Tapproval

Claude Code asks.
Your wrist answers.

Tapproval is a remote control for Claude Code on your Apple Watch. When the agent on your computer asks permission, the question lands on your wrist and one tap answers it. No account, no server, nothing leaves your own machines.

Get it on the App Store Try the beta on TestFlight
Apple Watch showing a CRITICAL card: git push --force origin main, with deny and allow buttons

How it works

Three steps, and the middle one is a sentence you say to Claude Code.

1

Install the watch app

From the App Store, on any Apple Watch running watchOS 10 or later.

2

Tell Claude Code once

On the computer where Claude Code runs, say:

Install the Tapproval plugin from marcobelini/tapproval-helper

Claude installs its own free, open-source bridge. You approve it like anything else and never touch a terminal.

3

Raise your wrist

The watch finds your computer by itself: on your Wi-Fi, away from home through a private travel address, or through your own iCloud as a fallback.

What it does

Everything the agent asks a person for, answered where the person is.

A permission card waiting on the watch
Approve or deny with one tap. Your computer obeys instantly.
The session list: one needs a tap, one is working, two are idle
See which session needs you, which one is working, which are idle.
A live session thread on the watch
Read the conversation and reply: Proceed, Run tests, /code-review, or dictate.

Real questions, real options

Multiple-choice questions arrive with the same choices as on your desktop.

Sessions, live

Start a session from the wrist, follow it, send it instructions.

Your day

What was handled without you, what you decided, how much you used.

Claude Code today

Any Mac or Linux machine running Claude Code. Other agents are on the roadmap.

Privacy

Tapproval collects nothing. There are no accounts, no analytics and no servers of ours. Prompts and conversations travel between your watch and your computer, and, when the direct link is down, through your own iCloud. The bridge is open source, so you can check.

Read the privacy policy · Read the bridge's source

Price

Free

Your first 100 answered prompts. Reading sessions and the day's overview stay free forever.

$4.99 once

Unlocks unlimited answers, forever. No subscription. A one-dollar coffee for the maker is optional, in Settings.

Support

One address for everything, questions and suggestions alike. Say what Tapproval should do next.

tapproval@thoughtfulsteward.org