Your agents, in the notch.
Claude Code and Codex limits at the top of your Windows screen. Amber when an agent needs you. Gone when your tabs need the space.
Get Notchy
$1.99 once. No subscription, no account.
Your turn.
Same rules as the app, down to the 450 ms. Open tabs, close them, reach for the notch. On a phone, tap it: a ring for that agent, the middle for a preview.
Agent
Reach for it
Window and settings
Filmed on a real desktop.
The app, Chrome and a cursor. Nothing drawn, nothing edited in.
Every behaviour is a switch.
Every one of these stays dark.
A warning panel for the things small utilities usually do to you. Press one.
What it reads for Claude
The login Claude Code already saved on your PC, used for one call a minute to Anthropic's own usage endpoint, and one every 30 seconds to the session list the desktop app shows, so cloud sessions appear too. It never refreshes that token, never signs you out, and never makes a model call on your subscription.
What it reads for Codex
No network at all. Codex writes its rate limits into local session logs, and Notchy reads the newest number every 15 seconds.
$1.99 once.
One payment. A license key for up to three PCs, and every 1.x update. Polar takes the payment, and your key and the installer wait in your Polar portal.
The web installer is not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen asks once: choose More info, then Run anyway. Sales are final; see the terms.
Rather wait for the Microsoft Store? Leave an address for one email the day it lands there.
Questions
Is my Claude account at risk?
Notchy makes the same usage call the CLI makes for its own /usage screen, and reads the same session list the desktop app does, with the login already on your PC. Both are reads. It never refreshes the token, because that would rotate it and sign your CLI out, and it never spends your subscription on model calls. The endpoints are undocumented: if one changes, the notch shows an error or leaves cloud sessions out, never a wrong number.
Which sessions show up?
Every place you run an agent. Terminals wear the tool's mark: Claude Code, Codex. The desktop apps wear the company's: Claude, ChatGPT. Claude Code sessions running in Anthropic's cloud, started from the desktop app, the web or your phone, get the Claude mark with a small cloud, and say when they need your input. A terminal shared with /rc is listed once, as the terminal. The desktop and cloud sessions are one switch in Settings.
Do I have to install hooks?
No. Sessions are found by reading Claude and Codex session files. Hooks only add tool names and the instant a permission prompt appears. They are opt-in and removable.
Does it slow my PC down?
One 50 ms timer, a tab count at most once a second, one usage call a minute, one session-list call every 30 seconds, one log read every 15 seconds. No keyboard hook, and nothing paints while it is hidden.
Does it work without Claude Code?
Yes. Codex limits and sessions, terminal and desktop app, work on their own and need no network.
Multiple monitors?
Primary monitor only, for now. It is next.
Web or Microsoft Store?
Same app, same price. The web copy is paid through Polar and unlocks with a license key that works on up to three PCs. The Store copy is tied to your Microsoft account. They are separate purchases: a web key does not unlock the Store copy, or the other way round. Install one, not both, or you get two notches.
How do updates work?
The Store copy updates itself through the Store. The web copy checks this site once a day and tells you in Settings and the tray when a new version is out; download it from your Polar portal and run it over the old one. Your settings and key stay. Every 1.x update is free either way.