Make it yours
Pick a character and a colour. It lives behind the notch and only comes out when there is something to say.
Coming soon for Mac
Where you left off, in the notch.
See what your coding agents did while you were away, and what needs you now.
Works with the agents and terminals you already use
Claude Code
Codex
OpenCode
pi
Conductor
Ghostty
Terminal
Warp
cmux- herdr
You walk away. Your agents don’t. Perch tells you what they did, right from the notch.
A morning with Perch.
You hand a few sessions to your agents and go do something else. Here is what the next few hours look like.
10:55
While you work
A session you are not in finishes or asks for something. The notch grows with what happened, then folds itself away.
12:10
Where was I?
Back from lunch, a card drops from the notch: the session, what the agent did, and the next step if it named one.
⌃⌥P12:11
Answer from the notch
Allow or deny a command, or pick an answer to a question, without leaving what you are doing.
AorD1to412:14
Reply in place
Read the agent’s last message and reply from the notch. It goes to the session, in a terminal or the Claude or Codex app.
R12:15
Jump back in
One key opens the exact session: the Claude app, Codex, a Conductor workspace, the terminal tab, the cmux split or the herdr pane.
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Your hands stay on the keys.
Every card answers to a key. Try it: the card below is the real Perch, and it listens to your keyboard.
Built to stay out of the way.
It waits until you are back, stays quiet while you are not, and takes whatever you drop on it.
Knows when to stay quiet
Quiet in calls. N snoozes it.
Drop files straight in
Drag a file to the notch.
Set up in a minute.
No account. Say hi, choose the agents it should watch, try your shortcut, and it is watching.
Questions
The short answers, before you join the waitlist.
When can I download Perch?
Soon. Join the waitlist and you get one email the day the download opens.
What do I need to run it?
An Apple silicon Mac on macOS 26 or later, and Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode or pi, in its app or a terminal. A notch is optional.
Which agents and terminals work?
Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and pi, in their own apps, in Conductor or in any terminal. Perch switches to the exact tab in Terminal, iTerm2, Ghostty and Warp, the exact pane in cmux and herdr, and the workspace in Conductor.
Does it send my data anywhere?
No. Perch reads the session files your agents already keep on your Mac and sends nothing anywhere. The words on a card are your agents’ own: the session title, what the agent said it did, and a next step only when it stated one.
What is live status?
An optional setting. It adds one hook entry for Claude Code and Codex and a small plugin for OpenCode and pi, so Perch hears the moment a session finishes or needs your OK. Your config files are backed up first, and turning it off removes everything it added.
Which permissions does it ask for?
Accessibility, for the shortcut and for typing a reply into the Claude or Codex app. Automation, to switch to the exact terminal tab. Files, to read project folders. Skip one and Perch still works: without Accessibility, a reply is copied for you to paste.
How do I open the first build?
Early builds are not notarized yet. The first time, open Perch, then click Open Anyway in System Settings, under Privacy and Security. After that it updates itself.
Be first to download Perch.
One email when it is ready. No newsletter, no follow-ups.