Get a phone call when a Cowork task needs you.
When Claude Cowork asks you something through Pushary, the question goes to your phone first. If you have not answered after 2 minutes, Pushary calls you. You can set Call after to 1, 2, or 3 minutes. Answer on the call and Claude Cowork gets your answer, while it is still waiting for it. Beta: numbers in Germany, calls in English.
Updated
Beta limits
- Calls reach numbers in Germany.
- Calls work for 11 agents (listed below) today.
- Codex rings after 1 minute while "Call sooner when an agent waits less" is on, the default.
- Gemini CLI rings after 1 minute while "Call sooner when an agent waits less" is on, the default.
- Calls are in English.
Ask, wait, escalate, record
That is the whole loop. The call is step three, and it only happens when the push did not reach you.
1. Ask
Claude Cowork sends its request to your phone. The push says what it wants to do and in which project, so you know which agent needs you.
2. Wait
Claude Cowork waits for your answer. Silence is never a yes. An unanswered question stays unanswered.
3. Escalate
If you have not answered after 2 minutes, Pushary calls you. You can set Call after to 1, 2, or 3 minutes. Only inside your calling hours, at most 5 calls in 24 hours, and never once the request is answered.
4. Record
Your answer goes back to Claude Cowork and into your activity record, marked "by phone call". Each call is listed in Settings under Call history.
Give Cowork its standing instructions first
Cowork asks through Pushary when its standing instructions tell it to. Paste the block from Pushary's Settings, Connections into Claude's Settings, Your Claude, where Cowork's global instructions live. Cowork then sends risky steps and open decisions to your phone, and those are the questions Pushary calls you about.
A question Claude Cowork asks through the connector stays open for 10 minutes. Pushary only calls while it is open. Pushary never answers a question for you: when one closes unanswered, Claude Cowork is told and asks you in its own chat instead.
If you have not answered after 2 minutes, Pushary calls you. You can set Call after to 1, 2, or 3 minutes.
Cowork may ask you to approve the Pushary tool call inside the session first. Keep the standing instructions to the moments that matter, so that approval does not come up for every update.
Cowork's own prompts in Manual mode (formerly Ask before acting), and system dialogs on the desktop, stay on your computer. Pushary cannot call about them.
What the call says
These lines come from the script Pushary's calls use, with Claude Cowork's name filled in. Calls are in English during the beta.
- Pushary
Hi Sam, it's Pushary. Claude Cowork has a question for you in vendor-cleanup. It's asking: The vendor list has 3 duplicates. Which entries should I keep? Keep the newest or Keep the oldest?
- You
Keep the newest
- Pushary
Just to be sure, your answer is: Keep the newest. Is that right?
- You
Yes.
Got it, I've passed that on to Claude Cowork.
A call ends on its own after about 85 seconds.
When it calls, and when it does not
Pushary calls only when all of this is true
- Claude Cowork is waiting on a request you have not answered on your phone.
- Call after has passed: 2 minutes, or the 1, 2, or 3 minutes you pick.
- It is inside your calling hours: 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM in your time zone, every day, unless you pick Weekdays only. A question that comes in outside them gets its call when your calling hours start, if it is still open then.
- You have had fewer calls in the last 24 hours than your limit: 5 by default, up to 10.
- Your workspace has call minutes left.
It does not call when
- The request is already answered.
- The question stops waiting before your calling hours start. The push still arrives, but your phone does not ring.
- Claude Cowork would stop waiting before the call could end.
- Calls are off, or your number is not confirmed with a test call yet.
- The request asks several questions at once.
- You reached your call limit for the last 24 hours, or your workspace ran out of minutes. Push notifications keep working.
Before a yes counts, Pushary reads the step back and asks again. A step that cannot be undone is called out first.
If a Pushary call to you is already running, Pushary tries again after 3 minutes, up to 3 times, while the request still waits.
Some requests can only be approved in the Pushary app. On those, the call can still say no or tell the agent what to do instead.
Miss the call too and nothing is answered for you. The request waits in the Pushary app while the agent still waits for it.
Set up phone calls for Claude Cowork
Connect Claude Cowork once, then turn on calls in Settings. It takes a few minutes.
1. Connect Pushary in Claude
Open Pushary in the Claude directory, choose Connect, and sign in with the Pushary account that owns your workspace.
https://claude.ai/directory/pushary2. Turn it on in Cowork
In a Cowork session, open the + menu, then Connectors, and turn on Pushary.
3. Paste the standing instructions
Copy the block from Pushary's Settings, Connections and paste it into Claude's Settings, Your Claude, where Cowork's global instructions live.
