# 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.

canonical: https://agentsky.dev/help/mac-phone-control
source: https://agentsky.dev/help/mac-phone-control.md
updated: 2026-11-08

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**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](https://agentsky.dev/help/mac-continue-in-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](https://agentsky.dev/help/mac-sync-to-workspace), [Run agents locally on your Mac](https://agentsky.dev/help/mac-local-runs), [What works on mobile?](https://agentsky.dev/help/mobile-what-works), [Touch ID for sensitive actions on your Mac](https://agentsky.dev/help/mac-device-authentication).

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