This plugin isn't just about permission approvals. When you're developing with Claude Code, the agent constantly pauses to ask you things — which database to use (MySQL / PG / Redis), which framework, which design approach, and so on. If you're away from your screen, none of those questions get answered and the whole flow just stalls. The idea of this plugin is simple: anything in Claude Code that interrupts the agent and needs user input gets forwarded to your channel, so you can keep things moving wherever you are.

Sharing a Claude Code productivity tool I recently built 👇 🔔 cc-remote-approval — so Claude Code's long-running tasks don't stall waiting for your approval. 【😩 The pain】 You kick off a long Claude Code task, step away to do something else, come back — and the agent is frozen on "Approve this Bash?" / "Pick an option" / "Fill in this MCP form." Those twenty minutes? Nothing moved. Every approval point in Claude Code is a wall: - Bash / Edit / Write permissions - AskUserQuestion options - MCP Elicitation forms - The idle wait at the end of every turn The moment you're away from the screen, the agent stops working. 【✨ The fix】 cc-remote-approval is a Claude Code plugin. When Claude needs approval or asks a question: 1. The native local dialog still shows (no replacement, no hijacking) 2. A background hook starts a timer — 20s by default 3. No local response → the request is forwarded to Telegram, with full context and buttons 4. On your phone, tap ✅ Allow / ❌ Deny / ⭐ Always, or type an option 5. Whichever side responds first wins; the other side auto-syncs 📱 On the subway, between meetings, scrolling before bed — you're away from the screen, the agent keeps moving. 【🛠 Features】 - Pure Python stdlib, zero third-party dependencies - Local-first: no external calls other than the Telegram API - Concurrency-safe across sessions: flock + pending queue — multiple agents can request approvals in parallel without crossing wires - Hook-level integration — works across CLI, desktop, and plugins - 📖 Full context button: expand the last N turns of the conversation in one tap when the truncated preview isn't enough - SessionStart hint injection: steers Claude toward the AskUserQuestion tool so choices render as buttons on your phone, instead of making you type a number 【🔒 Security】 - 100% local: data flows directly between your machine ↔ Telegram — no self-hosted server, no cloud relay, zero analytics or telemetry - Pure Python stdlib, zero third-party deps → minimal supply-chain surface - Bot token stays in process memory: never appears in ps, never written to logs. Sensitive content (API keys, passwords, tokens, etc.) is auto-masked before anything leaves your machine 【🤔 Anthropic already has options — why build another?】 Anthropic ships /remote-control and an official telegram plugin, but in practice both have constraints: - /remote-control is web-based: you have to keep a browser tab open and actively watch it; no push-notification model; doesn't support the Claude Code desktop app. - Official telegram plugin: concurrent sessions steal each other's messages; the setup/startup flow is a bit clunky; also no desktop support. 【💡 Recommended config: flip Stop hook on for full-workflow coverage】 Set stop_hook_enabled: true: - Before the agent idles each turn, Telegram gets a message with Continue / Dismiss buttons - Tap Continue, reply with your next instruction, and the agent picks it up - The whole loop — approvals, questions, forms, "what's next?" — can now happen from your phone - Side effect: each turn blocks for up to stop_wait_seconds (default 180s); if you're at the screen and don't want to wait, just press ESC in Claude Code to skip GitHub: Manta-Network/cc-remote-approval Install: /plugin marketplace add Manta-Network/cc-remote-approval /plugin install cc-remote-approval@manta Or just paste the GitHub link into Claude Code and ask it to install.