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Control the agents on your Mac from your phone

Pair your phone or another browser with your Mac once, then stop a chat that runs on the Mac, answer its "Let the agent run this command?" card and send the next message from anywhere.

Updated November 8, 2026

A chat that runs on your Mac can be stopped, approved and continued from your phone or any browser, once you allow that device on the Mac.

  1. On your phone (the AgentSky app or a phone browser), open a chat that runs on your Mac. The line above the message box says On <your Mac>.
  2. Press Control from this device. The phone shows a six-digit code and "Allow it on <your Mac>".
  3. On the Mac, a card asks "Let <device> control the agents on this Mac?" with the same code. Check that the codes match, press Allow, then confirm with Touch ID or your Mac password.
  4. The line now reads Runs on <your Mac>. From here you can:
    • Send the next message. It runs on the Mac with the same agent and folder.
    • Stop a run. While the Mac runs the chat the line reads "Running on <your Mac>. Stop it to send." with a Stop button.
    • Answer a command card. When the agent asks "Let the agent run this command on your Mac?", the chat shows Needs you on the phone with Allow and Deny. The first answer wins, on the Mac or the phone, and the Mac shows a notification for every Allow from another device.

Where: the line above the message box in a Mac chat, on the phone app, a phone browser or the web. On the Mac: Settings › This Mac › Phone control.

Good to know:

  • Phone control is off until you allow a device on the Mac. Allowing the first device turns it on. Turn it off, or remove a device, in Settings › This Mac › Phone control.
  • Each phone and browser is paired on its own: allowing your phone does not let your laptop's browser act.
  • Commands that touch the keychain or privacy permissions can only be approved on the Mac. The phone says "Approve this one on your Mac".
  • When the Mac is asleep or offline the line says "<your Mac> is offline". Nothing is queued for later; open the chat on the Mac, or continue it in the cloud (Continue a Mac chat in the cloud).
  • Chats started in Terminal are read-only from other devices.
  • A pairing ends after 30 days without use, 90 days after it was allowed, or when you sign out of the Mac app.

Related: Sync local Mac chats to your workspace, Run agents locally on your Mac, What works on mobile?, Touch ID for sensitive actions on your Mac.

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