When an agent needs a decision, it lands in the Inbox. ◆ Needs you in the top bar counts it, and so does the Inbox tab on a phone.
- Inbox
Filter by All, Needs you or Replies.
A Needs you card says why: Needs permission, Has a question, Waiting for your review or Stopped with an error.
Permission requests and questions come from Claude Code agents.
A finished answer shows Reply ready, or From a routine.
- Answer
Press Allow, Deny or Deny with a note….
A question shows its own options. A review card has a box to reply.
A long request says “Shortened. Open the terminal to see all of it.”
Claude's plan reviews are answered in the terminal.
- Already handled
Another device answered first, or the agent moved on. Nothing was sent.
- Type here
Only one device types into an agent at a time.
When Typing is on … shows, press Type here to take over.
On iPhone, use Miko for iPhone: pair it from Settings › Devices › Add iPhone. See Miko on your iPhone. On another phone, use the web app:
Add the phone
Sign in with your passkey and press Add this device, or approve it from a device you already use. See Devices and recovery.
Turn on notifications
Open Settings and press Enable notifications, then allow them when the browser asks.
Send a test
Open Notification settings and press Send test. “Test from Miko” should appear in a few seconds.
On Android, use Chrome. Adding Miko to the Home Screen is optional there.
- Chrome, Edge and Firefox 152+
Allow and Deny, or the question's options, sit on the notification.
On a Mac they're under Options. On Android, pull the notification down.
- Safari and iPhone
Notifications have no buttons. Tap one, then press Allow on the card.
- When buttons show
Only when the notification shows the whole request.
Never for file edits or MCP tools, and never with Hide details on the lock screen on.
- What they say
“… needs permission”, “… has a question”, “… is waiting for your review”, “… stopped with an error” or “… replied”, with the account, the machine and the request.
A permission request or question gets one reminder after 15 minutes: “Still waiting · …”.
No notification while you're looking at that agent. If you don't answer, it comes after a minute.
Settings › Notification settings holds the rest.
- Notify me about
Switch Permission requests, Questions, Waiting for review, Errors, Replies, Machines going offline and Routines on or off.
Replies are always silent. A machine counts as offline after 10 minutes.
Security notices, like a new device or a new sign-in, are always on.
- Quiet hours
Notifications still arrive, without sound.
Set From, To and Starts on. It starts as 22:00 to 07:00.
Still alert me for: lets permission requests or questions through.
On iPhone, sound follows the phone's own settings. Use Focus to silence Miko there.
- Pause
Press Mute all devices for 1 hour, or mute until your quiet hours end. Unmute ends it.
Muted notifications still arrive, without sound.
Muting reaches your other devices within a minute.
- Hide details on the lock screen
Notifications say “An agent needs permission”, without names, the command or the question.
- Use different settings on this device
The switches then apply on this device only, and Pause mutes only this device.
- Busy machines
Miko sends a summary every 5 minutes instead of each request.
- Nothing arrived yet
Open Settings and turn notifications on again.
- Notifications are blocked for this site
Allow them in the browser's site settings, then come back.
- Miko got it on this device
Check this device's notification settings for your browser, and Focus or Do Not Disturb.
- Miko couldn't reach this device's push service
Turn notifications off and on again.
- Signed out
Signing out on a device stops its notifications at once.
Finished agents get a clear Done state, with a done counter next to ◆ Needs you. Only Needs you and Done count and can notify; a blue Update marks an agent that reported but is still working.