Human presence
Hottub is where people gather with consent, context, and safety. It is the public surface for rooms, Cabanas, Soaks, and real-world belonging.
Hottub® DeckHottub Deck governs and audits the work of non-human actors.
It starts as a free macOS app for AI coding-agent visibility and grows into the Hottub control plane — governance, approvals, and an audit trail for agents, robots, scripts, services, and future actors working around shared resources.
Free · Apple Silicon · macOS 14+ · signed & notarized · no account · On-device by default · patent pending
Sign in to open Shared Deck, pair this Mac, review approvals, and see live status. The local Deck app still downloads without an account.
Deck
6 active windows2 need attention
On-device summaries · Updated nowGrouped by project
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hottubNeeds review
Claude is building the approvals inbox.
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hottubStale
Codex is processing a prompt to fix a bug.
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hottubHealthy
Running package checks against the Android build.
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hottubNeeds review
Codex is waiting on a device verification step.
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hottubTesting
Idle, with the last test pass still visible.
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tesseraHealthy
Editing the Deck app icon and menu-bar glyph.
Autonomous work
Hottub makes presence safe for humans. Deck makes it governable for everything else.
Non-human presence
Deck is where autonomous work becomes legible: agents, sub-agents, scripts, services, robots, controllers, sensors, and future actor types.
Dispute routing
When actors disagree about a deploy, account, zone, command, or safety signal, Deck clusters evidence into stances, applies authority, and records decision memory so the same issue does not keep coming back.
Agent visibility
Built for Codex, Claude Code, shell agents, and the next worker after that.
Mac terminal awareness
Deck watches active terminal windows, groups them by project, and turns long-running agent work into short, readable status summaries.
Shared Deck
Teams can opt into redacted live status, approvals, artifact provenance, disputes, and Fleet audit without exposing raw code, prompts, paths, or terminal output.
Local authority
Deck is not a remote shell. Bounded actions are capability-scoped, locally validated, revocable, and audited before any future agent-native or physical action can be applied.
How it works
A cockpit for active work, not another place to manage.
Plain-English status
Every terminal gets a readable summary like “fixing search ranking” or “running voice mesh tests.”
Attention first
Healthy, testing, blocked, failed, stale, high usage, and needs review are visible at a glance.
Dispute routing
When agents, robots, scripts, or operators disagree, Deck turns the conflict into evidence, authority, and a durable decision.
On-device and private
By default, Deck reads your screen locally and keeps summaries on your Mac. Shared Deck is optional and sends only redacted status summaries.
Grouped by project
Windows cluster by the git project they belong to, color-coded so busy work becomes legible.
While you were away
Step away and return to a clear readout of what finished, what failed, and what is waiting on you.
Tidy in one click
Columns, Grid, Cascade, and Mosaic arrange the whole workspace without dragging windows around.
Private by design
Reads your screen locally by default.
Deck does not send anything to Hottub unless you opt into Shared Deck. There is no account required for the local Mac app; Shared Deck is opt-in for teams and only sends redacted status summaries. Raw terminal text, code, prompts, file paths, and project names stay off Hottub. Hottub Deck is patent pending.
FAQ
What people ask before downloading Deck.
What is Hottub Deck?
Hottub Deck is Hottub’s governance and auditing service for non-human actors — AI coding agents, scripts, robots, controllers, and future autonomous systems. Its first client, Hottub Deck for macOS, is a free menu-bar app that watches active terminal windows, summarizes what AI coding agents are doing, flags sessions that need attention, and tidies the workspace in one click.
Does Deck work with Codex, Claude Code, and terminal agents?
Deck is agent-agnostic because it starts by watching terminal windows and summarizing active work locally. It is designed for AI coding-agent workflows such as Codex, Claude Code, shell scripts, and future agent-native brokers without requiring raw terminal control.
Does Deck send my code, prompts, or terminal summaries to Hottub?
By default, no. Deck is designed as a local Mac utility. If you opt into Shared Deck, Deck can send redacted status summaries for team visibility, but raw terminal text, code, prompts, file paths, and project names are not sent.
What does Deck cost?
Deck is free to download and use. It does not require a Hottub account.
What is Shared Deck?
Shared Deck is the optional team view for Deck. When enabled, it can send redacted status summaries, attention states, approvals, and audit events so teammates can see what active agents are doing without exposing raw terminal contents.
Is Deck a remote shell or keystroke-control tool?
No. Deck is designed as a governance control plane, not a remote keyboard. Remote users should receive bounded approval, pause, stop, resume, and audit workflows rather than arbitrary shell, keystroke, joystick, or actuator control.
Which Macs can run Deck?
Deck is built for Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 14 or newer. The download is signed and notarized.
Why is Hottub building Deck?
Hottub is a presence company. Hottub helps humans gather in small, safe rooms; Deck makes non-human work present, attributed, governable, and safe to coordinate with humans.