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Show HN: MailPilot – Freedom to go anywhere while your agents work

submitted by keepam+(OP) on 2026-01-15 07:20:02 | 34 points 44 comments
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https://mailpilot.chat

What is this? A local TUI (like Claude, Codex, Gemini, OpenCode or Copilot) that wraps your agent and sends each turn to an email in a nice format.

What does it enable? It lets you email your agents. And them email you. So They Keep Working on the tasks you want, and You go and do What You Want. No need to stay at your desk. Be free.

I built this for me, but thought others would find it useful, so I turned it into a product. I want get outside, and away from my desk, but still have the agents work.

The accidental killer feature: You can CC your team. If you forward the thread to a coworker, their reply goes straight to the agent context too. It turns a local session into an async multiplayer thread.

Works out of the box with Claude, Codex, Gemini, Copilot, and OpenCode. Happy to answer questions!

https://mailpilot.chat


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1. keepam+Wk[view] [source] 2026-01-15 10:08:57
>>keepam+(OP)
Also, I made a Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/products/mailpilot
6. worthl+7C[view] [source] 2026-01-15 12:36:34
>>keepam+(OP)
I saw this concept only 8 days on this very site ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46517458#46523962 )

Looking forward to it.

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16. dewey+SV[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-01-15 14:12:13
>>Jnr+XN
Every time I read these "I've managed to control Claude Code from my phone posts", they come with some variation of "so that I can continue being on my computer" during some other activity. It's a very personal decision, but feels like on of these points where people should re-evaluate. Just because we can, doesn't mean we should.

> it was so good that I caught myself coding from my phone while out with friends… and decided that this is something I should stop, more for mental health than anything.

https://steipete.me/posts/2025/shipping-at-inference-speed

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17. bflesc+W41[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-01-15 14:52:46
>>mzajc+4V
Good to call out use of semi-technical weasel words.

Their privacy policy is far from GDPR compliant. In a legal sense, they do not respect data privacy rights of their customers at all.

https://mailpilot.chat/#/privacy

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31. heyale+be1[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-01-15 15:30:32
>>nico+191
No affiliation and didn't get around to use it yet, but clawdbot[1] does WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Signal, iMessage, Microsoft Teams, and WebChat.

[1]: https://github.com/clawdbot/clawdbot

33. realit+Ie1[view] [source] 2026-01-15 15:31:52
>>keepam+(OP)
This is a great setup. I was building agents in 2023 with email addresses, and it was very effective for onboarding tech laggards to generative AI. It also resulted in very low durable use rates. Users would onboard then stop using quickly. Christenson ftw again.

One thing that can be handled much better today than back then was MIME / attachment types and having agents assemble "fancy" email structures irt.

https://github.com/realityinspector/ATAT

36. kstrau+bt1[view] [source] 2026-01-15 16:20:04
>>keepam+(OP)
Oh, this isn’t the popular Mac email client, Mail Pilot (https://www.mailpilot.app/)? I’m sure that won’t confuse anyone.

Everyone, please, google your proposed product names before actually buying a domain.

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