Turn your TV into a dev dashboard that pings you when an agent workflow finishes
Instead of copying Apple TV, he had Claude Code turn his TV into a dashboard showing Claude usage across 3 accounts, live workflows and agents, GitHub and his calendar. It pops up a notice over whatever he's watching when a workflow finishes.
Source
@zarioo on X · 2026-10-22
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-23.
What they did
Instead of copying Apple TV, he had Claude Code turn his TV into a dashboard showing Claude usage across 3 accounts, live workflows and agents, GitHub and his calendar. It pops up a notice over whatever he's watching when a workflow finishes.
Result (as claimed)
Built in one afternoon with Claude Code.
Tools they used
Cost: Claude Code: from $17/mo.
Set it up
Pick a contained repo or task
Start on a branch or side project where mistakes are cheap.
Install and configure
Set up Claude Code, Android TV, GitHub, Google Calendar. Read what it can run on your machine and limit permissions where possible.
Run it on a real task
Give it a well-scoped issue and let it work. Review the diff like any pull request.
Add guardrails
Keep tests and CI in the loop, and never let an agent push to main or touch production secrets unattended.
Copy the full setup prompt
Paste into your agent and it will walk you through the setup, asking before anything that sends, posts or spends.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Turn your TV into a dev dashboard that pings you when an agent workflow finishes What the original author did: Instead of copying Apple TV, he had Claude Code turn his TV into a dashboard showing Claude usage across 3 accounts, live workflows and agents, GitHub and his calendar. It pops up a notice over whatever he's watching when a workflow finishes. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Built in one afternoon with Claude Code. Source: https://x.com/zarioo/status/2113089520900194414 Tools they used: Claude Code, Android TV, GitHub, Google Calendar Category: Dev & ops 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: Turn your TV into a dev dashboard that pings you when an agent workflow finishes What the original author did: Instead of copying Apple TV, he had Claude Code turn his TV into a dashboard showing Claude usage across 3 accounts, live workflows and agents, GitHub and his calendar. It pops up a notice over whatever he's watching when a workflow finishes. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Built in one afternoon with Claude Code. Source: https://x.com/zarioo/status/2113089520900194414 Tools they used: Claude Code, Android TV, GitHub, Google Calendar Category: Dev & ops 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: Turn your TV into a dev dashboard that pings you when an agent workflow finishes What the original author did: Instead of copying Apple TV, he had Claude Code turn his TV into a dashboard showing Claude usage across 3 accounts, live workflows and agents, GitHub and his calendar. It pops up a notice over whatever he's watching when a workflow finishes. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Built in one afternoon with Claude Code. Source: https://x.com/zarioo/status/2113089520900194414 Tools they used: Claude Code, Android TV, GitHub, Google Calendar Category: Dev & ops 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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