PocketVeto is a free, Bluetooth-only approval system that lets you control AI coding agents (like those in Cursor or Claude Code) from your phone when you are away from your desk.
It sends approval requests as notifications and shows a live dashboard of what agents are doing — all without internet or local network routing, so it stays secure and private even in restricted WiFi environments.
What happened
A developer released PocketVeto, a v1 tool that lets you approve or deny risky actions (shell commands, file writes) from AI coding agents running on your PC, directly from your phone via Bluetooth, with a live dashboard showing agent activity. It works on Windows and Linux, hooks into Cursor and Claude Code, and requires no internet or WiFi routing.
Why it matters
If you rely on AI coding agents to write code unsupervised, you now have a way to stay in control from away from your desk — approving or blocking dangerous operations in real time without watching a terminal. The Bluetooth-only design means it works even when WiFi access points block local network communication.
What to watch
The tool is open source (MIT license) and available now via GitHub; macOS Bluetooth support is deferred post-v1. Installation is a one-line shell command, plus Android app sideload and Bluetooth pairing. Full setup details are in docs/setup.md.
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PocketVeto addresses a specific pain point for developers who use AI coding agents: the need to authorize potentially dangerous operations (like running shell commands or writing files) without being tethered to their workstation. By moving approval decisions to a phone via Bluetooth, the tool removes friction from remote supervision while preserving security — the Bluetooth-only design ensures that approval requests work even in corporate or isolated WiFi environments where local network traffic is blocked or unreliable.
The architecture is straightforward: a Rust server binary on the host machine runs an HTTP API, SQLite audit log, and Bluetooth bridge; the Android app holds an open socket and displays notifications and a live dashboard. Integration is direct — the tool hooks into Cursor and Claude Code's native extension points (hook.json configuration files) so agents automatically send approval requests before executing risky operations. This means no modification to the agents themselves is needed.
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