Mobile App to control my Agents panel runs remotely

[mobile-ar]

What are you proposing?

It will be great to be able to check and get notifications when some work has finished in the panel. And to trigger new runs from a mobile device. And it will be even great to review the changes and commit those.

Why does this matter?

What problem does this solve?

For me will solve that I can keep adding features from anywhere anytime without having to carry my computer. That will be sitting at home and you can be at the gym or running or in the middle of a meeting and you can still be adding features or new ideas as soon as you think of it. And then when you get back to your computer you will be able to test the functionality because it will be done already.

What becomes easier or possible?

• Remote development and faster time from idea to code creation
• Avoid idea notes, I can just start adding the feature from anywhere with a connection

Are there any examples or context?

I imagine this as a better Github app. I can see my Zed local projects, I can ask agents to do changes for me in my machine. Then review the code and suggest changes. So I can keep iterating in the feature without being sit in from of the computer. But then as soon as you can get to your computer again you have it all synchronized there waiting for you to continue.

Possible approach

Initial POC:
Given that Zed already provides Sign in with GitHub and chat using Collab panel, I imagine we can integrate with that at the beginning like you can have a chat with yourself and maybe from chat you can prompt an agent and that will trigger new agent panel in your machine with that query/message. And some push notifications for when the work is done or when something is needed.

What I will love:
Even better than that will be the option of Sign in both Zed computer and mobile app with same GitHub account, and that will mean that you can access your local environment like 'Open local project' from your computer and access the 'project panel, git panel and Agent panel' for that project in your computer. And use your Zed remotely and have all synchronized and run in your computer.

As a Mobile Developer I can help with this app if required (Swift/iOS). I think it will be great to have this powerful tool in my pocket.

Thanks for the time of anyone reading this.

[CanRau]

And/or #54957 🤓

[ScriptAlchemist]

They released codex mobile remote connections. So you can run codex on your phone using your local dev setup while running.

I would really like to be able to do this on zed. Where I could just give directions on my phone in the agents panel and be able to see a git diff. This would change how I work. Would rather be using zed all around. Than switching back and fourth to the codex app.

Use your computer from your phone
Codex can operate desktop apps with Computer Use, work in logged-in websites through Chrome, and find or use files from your machine—all from your phone.

[mobile-ar]

I use other providers (Copilot enterprise) so I prefer to keep all this in my Zed history in my machine (also will be great if this could be shared/sync in different Zed instances/machines, I imagine some people have laptop and desktop setups)

[HidingInEmptySpace]

I am using a workaround with a local ntfy mcp server and rules. That way the agent at least has a chance to send me a push notification, before it is awaiting my confirmation for hours⌛

[HidingInEmptySpace]

Another option is to enhance the API like in #62759.
Although the implications on security need to be considered, if you can control the agent's permissions from outside of the editor.
But a simple read-only variable, that represents the state of an agent might not be problematic.