🔒 Security & install details

Built for trust. Inspect before you install.

Yo Human connects to your local AI workflow, so you should never run it blind. The installer is plain, readable shell — you (or your AI assistant) can read every line before anything runs.

✅ Yo Human runs locally and only watches the projects/sessions you choose.

✅ Inspect first — download the installer, read it, then run it. We never ask you to blind-pipe a remote script.

✅ We never upload your source code, and never send secrets or file contents in notifications.

✅ Uninstall anytime — it's a few local files and config entries (listed below).

📦What Yo Human installs

One setup, one channel code covers Claude Code, Cowork & Chat. Under the hood there are two small installers — here's exactly what each one touches:

Claude CodeCowork & Chat

Claude Code: a local ~/.yohuman/ folder (your private channel + small shell scripts), and global notification hooks added to ~/.claude/settings.json so each session can buzz your phone. Opt-in two-way scripts for Approve/Reject.

Cowork & Chat: a local ~/.yohuman-cowork/ folder (a small Node plug-in), registered in the Claude app's claude_desktop_config.json (your original is backed up first).

⚙️What Yo Human does

✓Notices when Claude finishes, needs your approval, or hits an error
✓Sends a push to your paired phone (via the Yo Human app) on your private channel
✓Lets you Approve / Reject from your phone, and applies your answer locally
✓Helps your AI sessions ask you for input, approval, or direction

🚫What Yo Human does NOT do

✕Does not upload your source code
✕Does not send .env secrets or file contents in notifications
✕Does not deploy code
✕Does not modify unrelated projects
✕Does not run destructive commands on its own
✕Does not silently install across your whole machine

🖥️What changes on your Mac (exact)

›Files created: ~/.yohuman/ (Code) or ~/.yohuman-cowork/ (Cowork)
›Config touched (Code): Yo Human hooks added to ~/.claude/settings.json, and a "Yo Human" section appended to ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md (for the "I'm away / I'm back" control)
›Config touched (Cowork): a yohuman entry added to claude_desktop_config.json (original backed up to .yohuman-backup)
›Background process: none by default. Only if you opt into two-way approvals does a small local listener start (you can turn it off anytime).
›Network calls: a short notification for your channel to the Yo Human push service, plus anonymous setup/usage events. No code or file contents are ever sent.

🧹How to uninstall

It's all local — you can remove it by hand, or just tell your AI "remove Yo Human" and it can do these steps (everything is readable):

Claude Code:

# turn off two-way first (if you enabled it)
bash ~/.yohuman/yohuman-approve-off.sh 2>/dev/null

# remove the Yo Human files
rm -rf ~/.yohuman

# then remove the Yo Human hooks from ~/.claude/settings.json
# (delete the PermissionRequest / Notification / Stop / StopFailure entries),
# and the "Yo Human" section from ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md. Restart Claude Code.

Claude Desktop / Cowork:

# restore your original Claude config (or remove the "yohuman" entry)
cp "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json.yohuman-backup" \
   "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json"

# remove the plug-in files
rm -rf ~/.yohuman-cowork

# then fully quit and reopen the Claude app.

Finally, on your phone open the Yo Human app and remove the channel (or just delete the app). That's everything — Yo Human leaves nothing else behind.

To delete your data: removing the channel in the app (or deleting the app) purges your device's push token from our servers, so notifications stop. To also delete your account info & usage counters, email support@yohuman.ai.

🔎Inspect the source & verify

The installer is published as source-available code — read it, run it for your own use, but no redistribution or derivative works (see the license in the repo):

github.com/GITFischerAI/yohuman-install

Read the raw scripts directly: install.sh (Claude Code) · cowork-install.sh (Cowork)

Verify your download against these SHA-256 checksums (shasum -a 256 yohuman-install.sh):

install.sh         a5c7c8785798272307093769dd275a33c40c3af008543185c6ac45d757062d53
cowork-install.sh  4a2588bf7a09476ed1456326cb668a425de5fcbd6ee55c3dc9463a0c7b423c07
yohuman-mcp.mjs    6cfa8ec86408187341082aa76d6a0fd43c7c15c187e5801047743f3776e0a920