Open beta
Your AI agents are working.
You don't have to babysit them.
Watch and steer Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Grok, Cursor, and local Ollama models from your phone, wherever they run. Approve a tool call, answer a question, or send a new prompt with one tap, end-to-end encrypted, from anywhere.
Download for macOSOn Linux? Install with one command →
Available on iPhone and/or Android
Agents At Work supports
Not affiliated with Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Anysphere, or Ollama.
Run open-source AI models on your own hardware.
Control them from your phone.
Agents At Work works with Ollama, an open-source runtime for running AI models locally. Pick a model, start a session, and send prompts from your phone exactly as you would with Claude, Codex, or any other agent. Any model works for chat, writing, and Q&A. Models in the qwen2.5 and qwen3 families also unlock Agentic mode, where the model reads and writes files, runs shell commands, and completes multi-step tasks on your computer while you're away from it, the same workflow as Claude Code, but private and free.
The more memory your machine has, the more capable the model, from a 7 B model on 8 GB to models that rival cloud services on 64 GB or more. Which model fits your machine →
Because everything runs on your hardware, your prompts never reach a third-party
AI service. No API key. No per-query charges. No subscription beyond Ollama
itself, which is free and open source. On a Mac you start an Ollama session from
the app's Ollama tab; on Linux, aaw start ~/proj --agent ollama --model qwen2.5.
Not just for developers
"I use it for writing posts and articles, planning our Europe trip, brainstorming, basically anything where I want an AI agent working on something while I'm away from my desk. Had an idea during a run last week, fired off a prompt from my phone, and came back to a full draft."
How it works
Want the full walkthrough? See the tutorial →
-
Install the companion on the computer where your agents run:
the menu bar app on a Mac, or the
aawcommand-line tool on Linux. Sign in, and that computer is ready to bridge to your phone. -
Download the mobile app on iPhone (App Store) or
Android (Google Play). No sign-in needed on the phone.
Open it, go through the quick onboarding, and tap Scan QR Code.
Point your camera at the QR shown by the Mac app, or printed in the
terminal by
aaw loginon Linux, done. Your phone is linked, and the communication channel is end-to-end encrypted, in one step. - Leave Claude, Codex, Gemini, Grok, Cursor, or Ollama running. You'll get a notification the moment the agent needs a decision. Tap Yes or No right from the notification, or from your Apple Watch.
Control everything from your pocket
Four agents running in parallel. One tap to approve. Zero desk required.
Everything you need to step away
Push notifications with action buttons
When the agent asks to edit a file, run a command, or make a decision, you get an instant notification with Yes / No buttons. Answer directly from the lock screen, no need to unlock or open the app.
Live conversation feed
Every message, tool call, and assistant response streams to your phone in real time. A status bar shows "Wrote main.py", "Ran: npm test" between turns so you always know what's happening.
Mac and Linux
On a Mac, a menu bar app. On Linux, a background service and the
aaw command that run headless: start an agent over SSH on a
home server or a cloud VM, log out, and keep controlling it from your
phone. Both pair with the same phone app, and every machine shows up in
one list.
End-to-end encrypted
Conversation content is AES-256 encrypted on your computer before it reaches Firebase. The encryption key is exchanged via a one-time QR scan, only your computer and phone can read it. Firebase never sees plaintext.
Auto-approve mode
Toggle "Allow all for this session" when you trust the agent to proceed without interruption. Resets automatically when you send a message or the session ends.
Send a message mid-session
Use the BTW field to nudge the running agent: corrections, new instructions, or extra context, without stopping its flow.
Multiple computers and projects
Add as many computers as you like, Mac or Linux. Each shows detected agents, live sessions, and usage stats. Tap any project to open its conversation.
Works on Apple Watch & Wear OS
Because the app uses standard iOS and Android notifications, permission prompts arrive on your watch automatically, no extra setup. Tap Yes or No on your wrist and the agent continues without you reaching for your phone.
Sounds exactly like what I wanted. I know some of the agents already support this, but not all to the same feature set and I bounce around between my agents a lot. Excited to see how this turns out!
Our phone is the sun of our personal device solar system, having the remote control there makes so much sense!
Up and running in under a minute
Five quick screens. Tap the phone to walk through them. Want the full walkthrough? See the tutorial →
What you need
Mac
- macOS 13 Ventura or later
- Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Grok, or Cursor, or Ollama for private local models
- Agents At Work companion app
- Download →
Linux
- Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, RHEL, or any systemd distro
- tmux 3.2 or newer, Python 3.11 or newer
- Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Grok, or Cursor, or Ollama for private local models
- The
aawcommand-line tool - One-line install →
iPhone
- iOS 17 or later
- Available on the App Store
- Links to your computer via QR scan, no account needed on phone
Android
- Android 8.0 (API 26) or later
- Available on Google Play
- Links to your computer via QR scan, no account needed on phone
Have a proposal, or need to deploy this to a bigger team?
Happy to work with you directly on rollout, custom integrations, or whatever you have in mind. Let's figure it out together.
Get the companion for your computer
Free on both platforms. The Mac app is notarized by Apple. The Linux release is signed, and the installer verifies it before touching your machine, no root needed.
macOS
Menu bar app. Direct download, no Mac App Store required.
Download AgentsAtWork.dmg- Open the downloaded
.dmgfile. - Drag Agents At Work to your Applications folder.
- On first launch, macOS may show a Gatekeeper dialog, click Open. The app is notarized by Apple.
- Sign in with Google or email/password and follow the in-app walkthrough.
Linux
A background service plus the aaw command. Runs headless on laptops, servers, and cloud VMs.
curl -fsSL https://agentsatwork.app/install-linux.sh | bash
- Run the command above. It installs to
~/.local/share/agentsatworkand starts a user service that keeps sessions bridged after you log out. - Run
aaw login. On any device, sign in at agentsatwork.app/link-linux and type the one-time code it shows. - Scan the QR code
aaw loginprints with the phone app. Your Linux machine appears next to your other computers. - Run
aaw start ~/your/project, or justclaudein the project folder. Linux walkthrough →
Need to install an agent CLI (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Grok, Cursor), set up Ollama for local models, or install tmux? Full setup walkthrough in the tutorial →