Coucou – Notch Companion for AI Coding Agents

• Fact Coucou runs in the macOS notch or the top of the screen on Windows and Linux[1]AIA tiny friend that lives in your Mac's notch — or at the top of your screen on Windows and Linux — and keeps an eye on your AI coding agent sessions.
• Fact It supports multiple AI coding agents including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and Antigravity[1]AIClaude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, Antigravity and other agents, live — see every session in your notch: what it reads, edits and runs, step by step.
• Fact Users can approve permission requests directly from the notch[1]AIApprove from the notch — Claude Code and Codex permission requests show up with Allow / Deny (and Always for Claude Code), in VS Code, Cursor's terminal, or Codex.
• Fact Coucou allows chat with Claude, Gemini, and OpenAI models using user‑supplied keys[1]AIChat with Claude, or with Gemini and OpenAI models using your own keys (Gemini and OpenAI: macOS) — click the model name above the chat box to switch provider and pick a model; the list comes from each API account.
• Fact It supports file drop onto the notch and can send the file via email on macOS[1]AIDrop a file on the notch — Mochi turns into a box and swallows it, then ask a question about it or send it by email (email: macOS, Mail.app).
• Fact The GitHub repository louis-cfm/coucou was created on 27 Sept 2026 and had 2,893 stars on 2 Oct 2026.[1]
• Fact Its description reads: “A tiny friend that lives in your notch (macOS) or at the top of your screen (Windows, Linux) and keeps an eye on your coding agents: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Antigravity and more.”[1]
• Fact That is 2,893 stars in 5 days, an average of 591.3 per day.[1]

• Analysis Install Coucou to monitor agent sessions, approve permissions, chat with models, and integrate with services like GitHub, Vercel, and NotionAI
• Analysis Automatically detected from public activity data. Not yet reviewed by an analyst.

• Fact Coucou runs in the macOS notch or the top of the screen on Windows and Linux[1]AIA tiny friend that lives in your Mac's notch — or at the top of your screen on Windows and Linux — and keeps an eye on your AI coding agent sessions.
• Fact It supports multiple AI coding agents including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, and Antigravity[1]AIClaude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, Antigravity and other agents, live — see every session in your notch: what it reads, edits and runs, step by step.
• Fact Users can approve permission requests directly from the notch[1]AIApprove from the notch — Claude Code and Codex permission requests show up with Allow / Deny (and Always for Claude Code), in VS Code, Cursor's terminal, or Codex.
• Fact Coucou allows chat with Claude, Gemini, and OpenAI models using user‑supplied keys[1]AIChat with Claude, or with Gemini and OpenAI models using your own keys (Gemini and OpenAI: macOS) — click the model name above the chat box to switch provider and pick a model; the list comes from each API account.
• Fact It supports file drop onto the notch and can send the file via email on macOS[1]AIDrop a file on the notch — Mochi turns into a box and swallows it, then ask a question about it or send it by email (email: macOS, Mail.app).

Architecture

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Timeline

1. 2 Oct 2026

   First seenFirst seen by the Astrava pipeline[1]

• Fact Installation is currently only available for macOS via a zip download[1]AIGrab the latest Coucou.zip from Releases. 2. Unzip and move Coucou.app to /Applications.
• Analysis Generated from activity metrics only; verify the linked sources before acting on it.

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