Set up Cockpit in VS Code

optionOS — Cockpit has two surfaces: the Mac app opens on its own; live agent sessions require the VS Code extension over a local bridge.

Once running, every agent session shows up in one live panel — working, waiting, awaiting your answer, all together.

Every session is a card: its name, state, model, how many sub-agents it ran, tokens spent, files edited, age, and which branch it forked onto — all on one card.

Setup is four steps:

1 — Install the extension. For live agent sessions, install the optionOS - Cockpit extension in VS Code. The Mac app is installed separately and can run from the location chosen by the user.

2 — Open a workspace. Cockpit setup is per-workspace; open your project as a VS Code workspace first.

3 — Run setup. Open the Command Palette (⌘⇧P) and run optionOS - Cockpit: Install. This wires your Claude Code and Codex hooks, VS Code workspace settings, and the Mac↔VS Code bridge automatically.

4 — Verify. The optionOS - Cockpit: Doctor command lists every piece as GREEN/RED. When all are GREEN, your sessions start showing live in both the VS Code sidebar and the Mac panel.

If something breaks, run optionOS - Cockpit: Repair; to undo everything, optionOS - Cockpit: Uninstall.