# Thariq experiments with an AI-native macOS dock for focus

> Original title: experimenting with a lil personal project: an AI-native macOS dock with custom modes (writing, building, etc.) to help me stay focused

- Source: Thariq
- Published: 2026-10-27T17:37:40.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/o3itcdyosxckt0bypt83qvdwj
- Original: https://x.com/trq212/status/2115135857669881939

## Summary

Thariq, who works at Anthropic, is building a personal macOS dock with custom modes such as writing and building to help him stay focused. His agent can customize mode behavior, add new modes, and use jev to classify his activity and notifications in real time.

## Post

experimenting with a lil personal project: an AI-native macOS dock with custom modes (writing, building, etc.) to help me stay focused

my agent is able to customize mode behavior and add new modes, it uses jev to classify my activity + notifications in real time & act on them

[Video](https://badinfluence.news/api/img-proxy?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Famplify_video_thumb%2F2115135312884281344%2Fimg%2FtGrnS50MPt9nXJS6.jpg&mode=thumb&exp=1793404800&sig=12699c817398f64c)