Ted notices

I deliver it and step aside.

Ted Agent is Cortex Labs' AI agent for the menu bar. When both apps are open, Ted can show a notice in the notch when something needs you.

How a notice looks

• Ted's mascot presents the message in a card just below the notch, with the title and the text in plain sight. No hovering needed.
• The action and the dismiss button stay visible, and long messages scroll inside the card.
• The card retracts by itself after a few seconds. If your pointer is over it, it waits until you have finished reading.
• When more than one arrives, a counter shows how many are waiting.

Private by design

• The notice travels over a local connection between the two apps, never over the network.
• Before showing anything, Shelf checks the code signature of the app on the other side, so only Ted can speak through the island.
• With the Mac locked, the card folds away and only the mascot remains; the content never shows to whoever is looking.

Turn notices off in Settings › Privacy › Ted notices on the island. Turning it off stops listening, not just the display.

Without Ted, Shelf works exactly the same. Notices need Ted Agent 0.10.1 or later.