The Windows notch for Factory DroidWatchbird for Factory Droid
Factory Droid reports every tool call to its hooks. By default Watchbird shows Droid’s sessions and when it waits for you; with the opt-in gate, commands, file changes and MCP calls wait for your answer in the notch.
Factory Droid
What works
| Session status in the notch | Yes |
|---|---|
| Approve edits & commands | Opt-in: waits for your answer in the notch |
| Questions & plans | In the terminal (the agent has no hook for it) |
| Jump to terminal or editor | Yes, one click |
| Follow-up messages | Yes, delivered when the agent is ready |
| Usage & context | Not shown yet |
| Approve from your phone | Yes, with the opt-in gate |
| Autopilot & rules | Yes, with the opt-in gate |
Factory Droid
How Watchbird connects
Through Factory Droid’s official hook settings: Watchbird adds its entries to ~/.factory/settings.json — after a backup — and removes them again with one click in Settings → Agents. Your own settings and hooks stay as they are.
Set up in three steps
- 01Get Watchbird from the Microsoft Store — the first 15 days are free.
- 02Start it. The setup finds Factory Droid on your PC and connects it with one click.
- 03Start a new Factory Droid session. The notch shows it from the first prompt.
Good to know
- Turn the gate on in Settings → Agents → “Wait for my decision” (it doesn’t apply in spec mode).
- Droid reads its hooks when a session starts — restart running sessions after connecting.
- Watchbird writes to ~/.factory/hooks.json if you use that file, otherwise to settings.json — never to both.