The claudeq device standing on a desk, showing a Claude Code question with tappable options.
◂ invisible.cat No. 08 · The desk-hardware issue
Hardware · Claude Code

Tap to
answer.

Claude asks a question. The options appear on a little touchscreen on your desk — and you just tap.

$0.00 The firmware is free.
You bring a $40 board. claudeq
A hand holding the claudeq device outdoors, its screen showing the Listening voice prompt.
◂ invisible.cat No. 08 · Voice
Tap-to-talk voice

Just
say it.

Tap the mic and speak. Read the transcript, then Send — dictate a whole instruction to Claude without touching the keyboard.

  • Transcribed on the device with whisper.cpp — no API key, nothing leaves the room.
  • Review every word before it goes; Send or Cancel.
  • Great for long prompts you'd never want to thumb-type.
The claudeq device lying on beach sand next to sandals and a cold drink, showing the Macros deck.
◂ invisible.cat No. 08 · The macro deck
The macro deck

One tap.
Whole prompt.

Code review, run tests, commit, explain — your saved prompts and slash-commands, each a single tap into the focused session.

  • Fire a favourite prompt from the beach, the couch, anywhere the deck reaches.
  • Edit bridge/macros.json — your own id, icon, label and prompt.
The claudeq device on a wooden desk beside a pen and notebook, showing the Settings screen.
◂ invisible.cat No. 08 · On-device setup
On-device setup

Set it once.

WiFi, Tailscale, auto-sleep, sounds — every setting lives on the deck. Join a network from your phone through a captive portal; no rebuild to switch.

  • Hold “WiFi portal” to move it to a new network, anywhere.
  • Finds every bridge by mDNS — and merges sessions across your machines over Tailscale.
◂ invisible.cat No. 08 · Everything it does
New in v2.0.0

It updates itself.
Over the air.

Tap Check for update in Settings and the deck pulls fresh firmware straight from GitHub over HTTPS — no cable, no computer, a progress bar, and an automatic rollback if anything so much as blinks. The last time you'll reach for USB.

And everything else it already did
  • Tap to answer — Claude's AskUserQuestion options appear on-screen; multi-question prompts step through each.
  • Live activity feed — A running view of what Claude is doing — reading, editing, running, thinking — and its replies.
  • Every session, one screen — Each Claude session is a chip; the one that needs you glows and auto-focuses.
  • Across your computers — Decks auto-discover every bridge over mDNS and your Tailscale tailnet, merging all sessions.
  • Approve before it sends — Voice and macros show a Send / Cancel — nothing reaches Claude until you say so.
  • Speaker alerts — It chirps when Claude needs you. Mutable, and it still notifies while locked.
  • Lock for your pocket — Hold BOOT: screen dark, touch and events ignored — a stray tap can’t drive Claude.
  • Low-power standby — Auto-sleep dims the backlight after ~60s; it wakes on a question, an alert, or a touch.
  • On-device setup — WiFi and Tailscale are entered on the deck through a captive portal — no rebuild to switch networks.
  • A battery gauge — Green to amber to red as it drains, right in the top bar next to WiFi and Tailscale.
claudeq Firmware over HTTPS · signed by GitHub · rolls back on failure
◂ invisible.cat No. 08 · How to get one
Three steps from the box

No compiler.
No ESP-IDF.

From a sealed box to a working deck in about five minutes — no toolchain, no SDK, nothing to build. The one cable you'll ever need: every update after is over the air.

  1. 1

    Flash from your browser

    Open the flasher in Chrome or Edge, plug in over USB-C, click Install. About thirty seconds, nothing to download.

  2. 2

    Install the bridge

    Homebrew pulls node, tmux and ffmpeg and puts claudeq on your PATH.

  3. 3

    Join WiFi on the device

    First boot opens a Claudeq-setup hotspot — join from your phone, enter your 2.4 GHz network, save. It finds every bridge by mDNS.

  4. $ 
    $ brew install Positronico/tap/claudeq
$ cd ~/my-project
$ claudeq   # instead of `claude`

claudeq is open source under the MIT license. Firmware flashes over WebSerial in Chrome or Edge, then updates itself over the air. The device↔bridge link isn't authenticated yet — run it only on networks you trust. Plain claude is left untouched. Waveshare and Claude are trademarks of their respective owners.

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