Pocketpilot

Control any opencode session from your phone. Scan a QR code, send prompts, watch answers stream in live, approve permission requests, and get push alerts when the agent finishes or needs you.

No app install — it's a PWA served directly by the plugin. Everything runs on your machine; your phone talks to opencode over your own network.

Features

• QR pairing — type /remote in the opencode TUI (or run qr.sh) and scan with your phone camera
• Full session control — list sessions, create new ones, send prompts, abort runs
• Live answers — responses stream to your phone in real time (SSE), with an accurate busy indicator
• Permission approvals — approve/reject tool permission requests (Once / Always / Reject) from the phone
• Alerts — web push notifications on session.idle (agent finished), permission requests, and session errors
• Works with every opencode instance — the plugin auto-starts with each one; the TUI and your phone share the same session state
• Secure by default — 48-hex random token, timing-safe comparison, all API routes gated; token lives only on your machine and in the QR

Install

Option A — npm plugin (one line)

Add to ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json:

{
  "plugin": ["pocketpilot"]
}

Restart opencode. This installs the phone server + PWA + alerts.

For the instant /remote QR command in the TUI, also add to ~/.config/opencode/tui.json:

{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/tui.json",
  "plugin": ["pocketpilot/tui"]
}

Option B — install script

git clone https://github.com/AnkitPorwal04/pocketpilot.git
cd pocketpilot
./install.sh

Copies the plugins into ~/.config/opencode/ and wires up tui.json for you.

Usage

1. Restart opencode (any project).
2. Type /remote (alias /qr) in the TUI — a QR dialog appears instantly.
3. Scan it with your phone camera and open the link.
4. You're in: pick a session, prompt it, watch the answer arrive.

Other ways to connect:

• ~/.config/opencode/remote-control/qr.sh — opens the QR page in your browser
• ~/.config/opencode/remote-control/last-url.txt — plain-text connect URL + ASCII QR

Alerts / push notifications

In-app alerts work out of the box over your LAN.

Browser push notifications (screen-off alerts) require HTTPS. Install cloudflared and the plugin automatically opens a tunnel, upgrades the QR to an HTTPS URL, and enables push — plus you can then control sessions from anywhere, not just your WiFi:

brew install cloudflared   # macOS

Then tap the bell icon on the phone UI to subscribe.

How it works

• A tiny HTTP server (Node http, ports 7777–7787) starts inside each opencode process via the plugin API
• It proxies to opencode's own server API (prompt_async, messages, permissions, /event SSE)
• The phone UI is a single embedded PWA — dark theme, chat bubbles, tool chips, typing indicator
• State (token, VAPID keys, push subscriptions) lives in ~/.config/opencode/remote-control/state.json

Architecture

flowchart LR
    Phone["Phone (PWA)"] -->|"prompts + approvals"| Plugin["Plugin server<br/>port 7777"]
    Plugin -->|"live answers (SSE) + push alerts"| Phone
    Plugin <--> Core["opencode"]

Sending a prompt

sequenceDiagram
    participant Phone
    participant Plugin
    participant opencode

    Phone->>Plugin: send prompt
    Plugin->>opencode: run agent
    opencode-->>Phone: answer streams live
    opencode-->>Phone: push alert when done

Security

• Every API route requires the token (?key= or Bearer), compared with SHA-256 + timingSafeEqual
• The QR code is the password — only show it to yourself
• To rotate the token: delete ~/.config/opencode/remote-control/state.json and restart opencode
• Without cloudflared, traffic is plain HTTP on your LAN — fine at home, use the tunnel on untrusted networks

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Fix
Phone can't connect	Phone and computer must be on the same WiFi (or use cloudflared)
401 unauthorized	Re-scan the QR; token may have rotated
/remote not found	Restart opencode; check tui.json has the plugin entry
No push notifications	Push needs HTTPS — install cloudflared and re-subscribe via the bell
Port already in use	The plugin tries 7777–7787 automatically; each instance gets its own port

License

MIT