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Approve Claude Code permission requests from your phone via ntfy

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Two tools to make Claude Code more autonomous

by yuu1ch13·Mar 2, 2026·6 points·3 comments
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AI Analysis

●●SolidSolve My ProblemDark Horse

Phone-based approval for Claude Code permission prompts; plan review via rival AI models.

Strengths
  • •Solves real friction: removes need to sit at terminal for Claude Code permission bottlenecks.
  • •Clever cross-model review pattern (Codex/Gemini validate Claude plans) catches blind spots.
  • •Zero dependencies, MIT licensed, clean fallback-to-CLI behavior when notification times out.
Weaknesses
  • •Narrow audience: only useful if you actively use Claude Code and ntfy.sh ecosystem.
  • •plan-reviewer requires multiple API keys (OpenAI/Gemini); unclear cost or practical ROI vs. trusting Claude.
Target Audience

Claude Code users who want autonomous task execution with remote approval and cross-model validation.

Similar To

Claude Code built-in permission system · Continuum/Continue (autonomous code editors)

Post Description

I built two CLI tools to fix friction points with Claude Code:

claude-remote-approver – Sends permission prompts (Bash, Write, Edit) as push notifications to your phone via ntfy.sh. Tap Approve/Deny from anywhere. Falls back to terminal on timeout. Supports "Always Approve" for trusted tools.

claude-plan-reviewer – Hooks into Claude Code's plan mode and sends plans to a rival AI (OpenAI Codex CLI or Gemini CLI) for review. Feedback gets injected back, Claude revises, repeats for N rounds. Different models catch different blind spots.

Together: give Claude a task, walk away, rival AI reviews the plan automatically, phone buzzes when permissions are needed, come back to a completed task.

Both MIT licensed, zero dependencies, Node.js 18+, no telemetry.

- https://github.com/yuuichieguchi/claude-remote-approver

- https://github.com/yuuichieguchi/claude-plan-reviewer

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