Set up the mobile app

Install the Vato companion app, sign in with your Vato account and follow your desktop conversations from your phone.

The Vato mobile app is a companion to Vato Desktop. It shows the conversations running on your computer, lets you answer the agent's questions and send new prompts, and notifies you when something needs you.

Install and sign in

  1. Install the Vato app on your iPhone or Android phone.
  2. Open it and tap Continue with my Vato account.
  3. A secure browser opens on vatoide.com. Sign in with the same account you use on your computer.
  4. The browser closes and the app syncs on its own.

If the sign-in takes more than five minutes, the app shows Authentication timeout (5 min). Tap the button again to restart.

Connect your computer

If the app has never seen your computer, it shows Connect Vato IDE on your Mac:

  1. Download Vato IDE on your computer. See Install Vato and sign in.
  2. Sign in with the same account.
  3. Come back to the app: your conversations appear.

Know if your computer is online

The top of the app tells you which computers are reachable:

MessageMeaning
Connected to nameYour computer is online. You can send prompts.
name offlineVato is closed, asleep or signed out on that computer.
No device connectedNo computer with your account is online.

To fix an offline computer, open Vato IDE on it and make sure you are signed in.

What you can do from your phone

The app has four tabs: Chats, Bots, Design and Settings.

  • Start a conversation: choose a computer, then a project, then the AI account to use.
  • Write or dictate a prompt. Tap Start voice recording to dictate.
  • Use slash commands, switch between Plan and execution mode, and Add files.
  • Stop a turn that is going the wrong way.
  • Review a plan: when an agent shows PLAN READY, choose Discuss or Start implementation.
  • Approve or deny requests from your Team inbox.
  • Manage Bots and follow their missions. See Bots on mobile.

Turn on notifications

  1. Go to Settings → Push notifications.
  2. Tap Add this phone.
  3. Choose what you want to be told about: Questions and approvals, Final responses and Monitoring completed.

Delete your account

You can delete your Vato account directly in the app from Settings → Delete my account. This can't be undone.