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Quick Start

Set up one coding-agent machine, install the mobile app, then do normal work and watch Agent Tick requests arrive.

1. Ask your agent to set up Agent Tick​

Paste this into the coding agent you want to connect:

Fetch and follow the Agent Tick setup skill from:
https://agenttick.sh/skill.md

Use that skill to set up Agent Tick on this machine. Ask me which coding agent I am using and what kind of work I want routed Requests for. Walk me through enabling status updates, steering, and sanctions, and let me opt out of any of the three. Use the right integration for this agent, run a dry run first, explain what will change, then install after I confirm and verify it works.

You will sign in to hosted Agent Tick through the browser. The skill works even when this repository is not cloned.

2. Install the mobile app​

Install Agent Tick on your phone and sign in with the same account.

If a store link is not live yet, use the web Request flow and retry the app later.

3. Test it with real work​

Ask your agent to continue with normal work. Depending on the agent and setup, it may use CLI commands, MCP elicitation, hooks, or a native extension. Your agent should guide you through the exact path.

You should see:

  • status updates for progress
  • steering when the agent needs a bounded choice
  • sanctions before sensitive local actions proceed

Agent Tick routes the request and your response. The phone and hosted app do not run commands.