WhileItThinks Download

For agentic coding

Stop babysitting spinners.

WhileItThinks sits beside Claude Code and Codex, notices when the agent is busy or waiting for you, then calls you back when attention is useful again.

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Made for Claude Code and Codex. Local on your Mac, quiet about your work, clear when you should come back.

Lifetime license: free for the first 100 users, $0.99 for users 101-1,000, then $4.99.

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Busy agent is working

Look away for 20 seconds

What changes

The agent keeps working. You get a cleaner wait.

01

Ask the agent

Start work in Claude Code or Codex as usual.

02

The cue appears

When there is a real wait, it gives you a tiny cue instead of making you stare.

03

You get called back

When attention helps again, you return without camping on the terminal.

Workflow sketch

Ask, step away, come back.

No extra dashboard to watch. Just a small local companion that turns agent waits into a cleaner loop.

Claude Code / Codex

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agent thinking

WhileItThinks Blink. Shoulders down.

Claude Code / Codex is still busy.

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Local-first because your work is your work.

WhileItThinks is designed around simple local cues. It does not need to turn your coding session into a content feed.

Local Runs on your Mac, beside the tools you already use.
Quiet Keeps the product surface focused on break and return cues.
Small Built for a tiny workflow moment, not another dashboard habit.

Setup

Simple setup for Claude Code and Codex.

Open the Mac app, start the local helper, enable Claude Code or Codex, then approve Codex once in Codex CLI if prompted.

Claude Code Fast path
  1. 1

    Open WhileItThinks on your Mac.

  2. 2

    Start the local helper from the app.

  3. 3

    Choose Claude Code.

  4. 4

    Open Claude Code CLI or the desktop Code tab.

  5. 5

    Take the break cue. Come back when it says your turn.

Enable it once, then keep working normally.

Codex One-time trust
  1. 1

    Open WhileItThinks on your Mac.

  2. 2

    Start the local helper from the app.

  3. 3

    Choose Codex.

  4. 4

    Approve WhileItThinks once in Codex CLI if prompted.

  5. 5

    Use Codex CLI or Codex Desktop like normal.

  6. 6

    Take the break cue. Come back when it says your turn.

Codex Desktop works after the one-time CLI approval.