Overboard is a macOS agent orchestrator that runs Claude Code sessions on your own Mac around the clock — scheduling recurring agents and dispatching one-off tasks from Telegram or Slack instead of a cloud service.
What is Overboard?
Overboard is a desktop app for macOS that orchestrates Claude Code agents locally rather than in the cloud. You organize work into projects and departments, write agent briefs as plain prompts or slash commands from any plugin you use, and Overboard runs each one as a real Claude Code session inside the project folder. Outputs — videos, images, and posts — attach to the run that produced them. It is sold as a one-time purchase and runs on your existing Claude plan.
Key Features
- Departments with captains — Each department carries its own agents, goals, and budget; a captain reviews the last runs and decides what runs next, checking in with you only when stuck.
- Scheduler for agents — Standing orders such as a 2am security review or a nightly blog post run daily, weekly, or every N hours, with an optional daytime window.
- Remote dispatch — Messaging the Overboard bot on Telegram (Slack is also named on the site) starts a dispatcher session that resolves the target project, creates a one-off task, runs it in Herdr on your Mac, and replies at each step: received, created, finished.
- Run assets — Videos, images, and posts land on the run, openable from a run list with thumbnails.
- Keep-awake menu bar — Shows the next run, elapsed time of an active run, and a keep-awake countdown so the Mac does not sleep mid-task.
- Project board with reviews — A three-pane dashboard with a project sidebar and activity grid, review flags, a project report plus Recent work cards, and a Direction panel.
- Morning report — An optional compiled summary of blockers, decisions, and activity across all projects.
Who should use Overboard?
- Claude Code users on a Mac: keep long-running or repetitive agent work going overnight without babysitting a terminal session.
- Solo founders and content operators: automate a nightly blog post, social discovery, or demo-video cutting from a written brief.
- Developers maintaining a codebase: put a recurring security review on a schedule and get its output attached to a run.
- People away from the desk: text a task from a phone and have it run against the correct project folder on the Mac at home.
What can you do with Overboard?
- Nightly content production: schedule a post or video brief to fire while you sleep, then review the generated media from the run list.
- Routine code review: set a recurring security review agent against a project so its findings are waiting in the morning.
- Phone-to-Mac dispatch: send a link with a request in Telegram and get received, created, and finished confirmations as the task executes in Herdr.
- Portfolio oversight: rely on the morning report for blockers, decisions, and activity across every project.
How does Overboard work?
Each department runs on its own schedule: the captain inspects prior results, launches tasks, and can create or edit agents on its own. Scheduled firings execute as genuine Claude Code sessions in the project folder, and anything created — video, image, or post — is attached to that run. Remote requests route through a dispatcher that picks the project, files the task, and reports progress back to your chat thread.
Pricing
Overboard is a one-time purchase of $49 rather than a subscription, and it uses your own Claude plan. The license activates on up to 3 Macs, with deactivation used to move between machines, and includes one year of updates while the purchased version keeps working afterward. A 14-day full trial covers every feature with no email or credit card, distributed as a notarized DMG download rather than through the App Store.
FAQ
Does Overboard need a separate Claude subscription?
Overboard is an orchestrator, not a model provider — it runs on your existing Claude plan. The $49 purchase covers the Mac app itself, and the site does not list any bundled model credits or hosted inference.
How much does Overboard cost?
It is a single $49 payment, not a subscription. That includes activation on up to 3 Macs and one year of updates, after which your installed version continues to work. A 14-day trial unlocks every feature without an email or credit card.
Can I run Overboard on more than one Mac?
Yes, a license activates on up to 3 Macs. To move the app to a different machine you deactivate it on one of them first.
Does Overboard run in the cloud?
No. Overboard executes agents locally on your Mac, which is why it ships a keep-awake menu that prevents the machine from sleeping while agents need to work. Telegram and Slack messages are only the dispatch channel into that local session.
Is there a Windows or Linux version?
The site offers Overboard only as a notarized DMG for macOS, with no Windows or Linux build listed. The trial download is the same macOS package as the paid version.
