Focus and Alerts

Open Focus in back2vibing. For a new setup, choose a preset and stop there.

Quick setup presets

Preset	Agent finished	Permission or input needed
Default	Switches to the agent. If you were just active, asks first.	Switches to the agent. If you were just active, asks first.
Chill	Sends a macOS notification without switching.	Switches to the agent; recent input is protected.
Heads-up	Switches and also sends a macOS notification.	Switches on the current Space and asks before changing Spaces when you were just active.

Default is the simplest place to start. Use Chill if automatic switching is too disruptive.

Default action

If you do not use a preset, choose the default action directly:

• Auto — switch to the agent immediately.
• Ask before switching — show a prompt; Enter switches and Escape stays.
• Ask before changing Spaces — switch on the current macOS Space, but ask before moving to another.
• Notify me — send a macOS notification without switching.

Sound is configured separately in the same tab. Muting sound does not disable focus behavior.

Protect recent input

During recent input controls what happens after recent typing, clicking, or scrolling. Choose one behavior:

• Ignore recent input and use the default action.
• Switch when input stops.
• Ask before switching.
• Ask only before changing Spaces.
• Notify without switching.

The Recent input duration controls how long activity remains protected. Each new input restarts that timer.

Override one event

Use Per-event behavior only when completion and permission requests should behave differently. Each row can inherit the default or use its own action.

For supported Claude Code and OpenCode prompts, the permission row can use the experimental Prompt Panel in the Session Dock.

Focus safety

• Mute sounds keeps focus behavior active but silences alerts.
• Disable back2vibing pauses both focus changes and sounds.
• Screen share protection is a Pro control. While sharing or recording, automatic focus becomes a silent Interactive Focus prompt, independently of dictation protection.
• Dictation apps keep focus in your current field while a selected app is using the microphone. Select macOS Dictation or running third-party Dictation apps in Focus settings. Microphone activity from a selected dictation service delays focus until dictation ends; screen recording, Zoom, calls, and other apps are ignored. When dictation ends, completed agents notify you instead of opening a prompt or switching.

See Sessions for peeking, focusing, and prompt handling.