notifications and usage, side by side in the same menu.\n\n## Where does my token go?\n\nNowhere new. BlackFlare reads your Claude token from the macOS Keychain (read-only) to show your exact usage. It is never written or transmitted anywhere except Anthropic.\n\n## Do you collect any of my data?\n\nNo. No accounts, no analytics, no telemetry. Everything runs on your Mac.\n\n## Can it notify my phone?\n\nYes — via Telegram or Slack, with an \"only when away\" mode so you're not pinged twice while you're sitting at your desk.\n\n## Will it keep my Mac from sleeping?\n\nOnly while a session is running, so long tasks don't stall. Normal sleep behavior resumes automatically the moment the session ends.\n\n## What do I need to run it?\n\nA Mac on macOS 13 or later. It's a universal build for both Apple silicon and Intel.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-i-stopped-babysitting-my-ai-agents-by-pushing-them-to-telegram", "canonical_source": "https://blackflare.dev/", "published_at": "2026-07-31 07:05:26+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-31 07:22:07.806056+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "ai-agents", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["BlackFlare", "Claude Code", "Codex", "Anthropic", "Telegram", "Slack", "VS Code", "JetBrains"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-i-stopped-babysitting-my-ai-agents-by-pushing-them-to-telegram", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-i-stopped-babysitting-my-ai-agents-by-pushing-them-to-telegram.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-i-stopped-babysitting-my-ai-agents-by-pushing-them-to-telegram.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-i-stopped-babysitting-my-ai-agents-by-pushing-them-to-telegram.jsonld"}}