Claude Notch

ClaudeNotch

Approve Claude Code without leaving your work.

ClaudeNotch puts every Claude Code permission prompt, question, and notification
right in your Mac's notch. Read the diff, allow or deny with one key, and stay in
your editor, no more tabbing back to the terminal every few seconds.

 

What is ClaudeNotch?

When you use Claude Code, it constantly stops to
ask permission, *"Can I run this command?"*, *"Can I edit this file?"* Every prompt
pulls you back to the terminal and breaks your flow.

ClaudeNotch is a tiny macOS menu-bar app that surfaces those prompts in a
Dynamic-Island-style overlay at the top of your screen. The notch quietly
expands with the command (or a diff of the change), you click Allow or
Deny, or just tap a key, and your keyboard pops right back to where you
were. You never switch apps.

It runs entirely on your machine, talks to Claude Code through its official hook
system, and shows no Dock icon, just a small bell in your menu bar.

🎬 In motion

Start a session from the notch: drag a project folder onto the notch and a Claude Code session opens in that directory. No terminal, no cd.

A pet that reacts to your session: the mascot lives in the notch and animates around what Claude is doing.

Little moments of delight: playful touches that make the notch feel alive while you work.

In your language: pick English or one of nine translations in Settings and the notch and the settings window switch straight away, no restart.

✨ Features

Coming from Vibe Notch / Claude Island? See MIGRATING.md.
One command moves you over, and it lists honestly what is already fixed here
and what still is not.

🚀 Install

Needs: macOS 13 Ventura or later, on Apple Silicon or Intel. The disk image
is universal from v0.14.0 onward; earlier releases are Apple…