Monitor Mac coding agents from the notch with Agent Isle

Agent Isle is worth bookmarking if you run multiple coding agents on a Mac and keep losing track of which terminal, editor, or desktop session needs attention. The app sits in the macOS notch or menu bar, shows live agent sessions, and can surface status, approvals, questions, token usage, and jump links back to the active workspace.

The strongest practical angle is that it is local-first by default. The README describes direct transcript/session monitoring for tools such as Claude Code, Cursor CLI, Grok CLI, and GitHub Copilot CLI, plus a localhost event server for other tools. The latest v1.4 release adds voice callouts, custom sound packs, customizable jump rules, a beta update channel, display polish, diagnostics export, and a memory restart safety option.

Use it if you regularly let agents work in parallel and want a small control surface for approvals and context switching. Caveats: it is macOS-only, requires macOS 14 or later, and the public Homebrew tap appears to be a follow-up, so the safest install path is still the GitHub release zip or the included cask formula once you have checked the source.