Pulse is a new local-first dashboard for Claude Code, designed to track token usage, recover lost sessions, and manage tool approvals directly from a mobile device. Released by developer Nikita Doudikov, the tool functions as a local server that reads Claude Code's session files on disk in read-only mode. Because it operates locally on the user's machine, it requires no external accounts or telemetry, and it uses no third-party dependencies. Users can monitor token spend by hour, day, and week, view context fill levels, and search through full-text transcripts of past sessions.

A primary feature of Pulse is its ability to handle tool-use approvals remotely. By configuring specific hooks, Pulse sends notifications to a user's phone when Claude Code requires permission to run a tool. These notifications include interactive buttons—Allow, Allow all, and Deny—that function even on cellular networks via the ntfy push notification service. The system ensures that Claude Code does not hang if a user is away; if a response is not received within a configurable timeout period (defaulting to 60,000ms), the tool falls back to the standard terminal prompt.

The dashboard also offers an 'ambient' mode, providing a visual status of the AI agent's current tasks and an estimated time of arrival for completions. For session recovery, Pulse offers commands to snapshot and restore active sessions, preventing the loss of context if a terminal or laptop crashes. While it primarily binds to the local host address (127.0.0.1) for privacy, users can optionally enable LAN access or use the ntfy relay for remote control. According to the developer, the tool uses publicly available API pricing as a proxy for usage estimates, as exact subscription limits for Claude Code are not published by Anthropic.

Pulse is a new local-first dashboard for Claude Code, designed to track token usage, recover lost sessions, and manage tool approvals directly from a mobile device. Released by developer Nikita Doudikov, the tool functions as a local server that reads Claude Code's session files on disk in read-only mode. Because it operates locally on the user's machine, it requires no external accounts or telemetry, and it uses no third-party dependencies. Users can monitor token spend by hour, day, and week, view context fill levels, and search through full-text transcripts of past sessions.

A primary feature of Pulse is its ability to handle tool-use approvals remotely. By configuring specific hooks, Pulse sends notifications to a user's phone when Claude Code requires permission to run a tool. These notifications include interactive buttons—Allow, Allow all, and Deny—that function even on cellular networks via the ntfy push notification service. The system ensures that Claude Code does not hang if a user is away; if a response is not received within a configurable timeout period (defaulting to 60,000ms), the tool falls back to the standard terminal prompt.

The dashboard also offers an 'ambient' mode, providing a visual status of the AI agent's current tasks and an estimated time of arrival for completions. For session recovery, Pulse offers commands to snapshot and restore active sessions, preventing the loss of context if a terminal or laptop crashes. While it primarily binds to the local host address (127.0.0.1) for privacy, users can optionally enable LAN access or use the ntfy relay for remote control. According to the developer, the tool uses publicly available API pricing as a proxy for usage estimates, as exact subscription limits for Claude Code are not published by Anthropic.