The missing checklist for AI coding
Nothing your agent builds should go untested.
Your coding agent puts a checklist of what to verify on your devices. Keep it at hand while you test, mark what works, what doesn't or what needs a question, and the agent reads your review and fixes the rest.
Paste this into Claude Code:
Set up palmtop for me: follow https://palmtop.miltonwebagency.it/install.md
- macOS or Linux
- Node.js 22+
- No app store, no account
Another agent? See using palmtop with any agent.
How it works
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Install
Paste the prompt: your agent installs palmtop and its skill, then shows you the last steps.
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Pair your devices
In your project run , then scan the QR code with your phone or tablet, or open the app on this computer.
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Ask for the checks
Tell your agent, for example:
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Test, then tell the agent
Mark each check while you try it. When you are done, say so in the chat:
The agent reads your review, fixes what doesn't work and asks you to check again.
More than a checklist
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Notes both ways
Say what went wrong on each check, or leave a note for the agent on the whole session. The agent can pin a short message at the top.
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Add your own checks
Spotted something else? Add it from any device: the agent reads it as a request with your review.
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Notifications
Your devices are notified when the agent has new checks or a message for you. Only titles, never the text of your checks.
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Live on every device
Phone, tablet and browser stay in sync. Reviews made offline are sent when you are back online.
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Several computers and sessions
Pair projects from your laptop and your desktop on the same devices. Parallel agent sessions stay apart, and the app follows the active one.
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Works with any agent
Claude Code gets a ready-made skill. Any other agent that runs commands learns palmtop with one command.
Your checklists live on your computer
palmtop runs a small daemon next to your agent. Your devices reach it through a relay that only forwards messages: no account, nothing stored on the server.
Your computer
The agent runs palmtop commands. The daemon keeps checklists
and reviews in ~/.palmtopai.
Relay
Forwards messages over TLS, one room per project. Keeps nothing on disk and logs no content.
Your devices
Phone, tablet or browser, paired from a page opened on your computer. The pairing link never enters the agent's conversation.
Not end-to-end encrypted yet. The relay stores nothing, but it could read checklists while forwarding them. Don't put secrets in checklists. Security and privacy
Roadmap
Where we're heading: never lose track of what to test. No dates: things ship when they are ready.
Full changelog-
Released
0.1 First preview
Checklists from your agent on your devices, live through the relay. Install with one prompt, update with palmtop update.
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0.2 – 0.5 A fuller app
Delete sessions and projects, hide reviewed checks, computer names, checks and notes from your devices, messages from the agent.
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0.6 – 0.7 Notifications and checks
Push notifications when the agent has something for you, and a guide focused on checking its work.
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Next
End-to-end encryption
Checklists are encrypted on your devices: the relay forwards data it can't read. Each device keeps its own key, which can't be copied out of the browser and can be revoked on its own.
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Diff with comments
The agent puts its changes on your devices: read the diff and comment on files and lines. Your comments come back with the review.
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Session history
Look back at past sessions of a project, with what changed and how every check went.
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Later
Ideas we are exploring
- Ready-made integrations for more agents
- Windows support
- The agent picks up by itself when you finish reviewing
- Approve plans from your devices before the agent starts
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Accounts and Pro plan
Accounts and a Pro plan. The free relay stays.
Ready to try it?
Paste the prompt above, or follow the step-by-step guide.