I tried the Ulanzi Vibe Key AU05, a small silver and white keypad with a pressable knob, three keys and a built-in microphone, made for talking to and steering AI coding agents. I bought the version without the stand. I unbox it (USB-C receiver, braided USB-C cable, lanyard, documentation), weigh it on my scale (83 g), connect it to my Mac with the Ulanzi Studio app, pick the AU05 as the microphone input, map the keys for the Claude Code voice input and send workflow, and scroll a terminal with the knob. One of the built-in presets didn't suit my setup, so I went back to my own mapping. I finish with a low-light check of the knob light and the key legends. I think it's a well-made device for agent users.
00:00 Knob scrolling a terminal 00:05 What the Vibe Key is 00:30 What's in the box 00:45 Build, knob and keys 01:00 Weighing it: 83 g 01:25 Connecting to the Mac with Ulanzi Studio 02:11 Fixing the microphone input 02:30 Voice input and knob scroll 02:51 Confirm and cancel keys 03:05 The built-in preset that didn't suit me 03:46 Back to my own mapping 03:55 Low-light check 04:12 Verdict
Oh it is scrolling here as well.
So even on ghost you can actually scroll it.
What's up guys this video is for tech guys who use
a lot of agents like Cloud Code and Codex. I really try now. So
What is the next evolution?
I found this device made by Olanzi and it's a VibeKey. It's more like you
have a mouse, a bunch of keys to control your agents
and it can connect with Mac, Windows.
It also has a version with the stand.
I bought the one without the stand and this is what came
out of it. Some documentation the device itself.
A type C dongle for its connection
and actually braided type C cable.
It has a good quality lanyard with it.
and then you have this metal built device it has this knob
which is also pressable so you can press
it and then you have different keys mic tick cancel
and they call them k1 k2 k3 you have the power
button here all right let's try it 83 grams let's
do another test just in case yeah 83 grams so and
it feels really solid in the hand there is subtle click to it
so let me take it in front of the mic
Not sure if you can hear it, but it is there. Keys are...
they have a very good travel distance as you can see
and so the next test is to actually connect it
to my mac and see how it works. this is the Launchy app,
Launchy Studio app. let me pair it and it has
linked i think. i can already see that it has detected it
and now you can see we have the device
here it's called vibe key. you have navigation,
voice input, confirm, cancel. so for example this one
hotkey fn let's say i press
this one what would happen nothing happened i guess i need to
understand how does it work or manually assign commands to it
so if i press and give this space
and then save then come here and say hey how
are you doing today no audio detected from microphone
let me go to settings here and then go to sound
This is the one AU05 hey hey hey hey yes
so now i have selected it now let's try this one
hey can you hear me now oh nice nice nice
and it was very fast actually so you can
do the scroll i think oh oh nice you can use it
as a scroller oh it is scrolling here as well
So even on Go 3 you can actually scroll it.
So right now confirm just press enter
and now I pressed enter and as you can see it was sent.
And now the cancel.
Cancel is just escape
which is also in most of case just cancels whatever is running.
This is the one Claude for vibe key.
It's made by
then new chat voice input
and send this one set this as a default profile let's try this now
so now how to what do i do oh what what what
the hell i should have just stuck to mine
yeah i would not advise you to use
the whatever this is because it's not for
the cloud code i think it is for the cloud maybe desktop app because
All these keys are wrong.
See, every time I press it, it just opens a new window.
Let me just delete it.
And I never want to use it again.
Okay, it should work now.
Hey, can you hear me now?
and let's press send. and it sent. okay now the final test
which is the light test. so idea is
that even at night you can actually make out the buttons
but you can barely make them out. oh
that's nice. because i connected it
with agent status it's telling me that it is working. although
I would have liked if the light illuminated
from these buttons from the inside. so the knob looks
I got it for $60 and I'm pretty happy with the purchase I think
because it would be just sitting
on my desktop and just pick it up
and then just talk to my agent right and of course I would
optimize it further by finding the right commands
for example to switch between different tabs but
anyway this is VibeKey by Olanzi.
I think it's a well-made device for the current agent. Let me know
About your thoughts as well. Take care. Bye
