cue

Summon an AI that sees your screen, guides you through any task, or runs it entirely on its own — in the real apps on your Mac.

⌘⇧Space to summon  ·  macOS 14+  ·  bring your own Anthropic key  ·  v0.1

demos

watch it work

Real tasks, real Mac. No staged sandbox — everything happens in the actual apps.

coach mode
you're always in control

cue sees your screen, highlights the exact target, and tells you the next step. you do it, hit Enter, repeat. every action is gated — nothing happens without you. here it walks through creating a GitHub personal access token in software you've never touched.

auto mode
approved steps run themselves

same visibility as coach, but cue executes each approved action for you. high-stakes steps — delete, send, pay — still ask first, no exceptions. everything else just happens.

agent mode
find me a mouse within my budget

one task, typed in plain english. cue goes to Amazon, filters by price, compares options, and surfaces a recommendation — fully in the background while you keep working.

agent mode
clean up my desktop — then undo it

two chained instructions. cue organizes the desktop, then on the second prompt reverses everything it moved. it knows what it did.

three modes

as hands-on as you want

Pick how much control you keep. Switch modes mid-task. cue adapts to your workflow.

👁
Coach

cue sees your screen and narrates the next step, highlighting the exact element to interact with. You execute. Press Enter to continue.

Auto

Same as Coach, but approved actions execute automatically. High-stakes actions — delete, send, pay — always require your explicit confirmation.

🌙
Agent

Fully headless. Task runs in the background while you keep working. Progress appears in a floating chip. Agents can spawn sub-agents for parallel work.

how it works

simple to start

No setup friction. cue walks you through permissions on first launch.

1

Download and launch

Drag cue to Applications. On first launch, it walks you through granting Screen Recording and Accessibility permissions — both required for it to see and control your Mac.

2

Add your Anthropic API key

cue uses your own key — stored securely in macOS Keychain. Your data never leaves your machine. Get a key at console.anthropic.com.

3

Summon with ⌘⇧Space

A floating pill appears. Type your task in plain English — "create a GitHub PAT", "set up an AWS IAM role", "export this table to CSV" — and pick your mode.

4

Watch it go

cue captures your screen, reasons about the next action, and either guides you or executes it directly. Every click, keystroke, and browser action happens in real-time, in the apps already open on your Mac.

hotkeys

keyboard-first

Everything reachable without touching the mouse.

Gesture Action
Space Toggle cue overlay
qq Open in text mode
qqq Open in voice mode (on-device transcription)
Esc Dismiss
Enter Submit task / confirm next step
install

two ways in

Pre-built DMG

Signed, notarized, drag-to-Applications. The fastest way to get started.

↓  Download cue-0.1.dmg

Build from source

Requires Xcode 15+ on macOS 14+. Unsigned builds work fine for local use.

git clone https://github.com/adichaa/cue-oss
cd cue-oss
bash build-app.sh

requirements
macOS 14 Sonoma or newer
Anthropic API key (bring your own — get one here)
Screen Recording permission (to see your screen)
Accessibility permission (to control apps)
Microphone permission (for voice input — optional)
Xcode 15+ only if building from source

try cue

Open source, free to use, runs entirely on your machine. Bring your own API key and go.

↓  Download for Mac View source