Show HN: Spotlight shows what your Claude Code/Codex are doing

See what your coding agents actually did

Spotlight reads your Claude Code and Codex sessions and turns each one into a short report - what got built, what's worth a second look, and what to do different next time.

What you get

Shine a light on every session.

Your agent ran for 47 minutes while you were in a meeting. Spotlight watches every move and gives you quick feedback on what’s worth keeping, what to fix, and where to save time next run.

Built by people who’ve been on the other side of this.

1. 01

   Install the CLI.

   $ curl -fsSL https://www.backplanes.com/spotlight/install.sh | sh

   Works with macOS, Linux, and WSL 2.

   Authenticates in your browser, creates your team account, and starts capturing sessions as they finish.

2. 02

   Keep working. We're already on it.

   Auto-captureLive

   • 9:42 AMSession ended password-resetREADY
   • 10:15 AMSession ended auth-refreshREADY
   • 11:08 AMSession ended migrate-pg-v14Processing

   Actions from you0

   Spotlight captures sessions automatically when they end. Local redaction strips PII and credentials before anything leaves your laptop. You stay in flow.

   No OAuth into Anthropic or OpenAI. The CLI only reads sessions after they end.

3. 03

   Find what matters.

   Your reports today

   Needs review - 1

   password-reset-flowAgent opened /etc/passwd outside the task scope.

   Business as usual - 3

   • auth-refresh-tokenClean refresh, signature verified.
   • migrate-postgres-v14Migration ran clean, no schema drift.
   • ux-onboarding-tweakThree components updated, tests pass.

   Your first report appears after your next completed session. Spotlight tells you which reports need you today and which ones you can scroll past.

Pricing

Free for you and your team.

Spotlight is free for individual developers and the teams they work on: no seats to count, no trial clock. If you’re rolling it out across a whole org and need attribution, volume, or specific controls, and we’ll set it up together.

Works with macOS, Linux, and WSL 2.

Move fast. See everything.

Your agents are doing more than ever. And most of it is invisible. Our first product, Spotlight, shows you your own sessions today. Over time, Backplanes will help you see, follow, and shape what every agent does: yours, your team's, your whole org's. Start with your next session.