Conan
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What is Conan?
Conan is a native macOS app that wraps Claude Code in a live HUD — a cockpit around the AI agent. You run real Claude Code in its terminal, and Conan surfaces the entire session as it happens: a streaming timeline of every prompt, tool call, and skill; live context and token usage breakdowns; a throughput pulse that spikes when Claude works and calms when it waits; the skills and MCP servers currently in play; and even built-in Claude Radio for lo-fi background music. Instead of squinting at a scrolling terminal, you watch the campaign unfold with complete visibility.
Key features include: (1) Timeline — every command, edit, and tool call streams onto a living timeline showing the whole campaign as it happens; (2) Context — watch the context window fill with system, tools, memory, skills breakdowns and tokens burn in real time with live usage from /usage; (3) Pulse — a live throughput pulse showing the session's heartbeat; (4) Skills & MCP — see every skill and MCP server surfacing what's observable and in play; (5) Radio — built-in Claude Radio with curated stations like Claude FM for focus/ambient/chill/build music.
Conan is designed for developers and engineers who live in the Claude Code terminal all day, especially those juggling multiple concurrent sessions or long-running agent tasks. It solves the problem of losing track of what Claude Code is actually doing — which tools it ran, how full the context window is, which skills fired. It's ideal for users who want one surface to glance at instead of managing multiple side-tools like usage CLIs, cost tools, and statuslines.
Conan pricing
Pricing model: Freemium
Conan is free to use with a basic tier. A one-time $29 payment unlocks Premium with no subscription required. Premium includes lifetime 1.x updates. The app requires macOS 13+ and Apple Silicon. Windows and Linux users can join a waitlist for future support.
Conan pros
- Native macOS app with clean UI instead of terminal squinting
- Streaming timeline shows every prompt, tool call, and skill as it fires
- Live context-window gauge showing fill level in real time
- Token usage breakdown by category: system, tools, memory, skills, messages
- Throughput pulse showing session heartbeat — spikes when working, calm when waiting
- Surfaces which skills fired on each turn plus which were considered
- Shows all MCP servers currently in play
- Built-in Claude Radio with curated lo-fi stations for focus
- Multi-session support with tabs for each active session
- Each tab holds its working directory so you know which project runs where
- reads Claude Code's local data only — no telemetry
- Nothing about your code or prompts ever leaves the machine
- One-time $29 payment unlocks Premium — no subscription
- Lifetime 1.x updates included with Premium
- Real streaming via hooks-first approach — not log-tailing that's behind
- Scrapes live TUI frame for /context and /usage token counts
- Context-window gauge helps catch compaction moment before things get fuzzy
Conan cons
- macOS 13+ only — no Windows or Linux support yet (waitlist available)
- Apple Silicon only — may not run on older Intel Macs
- Premium costs $29 one-time — free tier exists but Premium unlocks full features
- Radio station curated list is owned by gateway — can't add custom named stations
- Radio custom streams are session-only — revert to default when restarting Conan
- Leans toward raw stream of data — could overwhelm with too many flashing lights
- No built-up catch-up summary feature yet for what agent achieved in last X minutes
- Hooks-first approach requires Claude Code hook system — may not work with all setups
Frequently asked questions about Conan
What is Conan?
Conan is a native macOS app that wraps Claude Code in a live HUD — a cockpit around the agent. You run real Claude Code in its terminal, and Conan surfaces the whole session as it happens: a streaming timeline of every prompt, tool call, and skill; live context and token usage; a throughput pulse; the skills and MCP servers in play; even built-in radio. Instead of squinting at a scrolling terminal, you watch the campaign unfold.
What does the Timeline feature show?
The Timeline streams every command, edit, and tool call onto a living timeline showing the whole campaign as it happens. It displays prompts, PRETOOL events, SKILL events (both fired and considered), notifications, turn endings, and events like SubagentStop with timestamps.
How does the Context feature work?
The Context feature lets you watch the context window fill — showing breakdowns for system, tools, memory, skills, messages, and free tokens — and tokens burn in real time. It provides live usage data from /usage showing tool counts, prompt counts, session totals, new tokens, and cache tokens.
What does the Pulse feature display?
The Pulse shows a live throughput pulse of the session's heartbeat — it spikes when Claude works and calms when it waits. This gives you a real-time feel for the session's activity level.
What skills and MCP servers does Conan show?
Conan surfaces all skills and MCP servers in play. Examples include frontend-design (for production-grade frontend interfaces), automate-browser (for Playwright browser control), scan-trends (deep research across Reddit, X, YouTube, HN, Polymarket, web), and handoff (for creating HANDOFF.md resume-ready summaries).
What stations are available on Conan Radio?
The curated stations are: Claude FM (focus·ambient·chill·build, the default), System Of A Down (Symphonic Orchestra Instrumentals — epic·cinematic·instrumental·rock·symphonic), Dr. Dre (Symphonic Orchestra Instrumentals — epic·cinematic·instrumental·hip-hop·symphonic), and Linkin Park (Symphonic Orchestra Instrumentals — epic·cinematic·instrumental·rock·symphonic).
Can I add my own radio stations?
You can't add to the curated named list since it's owned by the Conan gateway and compiled into the signed sidecar binary. However, you can play any stream you want — the radio accepts any YouTube URL, youtu.be short link, youtube.com/live link, or bare 11-character video ID. This change is session-only and reverts to default when you restart Conan.
Is Conan's data private?
Yes. Conan reads Claude Code's local data only. There is no telemetry, and nothing about your code or prompts ever leaves the machine. All processing happens locally on your Mac.
How many sessions can I run at once?
Conan supports multi-session usage. Each session opens in its own tab, and each tab holds onto its working directory, so you always know which project is running where. This solves the pain of tabs everywhere and losing track of what's running when juggling multiple sessions.
Is the timeline truly streaming or polled?
The timeline is true streaming via a hooks-first approach. Conan uses Claude Code's hook system which pushes events to a local gateway live, so it avoids the problem of being a step behind like log-tailing would be. Logs are still useful for history backfill, and Conan also scrapes the live TUI frame for things like /context and /usage token counts.