Vigil: Buy vs Skip (Mac Agent Teams Running Unattended Sessions)
IF your agency's delivery runs long AI coding agent sessions on macOS 14 or later and you need the Mac to stay awake until Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI, pi, or OpenCode actually finishes, fails, or times out, THEN Vigil at $3.99 one-time is a near-zero-risk purchase backed by a 30-day refund. IF your delivery stack is Windows or Linux, or your agents only run in short interactive bursts, THEN skip it because Vigil has no build for those platforms and no value when sessions never outlast the display sleep timer.
By InnovaAI ResearchPublished
Vigil: Buy vs Skip (Mac Agent Teams Running Unattended Sessions)
“IF your agency's delivery runs long AI coding agent sessions on macOS 14 or later and you need the Mac to stay awake until Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI, pi, or OpenCode actually finishes, fails, or times out, THEN Vigil at $3.99 one-time is a near-zero-risk purchase backed by a 30-day refund. IF your delivery stack is Windows or Linux, or your agents only run in short interactive bursts, THEN skip it because Vigil has no build for those platforms and no value when sessions never outlast the display sleep timer.”
- Client delivery includes unattended agent runs (overnight refactors, batch test generation, multi-file migrations) where a sleeping Mac silently kills the job
- Your developers are on macOS 14 or later and already use at least one supported agent: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI, pi, or OpenCode
- You want lifecycle-hook accuracy instead of CPU-load guessing, so the sleep hold releases the moment an agent waits for input rather than holding the Mac awake indefinitely
- One license key covers two Macs, which fits a two-developer pod or a lead plus a backup machine without buying a second seat
- You bill agent-assisted delivery on retainer and need a defensible reason the machine stayed awake through a 4-hour run
- Any part of the delivery team develops on Windows or Linux, since Vigil is macOS-only and cannot be deployed there
- Agent sessions at your agency are short and interactive, finishing well inside the default display sleep window, so the sleep hold never triggers
- You need centralized fleet management, audit logs, or admin controls across dozens of Macs, because Vigil is a per-machine menu bar app with no reported enterprise console
- Your clients prohibit third-party menu bar utilities on managed devices, which blocks installation regardless of the $3.99 price
- You expect the tool to restart failed agents or recover lost work, because Vigil only prevents sleep and does not supervise or retry agent processes
More on Vigil
- StrategyWhy Vigil Turns Unattended Agent Runs Into Billable Agency Delivery
- ConceptVigil Sleep-Hold Window
- Evaluation RuleWhen to Adopt Vigil: Only If Your Client's Agent Runs Are Unattended and Mac-Based
- Failure PatternThe Vigil Timeout Trap: Why Agencies Fail With Vigil on Long Agent Runs
- Implementation BlueprintVigil Client Agent Uptime Deployment (5-7 days)
- Operating ProcedureVigil Agent Hook Deployment and Sleep Hold Configuration (Onboarding)