Monish

Monish is a free iPhone app that shows your AI agents' progress on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island, pings you when work finishes or fails, and lets you approve or deny an agent's request, set up by pasting one line into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or n8n.

Why it matters

For people who leave agents or automations running while they're away from the desk, it puts the "I'm blocked" or "OK to deploy?" question on their phone so work doesn't stall for hours.

Highlights

• Four kinds of pings: live progress cards, done or failed alerts, approve-or-deny questions, and live numbers like revenue or test counts.
• Setup is one line pasted into your agent containing a private key the app creates; no SDK, MCP server, Mac app or account.
• Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, n8n and cron jobs, which call one HTTPS endpoint as the published skill describes.
• Unanswered questions expire after the time the agent chose (one hour by default) and are read as a no.
• Free with no subscription or ads; each key can send up to 300 messages an hour.

Taken from the project's own README, docs or launch page. Claims about speed or accuracy are the maker's unless stated otherwise.

Worth knowing: Messages your agent sends (title, short text, numbers, agent name) pass through Monish's server, which keeps them 48 hours; answers are kept 24 hours. Anyone with your key line can send to your phone.

Quick facts

Links

• Official site: https://monish.cc/
• Docs: https://monish.cc/skill

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Checked 2026-10-23 from the tool's own pages. Prices and star counts change, so confirm on the official site. Listing here is not a ranking or an endorsement.