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What can I do while my coding agent is working?

Pick a break that fits an unpredictable wait. In Fokus for Mac, you can work out a few moves on a puzzle while the sites you usually scroll stay blocked. When there’s code to review, leave the board right there. Fokus saves each move.

Fokus · · Tested with Fokus 0.4.0 for Mac

  1. Leave yourself a place to come back to

    Suppose your agent is fixing a failing keyboard test. Keep the test open in your editor before sending the prompt. When the change is ready, you already know where to look.

  2. Make one move

    Start a Fokus session with your Social media group enabled. Open Activities, choose Minesweeper and reveal a square. Use the numbers on the board to decide where a mine belongs, then place a flag. Your site blocks stay active.

  3. Go back to the code

    Switch to your editor as soon as you want to check the fix. The next time you have a wait, open Activities and choose Resume board under Minesweeper. Your last flag is still there.

The board we left mid-game. One flag is down and seven are still available.
The board we left mid-game. One flag is down and seven are still available.

What survived the switch back to work?

We played a fixed board in the Fokus interface with its Mac blocker running. The opening move revealed 47 squares. We flagged one mine, switched to Overview, then resumed the board from Activities.

Board stateRevealed squaresPlaced flags
Before switching away471
After resuming471

The Mac helper still listed Reddit, X and Instagram after we resumed the board. You decide when to switch back. Fokus runs independently of your coding agent.

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