Do 30-second desk exercises while Claude Code works
A builder tired of staring at the spinner made Exercise Moose, a free Mac menu bar app where your own avatar walks you through short desk exercises during a Claude Code run, then tells you when the agent is done.
Source
@harpreetkbadhan on X · 2026-10-20
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-20.
What they did
A builder tired of staring at the spinner made Exercise Moose, a free Mac menu bar app where your own avatar walks you through short desk exercises during a Claude Code run, then tells you when the agent is done.
Result (as claimed)
Free download for Mac; he built it because Claude Code tasks often run about 4 minutes.
Tools they used
Cost: Claude Code: from $17/mo.
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Check the result
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You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Do 30-second desk exercises while Claude Code works What the original author did: A builder tired of staring at the spinner made Exercise Moose, a free Mac menu bar app where your own avatar walks you through short desk exercises during a Claude Code run, then tells you when the agent is done. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Free download for Mac; he built it because Claude Code tasks often run about 4 minutes. Source: https://x.com/harpreetkbadhan/status/2112477865748856946 Tools they used: Claude Code, macOS Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Do 30-second desk exercises while Claude Code works What the original author did: A builder tired of staring at the spinner made Exercise Moose, a free Mac menu bar app where your own avatar walks you through short desk exercises during a Claude Code run, then tells you when the agent is done. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Free download for Mac; he built it because Claude Code tasks often run about 4 minutes. Source: https://x.com/harpreetkbadhan/status/2112477865748856946 Tools they used: Claude Code, macOS Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Do 30-second desk exercises while Claude Code works What the original author did: A builder tired of staring at the spinner made Exercise Moose, a free Mac menu bar app where your own avatar walks you through short desk exercises during a Claude Code run, then tells you when the agent is done. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Free download for Mac; he built it because Claude Code tasks often run about 4 minutes. Source: https://x.com/harpreetkbadhan/status/2112477865748856946 Tools they used: Claude Code, macOS Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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