Want to dictate a task, check your remaining AI allowance, connect an agent
to apps or WhatsApp, or keep your Mac awake while work runs? These five external
tools can help. When working for an organization, follow its rules for
installation and connecting work accounts.
Connecting applications
Composio
A service that lets an agent work with connected applications such as Gmail, Slack, or a calendar. Composio manages authentication and account connections.
Useful when: For example, you use several Gmail accounts and want an agent to find an email or draft a reply in a specific mailbox. Composio supports connecting multiple accounts for the same application; specify which account the agent should use for each task. It also helps with calendars and tasks in other apps. For Lazurio, follow the application connection guide.
Privacy and permissions: Composio is a third-party service that holds access tokens for connected accounts and processes tool calls. Review the requested permissions before connecting. Connecting an account does not itself authorize sending messages or other Publication.
Open Composio →Dictation that works in text fields across applications. Speak naturally and Wispr Flow turns your speech into polished text.
Useful when: You want to dictate a longer prompt, email, or message quickly instead of typing everything.
Privacy: With Context Awareness enabled, Flow can read surrounding text, a screenshot and conversation history—not just what you dictate. Before using work data, get its processing and permissions approved; in sensitive environments, turn off Context awareness in Settings → Data and Privacy. Check retention and model-training settings separately. What Wispr can read.
Download Wispr Flow →AI limit overview
CodexBar
A free, open-source macOS application that shows AI service usage, available limits, and reset times in the menu bar.
Useful when: Before assigning a longer task to an agent, you want to see how much capacity remains and when the limit resets.
Permissions: Depending on the service, CodexBar may use browser cookies, Keychain or OAuth credentials. Reading Safari cookies may require Full Disk Access. These permissions do more than display a number: get the specific access approved before connecting a work account and choose the least access needed. Never paste cookies or tokens into chat. Permission documentation.
Open CodexBar →An open-source command-line tool that connects as a linked WhatsApp Web device. It stores messages in a local database and makes them available for search, scripts, and Agents.
Useful when: An Agent needs to find information in WhatsApp conversations or prepare an automation without manually copying messages.
Privacy and limitations: wacli is an unofficial third-party tool, and WhatsApp Web is not a public API, so upstream changes can temporarily break the connection. Synced messages remain in a local SQLite database; protect it like the conversations themselves. Start Agents with —read-only and enable sending only when it is part of an explicitly assigned task.
Open wacli →A Mac that stays awake
Amphetamine
A free macOS app from the Mac App Store that keeps the computer from sleeping. When connected to power, it can keep a MacBook running even with the lid closed.
When it helps: When an agent is working on a longer task and you close the laptop or step away; the work does not fall asleep in the meantime.
Open Amphetamine in the App Store →
