Vicoa for Mac Is Now in Beta

Vicoa now has a native Mac app. Install it, sign in, and it connects the coding agents you already have — no CLI or terminal required.

A native app for your Mac

Vicoa now has a Mac app. We built it as an agent-native IDE.

Before, connecting your Mac meant installing the Vicoa CLI and running it in Terminal. Now you just install the app and sign in.

The Vicoa desktop app running a session on macOS

Once it starts, it scans for coding agents you already have installed and connects them — no npm i -g @vicoa/cli, no vicoa daemon, no pairing code.

What you can do

  • Run multiple AI agents in parallel
  • Browse your files alongside your agents
  • See which files each agent created or changed
  • Manage Git worktrees
  • and more are coming...

Signing in registers the machine against the same account your phone uses, so your phone sees the same machines and the same sessions. The app auto-updates.

Get started

  1. Download Vicoa for Mac — Apple Silicon and Intel builds are both available
  2. Install it and sign in
  3. Start a session

The Mac app is in beta today. Windows and Linux are coming.

Let us know what you think.

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Answer Claude Code's AskUserQuestion Prompts from Your Phone

Claude Code's AskUserQuestion tool now renders as a real prompt inside Vicoa. Pick a suggested option or write your own answer from your phone.

Answer AskUserQuestion in the app

When Claude Code calls its AskUserQuestion tool, Vicoa now shows the question and its options inline in the chat instead of leaving the session parked until you get back to your desk.

Answering a Claude Code AskUserQuestion prompt inside the Vicoa mobile app

From the phone or the web app you can:

  • Select one of the options Claude Code suggested
  • Type your own custom answer instead
  • Respond the moment the notification arrives

Where it helps most

Two workflows stall the most when a question goes unanswered:

  • Plan mode, where Claude Code confirms direction before it touches a file.
  • Spec-driven development setups that interview you before generating work.

Both now run to completion while you are away from the keyboard. Update to the latest version of the Vicoa app to use it.

Talk to Code: More Accurate Voice Coding

Talk to Code got a major accuracy pass. Speak naturally, get cleaner transcripts, and stop re-recording prompts your agent misheard.

Better transcription

Talk to Code lets you dictate a prompt instead of typing it on a phone keyboard. This release rebuilds the transcription path end to end.

Dictating a prompt to a coding agent with Talk to Code in the Vicoa mobile app

What changed:

  • More accurate transcription, including code identifiers and file names
  • Speak naturally — pauses and filler words no longer break the recording
  • Smoother, more reliable voice sessions on slower connections

Dictating a paragraph of context to Claude Code while walking is now realistic. Update to the latest version of the app and give it a try.

Live Preview: Open Your Localhost on Your Phone

Live Preview maps your localhost to a URL you can open in the app, so you can watch your site change as your agent works — in phone or desktop viewport.

See your changes as you vibe code

Live Preview shows your website or app updating while your coding agent edits it, without you being on the machine that runs the dev server.

Vicoa Live Preview showing a local website in both phone and desktop viewports

It renders in both phone view and desktop view, so you can check responsive layouts from one device.

Getting your localhost into the app

We open-sourced a live-preview skill that maps your local dev server to a URL you can open in a single tap.

Opening a mapped localhost URL from the Vicoa app

Full setup instructions are in the Live Preview docs. Update the Vicoa mobile app and CLI to the latest version to use it.

Sign In with Google or Apple

Google and Apple sign-in are live. If the social account uses the same email as your existing account, the two link automatically.

One-tap sign-in

You can now log in to Vicoa with your Google or Apple account instead of an email and password.

The Vicoa sign-in screen with Google and Apple login options

If your Google or Apple account uses the same email address as your existing Vicoa account, the two are linked on first sign-in. Your machines, sessions, and subscription carry over — there is nothing to migrate.

OpenCode Support on Mobile and Web

Vicoa now supports OpenCode alongside Claude Code. Run open-source agents and free models from your phone with one command.

OpenCode, same as Claude Code

OpenCode is an open-source platform for running, customizing, and extending AI coding agents. Vicoa now drives it the same way it drives Claude Code and Codex.

The Vicoa and OpenCode logos side by side

Why it is worth a look:

  • Ships with free models
  • Unlocks top-tier models like Gemini, Kimi, and Zen
  • All of them usable from your phone through Vicoa

Get started

  1. Install OpenCode
  2. Install Vicoa
  3. Run vicoa opencode

We built the integration as an OpenCode plugin and open-sourced it at vicoa-ai/opencode-vicoa. Setup details are in the OpenCode docs.

Claude Code 2.1 Support and a Redesigned Web App

Vicoa CLI 1.3.0 supports Claude Code 2.1.x and fixes the missing-permission-options bug. The web app got a full interface pass.

Vicoa CLI 1.3.0

  • Support for the latest Claude Code (2.1.x)
  • Fixes an issue where permission options were not shown

A Claude Code permission prompt with all of its options shown in Vicoa

If you have been running into missing permission prompts, this release resolves it. Upgrade with:

pip install --upgrade vicoa

Web app improvements

The web version got a significant pass:

  • Cleaner, more polished interface
  • Better usability throughout the session view
  • Smoother interactions

If you have not opened the web app recently, it is worth another look.

File Mentions with @ on Web and Mobile

Type @ in chat to reference files from your project, just like native Claude Code and Codex. Works on web and mobile.

Reference files directly in your prompts

Type @ in the chat and Vicoa fuzzy-searches your project files, exactly like native Claude Code and Codex do in the terminal.

Referencing a project file with an @ mention in the Vicoa chat

Point your agent at the right file without describing where it lives or pasting a path from memory. Available on both web and mobile — update to the latest Vicoa CLI and app to use it.

Slash Commands and Interrupt for Claude Code

Type a slash in chat to run Claude Code commands, including your own custom ones, and stop a running agent with one tap.

Slash commands

Type / in the chat to open the command menu.

The slash command menu open in the Vicoa chat

  • Use Claude Code's built-in commands
  • Use your own custom commands from ~/.claude/commands

Interrupt Claude Code

Stopping a running Claude Code session from the Vicoa chat

Stop a running agent with one click when it heads down the wrong path, instead of waiting for the turn to finish.

Both work on web and mobile, and both came directly from your feedback.

Permission Modes, Thinking, and Unseen Messages

Switch permission modes and toggle thinking from any device, jump to your unseen messages in long chats, plus a batch of chat polish.

Permission modes and thinking

Permission mode and thinking settings in the Vicoa app

Switch permission modes and turn thinking on or off directly from mobile or web. You no longer have to be at the machine running the agent to change how much rope it gets.

Jump to unseen messages

A Vicoa chat with the project directory in the header and the unseen-messages counter above the conversation

Scrolling back through a chat no longer yanks you to the bottom when a new message lands. Read older messages at your own pace, then tap the new button to jump straight to your latest unseen messages.

Chat polish

  • View your project directory directly in chat
  • Improved copy interactions
  • Clearer thinking indicator, so you always know what is happening
  • Reduced energy usage for longer sessions
  • Better table formatting and readability

Start Agent Sessions from Anywhere, Plus Draft Messages

Start a new agent session from mobile or web without going back to your desktop, and keep half-written prompts as drafts.

Start agents from anywhere

Starting a new coding agent session from the Vicoa mobile app

You can now start an agent session directly from mobile or web. No more waiting until you are back at your desktop — kick off a run on the go and pick up where you left off later.

Retain draft messages

Started typing a prompt and got distracted? Unfinished messages now stay saved as drafts, so you can think, pause, and come back when you are ready.

Both are available now in the App Store.