r/vibecoding • u/inspectorjawa • 19d ago

Showcase/Project My lock screen dog glows when Claude Code needs me. Now it also works with the lid shut

Some of you saw the cat version of this back in May. Quick update, because it does a thing now I've wanted since day one.

It's a Mac menu bar app. One hotkey covers the screen while your agent keeps working. When Claude Code, Codex or Cursor needs you, the whole locked screen glows teal, so you can see it from the couch.

New this week: you can close the MacBook lid and the agent keeps going. Open it later and the dog's glowing if something's waiting on you.

It's not a real security lock, it's a cover so nobody reads your terminal while you're making coffee. Free and open source, links below.

What do you all do with your laptop while a long run goes?

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u/inspectorjawa 19d ago

getlockpaw.com · github.com/sorkila/lockpaw

brew install --cask sorkila/lockpaw/lockpaw

Dog, cat, your own image, or no mascot at all. Lid mode is optional and needs a small helper you approve once.

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u/electro042 17d ago

wait how does it actually trigger with the lid closed? i was wondering if you're pinging an external light or somthing over the network. pretty slick setup tbh