Guides
Guides
Numbered, tested steps with the app’s exact labels. For the reference of every feature and setting, see the documentation.
- 6 stepsCapture browser feedback with screenshots and DOM detailsFrom browser connection to an evidence package: selectors, fonts, colours, screenshots and a comment for every note.
- 8 stepsHow to install Pairbar and set it up on your MacInstall from the DMG, go through the welcome window, choose the optional permissions and start using the sidebar.
- 5 stepsHow to buy, activate and move your Pairbar licenceBuying (it activates itself), a new Mac by email, renewing, fixing activation errors, moving Macs, and how the weekly check works offline.
- 6 stepsInstall the claude, codex and gh command-line tools for PairbarWhat `claude`, `codex` and `gh` unlock in Pairbar, and how to install, sign in and check each tool on macOS.
- 7 stepsSet up a Codex Cloud environment and start cloud tasks from PairbarCreate a Codex Cloud environment, save its id per repo in Pairbar, start cloud tasks from the composer and follow them in the list.
- 7 stepsCreate a Claude Code agent (subagent) with Pairbar or by handMake a Claude Code agent with New agent, refine it with Improve and Teach, or write the Markdown file by hand; then export it to Codex.
- 6 stepsOrganise your Claude Code agents with dock.yamlUse dock.yaml to group agents, set a repo and icon, and add ready-made commands with {input} that appear in Pairbar.
- 8 stepsSchedule a Claude Code or Codex workflow on your MacDescribe a job, let Claude or Codex plan it, review the plan, pick a schedule and a limit threshold, and create the workflow.
- 5 stepsChoose the right permission level for each workflow stepThe three step permission levels, the exact Claude Code flags and Codex sandboxes they map to, their caveats and when to use each.
- 7 stepsSet up goal checks and self-healing for your workflowsGoal checks, automatic fixes during a run, health flags, the doctor's suggested fixes, and Undo last change for Pairbar workflows.
- 7 stepsPairbar keyboard shortcuts and how to peek at the app's own sidebarAll Pairbar shortcuts, from ⌘K and ⌃1–9 to ⌥ peek and chat-menu letters, and which ones you can switch off.
- 8 stepsTroubleshoot missing chats in PairbarOrdered checks for chats, Codex threads, cloud sessions and cloud tasks missing from Pairbar, and for search that finds nothing at first.
- 5 stepsSet up live status hooks for Claude and CodexTurn on instant status from Claude Code and Codex hooks: what Install writes, what is sent, how to check events arrive, repair and uninstall.
- 6 stepsDock Claude and Codex together in the basketPut Claude and Codex in one Pairbar frame with one sidebar: pick a layout, swap, share the room, move and resize, and save setups per display.
- 6 stepsFix skill drift between Claude Code and CodexUse Pairbar's Skills tab to find drifted, missing and duplicate skills, approve a plan that fixes them, and undo it if needed.
- 5 stepsLet Claude and Codex query Pairbar (MCP tools)Install Pairbar's plugin so Claude and Codex chats can call its 22 tools (MCP or the pairbar command): read what Pairbar knows, ask for approved actions.
- 6 stepsApprove, decline and limit what Claude and Codex chats ask Pairbar to doHow agent requests reach you, how to approve or decline them, which kinds ask first, and the pause, budgets and Stop all that keep you in charge.
- 5 stepsSet up agent profiles for second opinions, reviews and helper chatsPresets for the chats agents ask for (app, model, effort, access, when to use it): the five defaults, how Pairbar fills in a request, edit and reset.
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One sidebar for the Claude and Codex desktop apps. Everything on for 7 days, no card needed; then $49/year ($39 first year with LAUNCH), $9/month or $129 lifetime (first 200 buyers). macOS 26 or later, Apple silicon.