# Your agents, folded into the notch

> The notch is Tenfold at its smallest. It shows what your Claude Code agents are doing, and when one needs you, its buddy knocks. Answer right there, or press ⌘D to bring the whole Workspace back. Your agents keep working either way.

Source: https://gettenfold.app/claude-code-notch · Tenfold is a Mac app for running Claude Code agents side by side. · Updated 2026-11-03

You don't need a window full of terminals to know your agents are fine. Tenfold puts them in the one part of the screen you never use: the notch.

## Three sizes

- **At rest**, the notch looks almost like the hardware one. With sessions open, it widens a little and shows one colored dot per session. While an agent works, a live activity strip drops below it.
- **On hover**, it widens into a compact status bar.
- **On click**, it opens the full panel: a strip of session tabs, the active terminal and a status bar. Drag either bottom corner to resize it, and press ⌘P to pin it open.

## When an agent needs you, its buddy knocks

Every session has a buddy, a small pixel character whose face and posture follow what the agent is doing. When an agent stops for a permission or a question, its buddy hangs under the notch and knocks. Hover the notch and the prompt slides out, so you can answer it without switching windows.

In the panel, ⌘J jumps to the next session that needs you, and the sessions grid (⌘G) shows one card per session, where you can answer prompts too.

## Fold the whole Workspace away

Press ⌘D in the Workspace and it folds into the notch. Press ⌘D in the panel to bring it back. Nothing restarts, and your agents keep working the whole time. While the Workspace has focus, the notch steps off the screen so it doesn't sit on the window's toolbar.

## Everything a small panel needs

- **A launcher**, to start a session: pick an agent and a folder.
- **Terminals**, one tab per session.
- **Git** (⌘B) for the active session's repository.
- **Usage** (⌘U) and **Settings** (⌘,).

Press ⌘/ for every shortcut the panel has.

## Open it from anywhere

⌥Space opens the notch from any app, and hides it again. If the Workspace is open, it brings the window forward instead. No notch on your Mac or display? Tenfold draws one.

The notch is one view of Tenfold. For the full window, see [the AI coding environment](https://gettenfold.app/ai-coding-environment).

## Questions

### Can I see Claude Code in the MacBook notch?

Yes, with Tenfold. At rest the notch shows one colored dot per session and a live activity strip while an agent works. Hover it for a compact status bar, or click it for a full panel with session tabs and the active terminal.

### Can I answer Claude Code permission prompts from the notch?

Yes. When an agent stops for a permission or a question, its buddy hangs under the notch and knocks. Hover the notch and the prompt slides out, so you can answer without switching windows.

### Does it work on a Mac without a notch or on an external display?

Yes. On a Mac or display without a notch, Tenfold draws one at the top of the screen, and it works the same way. The Workspace is a normal Mac window, so you can put it on any display.

### How do I open Tenfold from anywhere?

Press ⌥Space in any app. Press it again to hide Tenfold and go back to the app you were in. You can change the shortcut in Settings, on the Keyboard page. It's a regular system hotkey, so it doesn't need Accessibility access.

## In the docs

- https://gettenfold.app/docs/notch
- https://gettenfold.app/docs/keyboard-shortcuts
- https://gettenfold.app/docs/getting-started