Guides
Each guide answers one question people ask: what is true first, then how Agent HUD answers it.
On your screen
- Which agent is waiting for you?See which AI coding agent is busy, done or waiting from the edge of your Mac screen: quota glow, a panel on hover, requests and one click back.
- Notch, Simple and Dynamic: Agent HUD on every screenAgent HUD's three Mac modes: Notch at the notch, Simple and Dynamic on any screen edge. Each display keeps its own mode, place and look.
- Approvals, questions and plans on the HUDAnswer AI agents' permission requests, questions and Claude Code plans on the Mac HUD, and see what Agent HUD writes into each agent's settings.
- Replies and quota alerts on your MacAgent HUD shows Claude Code, Codex and other agents' replies and quota alerts in the Mac HUD, never Notification Centre, with one click back to the session.
On your phone and wrist
- Your agents on iPhone and Apple WatchOn the same network as your Mac, iPhone and Apple Watch show its quotas, token statistics and sessions without a subscription, from one Mac or several.
- Agent HUD Remote: answer, message and start sessions away from your MacAgent HUD Remote connects iPhone and Apple Watch to your Mac on any network: read conversations, message Claude Code and Codex, answer requests, start sessions.
Built-in MCP
Quota and tokens
- How much Claude Code quota is left?Claude Code's /usage and status line show how much of each plan limit you have used and when it resets. Agent HUD keeps those windows on screen, with forecasts.
- How much Codex quota is left?OpenAI's usage dashboard shows your Codex limits and reset times. Agent HUD keeps every Codex window on screen, with forecasts.
- Will your quota last until the reset?How Agent HUD reads a quota window: the share used, the reset time, the burn rate and forecast, confirmed resets, and the 70% and 90% warnings.
- Where did the tokens go?See your agents' tokens by time, kind, agent, model, session, turn and call, with cache hits and cost estimates at each vendor's list price.
Choosing a HUD
- Agent HUD vs Vibe IslandAgent HUD and Vibe Island both bring coding agents to the Mac notch. Compare placement, requests, quotas, token history, phone and watch, and pricing.
- Agent HUD vs CodexBarCodexBar tracks usage limits for many AI providers in the Mac menu bar. Agent HUD shows coding agents, their requests and tokens at the notch or a screen edge.
- Agent HUD vs AgentNotchAgent HUD and AgentNotch both watch coding agents from the Mac notch. Compare agents, requests, quotas, token history, displays, phone and pricing.