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Gil Klainert
Gil Klainert

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Claudette: a mobile control plane for your AI coding agent (real shell + session UI)

#ai #mobile #productivity #devtools

Tags: ai, mobile, devtools, ssh, productivity

The problem: dumb SSH vs. chat with no shell

If you run a CLI coding agent on a Mac or PC and leave the desk mid-session, you usually get one of two bad options:

  1. A dumb SSH client — full terminal, zero session awareness. You can type, but you can’t see context burn, what subagents are doing, or which tool call is waiting on you.
  2. A chat-shaped remote UI — nicer for prompts, but no real shell to grab when the agent is stuck and you need to run the command yourself.

Away from the keyboard, the pain isn’t “more chat.” It’s intervening in a live agent session without losing the machine, the tools, or the PTY.

What Claudette is

Claudette is a native iOS / Android / TV app — a mobile control plane for CLI coding agents (including Claude Code compatibility). It attaches to your machine and sits on top of the live session, not a cloud sandbox chat box.

On the phone you get:

  • A real shell / PTY (not a fake terminal skin)
  • Context / cost gauge so you can see session burn at a glance
  • Agent tree and a structured tool view
  • Voice in/out when your hands are busy
  • Take the Wheel handoff — grab the live shell, then hand control back to the agent

Connect over SSH to your Mac/PC.

Independent product from Olorin. Not a generic SSH client, and not “chat with an AI on your phone.”

npx claudette setup
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  1. Open Claudette → Connect → finish pairing

That’s it. Companion CLI is on npm; Node 18+ recommended for setup.

Pricing

Free to download and use. Source-available under BUSL 1.1.

Disclaimer

Claudette is an independent Olorin product. It works with CLI coding agents you install yourself, including Anthropic’s Claude Code CLI (compatibility only). Not affiliated with Anthropic. Claude / Claude Code are trademarks of Anthropic PBC. Claudette is not “the Claude app.”

Links

Site https://claudettemobile.com
GitHub https://github.com/Olorin-ai-git/claudette
App Store Claudette Mobile
Google Play com.olorin.claudette

Quick start

  1. Install from the App Store or Google Play (Play availability may vary by country)
  2. On your Mac/PC:

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