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Pocketty: an iPhone SSH terminal that sends an alert when an agent is blocked

Pocketty, shown on Hacker News by lukeed on 8 October, is an SSH terminal for iPhone and iPad made for herdr, which keeps agent panes alive on a computer and tracks the state of each one. Its author says alerts are sealed to the phone’s key with HPKE and pass through a relay that cannot read them and keeps nothing. It is a paid app: $99 for the first two weeks, then $129.

Score 4 of 9: new 3 of 3, momentum 0 of 3, evidence 1 of 3. Momentum measured: One read only (28 points at 2026-10-09T10:54:21Z); the second read was refused, so not measured and scored 0.

Who started it
lukeed, Show HN on 8 October
How we found it
Hacker News search; opening the thread itself was refused

Why it matters A phone alert for a blocked agent suggests people are leaving long agent sessions running unattended. The privacy claims are the author’s own, and we could not read the thread’s comments.

The receipt

5 facts: 1 SAW, 3 STATED, 1 INFER. SAW: fetched and read by us. STATED: a source’s own claim, quoted. INFER: our reasoning, from the lines it rests on; never fetched. Check any line against its source before you repeat it.

  1. SAW Show HN by lukeed, 8 Oct 2026 at 18:11 UTC: 28 points and 15 comments Read 9 Oct 2026 10:54 UTC.
  2. STATED “pocketty is an SSH terminal for iPhone and iPad, made for herdr. herdr keeps your agent panes alive on your computer and knows the state of each one: working, needs you, or done.” Stated by lukeed, on Hacker News. Read 9 Oct 2026 10:54 UTC.
  3. STATED “it seals the alert to your phone’s key with HPKE” ... “The relay can’t read them and keeps nothing.” Stated by lukeed, on Hacker News. Read 9 Oct 2026 10:54 UTC.
  4. STATED “$99 for the first two weeks (launch promo) then $129 after that.” Stated by lukeed, on Hacker News. Read 9 Oct 2026 10:54 UTC.
  5. INFER Our reading: a phone alert for a blocked agent suggests people are leaving long agent sessions running unattended. The privacy claims are the author’s own; we could not open the thread to read the 15 comments. Rests on lines 1, 2 and 3 of this receipt. Not fetched.

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