I Got Tired of Clicking "Accept" 100 Times a Day in Claude Code. So I Built a Menu Bar App

If you use Claude Code in VS Code, you know the pain. Claude wants to edit a file. "Allow?" Click. Claude wants to run a command. "Allow?" Click. Claude wants to read a directory. "Allow?" Click. On a productive day, I click "Accept" 50-100 times. It breaks flow, interrupts thinking, and adds up to minutes of pure friction. So I built a macOS menu bar app that does it for me. What it does Claude Auto Accept sits in your macOS menu bar and monitors Claude Code for permission prompts. When one appears, it either: Auto-accepts it (fully automatic mode) — Claude runs uninterrupted. At the end, you get a notification with the total count of accepted prompts. Accepts via keyboard shortcut (⌘⇧⌥0 to Accept, ⌃⇧N to Reject) — you stay in control but don't have to reach for the mouse. How it actually works The app doesn't inspect the VS Code UI at all. Instead, it monitors Claude's own log files. Claude Code writes JSONL logs to ~/.claude/projects/. Every time Claude requests a tool use (edit a f