CodeIsland

Name: CodeIsland
Author: wxtsky

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Real-time AI coding agent status panel in your MacBook notch — live status, approvals & replies for 13 AI tools, with iPhone & Apple Watch companions

2,301stars

269forks

Swift

Installation

# Add to your Claude Code skills
git clone https://github.com/wxtsky/CodeIsland

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Security ReportVerified

Last scanned: 7/19/2026

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README.md

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CodeIsland?

CodeIsland is an open-source ai agents skill for AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Codex CLI, and ChatGPT, built by wxtsky. Real-time AI coding agent status panel in your MacBook notch — live status, approvals & replies for 13 AI tools, with iPhone & Apple Watch companions. It has 2,301 GitHub stars.

Is CodeIsland safe to use?

Yes. CodeIsland passed SkillsLLM's automated security scan — a dependency vulnerability audit plus prompt-injection heuristics — with no high-severity issues. You can read the full report in the Security Report section on this page.

How do I install CodeIsland?

Clone the repository with "git clone https://github.com/wxtsky/CodeIsland" and add it to your Claude Code skills directory (see the Installation section above).

What programming language is CodeIsland written in?

CodeIsland is primarily written in Swift. It is open-source under wxtsky on GitHub, so you can review or fork the full source.

Are there alternatives to CodeIsland?

Yes. SkillsLLM lists many other AI Agents skills you can browse and compare side by side. Open the AI Agents category from the badge at the top of this page, or use the Related Skills and comparison links further down to weigh CodeIsland against similar tools.

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What is CodeIsland?

CodeIsland lives in your MacBook's notch area and shows you what your AI coding agents are doing — in real time. No more switching windows to check if Claude is waiting for approval or if Codex finished its task.

It connects to 14 AI coding tools via Unix socket IPC, displaying session status, tool calls, permission requests, and more — all in a compact, pixel-art styled panel.

Features

Notch-native UI — Expands from the MacBook notch, collapses when idle
14 AI tools supported — Claude Code, Codex, Grok CLI, Gemini CLI, Cursor, Copilot, Trae/Traecli, Qoder, Factory, CodeBuddy, OpenCode, Kimi Code CLI, Cline, Pi / Oh My Pi
Live status tracking — See active sessions, tool calls, and AI responses in real time
Permission management — Approve/deny tool permissions directly from the panel
Question answering — Respond to agent questions without leaving your current app
Pixel-art mascots — Each AI tool has its own animated character
One-click jump — Click a session to jump to its terminal tab or IDE window
Smart suppress — Tab-level terminal detection: only suppresses notifications when you're looking at the specific session tab, not just the terminal app
Sound effects — Optional 8-bit sound notifications for session events
Auto hook install — Automatically configures hooks for all detected CLI tools, with auto-repair and version tracking
iPhone & Apple Watch Buddy — Mirror session status to Dynamic Island, Lock Screen, StandBy, and Apple Watch
Bilingual UI — English and Chinese, auto-detects system language
Multi-display — Works with external monitors, auto-detects notch displays

Supported Tools

Tool	Events	Jump	Status
Claude Code	13	Terminal tab	Full
Codex	3	Terminal	Basic
Grok CLI	14	Terminal	Basic
Gemini CLI	6	Terminal	Full
Cursor	10	IDE	Full
TraeCli	10	Terminal	Full
Qoder	10	IDE	Full
Copilot	6	Terminal	Full
Factory	10	IDE	Full
CodeBuddy	10	APP/Terminal	Full
Kimi Code CLI	10	Terminal	Full
OpenCode	All	APP/Terminal	Full
Cline	5	VSCode	Full
Pi / Oh My Pi	8	Terminal	Full

Installation

Homebrew (Recommended)

brew tap wxtsky/tap
brew install --cask codeisland

Manual Download

Go to Releases
Download CodeIsland.dmg
Open the DMG and drag CodeIsland.app to your Applications folder
Launch CodeIsland — it will automatically install hooks for all detected AI tools

Note: On first launch, macOS may show a security warning. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.

iPhone & Apple Watch Buddy

Code Island Buddy is available on the App Store:

Download Code Island Buddy

The iPhone app mirrors your Mac sessions to Dynamic Island, Lock Screen, StandBy, and Apple Watch. The Mac app publishes lightweight session snapshots over your local network while the iPhone app is open, and sends compact Bluetooth summaries for background refreshes such as Live Activities and Watch updates.

Code Island Buddy is completely free and open source. It does not require an account or an external server; the companion source code lives in this repository under ios/CodeIslandCompanion and apple-companion.

Build from Source

Requires macOS 14+ and Swift 5.9+.

git clone https://github.com/wxtsky/CodeIsland.git
cd CodeIsland

# Development (debug build + launch; Buddy Bluetooth needs the .app below)
swift build && ./.build/debug/CodeIsland

# Release (universal binary: Apple Silicon + Intel)
./build.sh
open .build/release/CodeIsland.app

How It Works

AI Tool (Claude/Codex/Gemini/Cursor/...)
  → Hook event triggered
    → codeisland-bridge (native Swift binary, ~86KB)
      → Unix socket → /tmp/codeisland-<uid>.sock
        → CodeIsland app receives event
          → Updates UI in real time
          → Optional local Buddy sync to iPhone / Apple Watch

CodeIsland installs lightweight hooks into each AI tool's config. When the tool triggers an event (session start, tool call, permission request, etc.), the hook sends a JSON message through a Unix socket. CodeIsland listens on this socket and updates the notch panel instantly.

For OpenCode, a JS plugin connects directly to the socket — no bridge binary needed.

Settings

CodeIsland provides a 7-tab settings panel:

General — Language, launch at login, display selection
Behavior — Auto-hide, smart suppress, session cleanup
Appearance — Panel height, font size, AI reply lines
Mascots — Preview all pixel-art characters and their animations
Sound — 8-bit sound effects for session events
Hooks — View CLI installation status, reinstall or uninstall hooks
About — Version info and links

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action	Default
⌘⇧I	Toggle the island panel open/closed	On
⌘⇧A	Approve the current permission request	Off
⌘⇧D	Deny the current permission request	Off

All shortcuts are configurable — and more actions (always-allow, skip question, jump to terminal) can be bound — under Settings → Shortcuts. When an approve/deny shortcut is enabled, its binding shows as a badge right on the approval card.

Requirements

macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) or later
Works best on MacBooks with a notch, but also works on external displays

Acknowledgments

This project was inspired by claude-island by @farouqaldori. Thanks for the original idea of bringing AI agent status into the macOS notch.

Star History

License

MIT License — see LICENSE for details.