4. Open Phone calls in Settings
Sign in at pushary.com, open Settings and pick the Phone calls tab.
5. Your number
Enter your number and your first name, then tap Save number. During the beta, Pushary calls numbers in Germany.
6. Test call
Pushary calls you once. Answer the call and confirm your number when asked.
7. Turn on
Tick the box that lets Pushary call you with an AI voice, then tap Turn on calls.
8. When Pushary may call
Set Call after, Calling hours, Weekdays only and Calls a day, at most, then tap Save rules.
Call minutes on each plan
Phone calls come with Agent, Agent Pro, and Team. The 3-day free trial includes 5 call minutes. The full monthly minutes start with your paid plan.
| Plan | Price | Call minutes |
|---|---|---|
| Agent | $9.99 a month | 10 min a month |
| Agent Pro | $19.99 a month | 20 min a month |
| Team | $59 a month for 5 people | 60 min a month |
- Minutes are shared by everyone in the workspace. You can buy more in Settings as a one-time purchase.
- These are web prices. The phone app's store shows its own price and trial terms.
Every way to get a phone call from Claude Cowork
Each row is what the product's own page or README said when we checked it. Most of these ring when the agent decides to. Pushary rings only after you miss the push.
| Option | How it reaches you | When it rings | Answer on the call | Published price | Where it stops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pushary | A real phone call to your number, after a push | Only after you miss the push for 2 minutes (you pick 1, 2, or 3), in your calling hours, at most 5 in 24 hours | Yes. It reads the step back before a yes counts | $19.99 a month on Agent Pro, with 20 call minutes | Numbers in Germany. Calls in English |
| Paigy | A CallKit call in its iPhone app | When the agent judges it urgent, under a mode you set. LockedIn rings for every notification. A dismissed call retries after 10 minutes, 30 minutes and 2 hours | Yes, by voice | Free | iPhone only. It rings its app, not a phone number |
| CallMeMCP | A call in its iPhone or Android app, over the internet | When the agent decides to call | Yes. Your spoken reply goes back as text | A subscription in the app. No price on its site | At most 10 calls an hour and 40 a day to one number |
Where Pushary is weaker
- Today Pushary calls numbers in Germany. App-based callers ring their own app, so they work in any country, and a Twilio or Telnyx setup reaches any number your account covers.
- Pushary calls for 11 agents (listed below) today. Most call tools are MCP servers, so they work with any MCP client.
- Paigy and Twring are free right now, agentring Pro is $12 for 100 minutes, and ntfy's paid plans cost less per call. What Pushary charges for is no setup, the push first and the call only on a miss, the limits, and the record.
- Calls are in English only.
Which agents can call you
Push approvals and questions already reach your phone from every agent below. Phone calls are in beta for the agents marked yes.
| Agent | On your phone today | Phone call |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Yes, in beta |
| Codex | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Yes, in beta |
| Gemini CLI | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Yes, in beta |
| fx | Questions, when the agent asks | Yes, in beta |
| Hermes | Approvals, through its Pushary plugin | Yes, in beta |
| Claude Chat | Questions, when the agent asks | Yes, in beta |
| ChatGPT | Questions, when the agent asks | Yes, in beta |
| Claude Cowork | Questions, when the agent asks | Yes, in beta |
| Cline | Questions, when the agent asks | Yes, in beta |
| Lovable | Questions, when the agent asks | Yes, in beta |
| Grok Bot | Questions, when the agent asks | Yes, in beta |
| Qwen Code | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Not yet |
| CodeBuddy | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Not yet |
| Qoder | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Not yet |
| Droid | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Not yet |
| Devin CLI | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Not yet |
| Antigravity CLI | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Not yet |
| Grok Build | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Not yet |
| Windsurf | Questions, when the agent asks | Not yet |
| Cursor | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Not yet |
| VS Code | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Not yet |
| OpenCode | Approvals, enforced by its hooks | Not yet |
Questions about Claude Cowork phone calls
Can Claude Cowork call me when a task needs my decision?
Not by itself. With Pushary, a question Cowork asks goes to your phone, and if you miss it Pushary calls you. Numbers in Germany, calls in English.
Will Cowork ring me for its Manual mode prompts?
No. Those prompts, and system dialogs on the desktop, stay on your computer. Pushary calls only about questions Cowork sends through the connector.
Does answering a Cowork call restart a finished task?
No. The call answers a question Cowork is still waiting on. Once a Cowork turn has ended, the connector cannot reopen it or start a new task.
What happens to a Cowork question I miss on the phone?
It closes 10 minutes after Cowork sent it. Claude is told it closed, does not take the step it asked about, and asks you in the Cowork chat instead.