Adrafinil keeps MacBook awake during agent runs

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Adrafinil keeps MacBook awake during agent runs

Adrafinil is an open-source macOS menu bar utility that keeps a MacBook awake with the lid closed only when AI coding agents are actively running. By monitoring agent activities, it dynamically toggles macOS sleep blocks and allows the laptop to sleep normally once the tasks are completed.

// ANALYSIS

While keeping a laptop awake when closed is a known macOS headache, tying the sleep state directly to active developer processes or AI agent runtimes is a clever, highly modern quality-of-life improvement for agentic workflows.

* **Targeted Prevention:** Automatically blocks sleep only during agent activity, preventing the classic "drained battery in a backpack" issue typical of permanent sleep-blockers.

* **Agent Hooks:** Integration with Claude Code, Cursor, Aider, and MCP commands provides a tailored developer experience.

* **Security Architecture:** Implements a minimal root helper (`setSleepBlocked`) to ensure that high-privilege operations are isolated from unprivileged policy logic.

// TAGS

macossleep-preventionagentopen-sourcedevtoolpower-management

DISCOVERED

2h ago

2026-06-28

PUBLISHED

6h ago

2026-06-27

RELEVANCE

8/ 10

AUTHOR

kageroumado

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