{"repo":"cai-layer/cai","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/cai-layer/cai","clone":"git clone https://github.com/cai-layer/cai.git","description":"Press ⌥C on anything. Transform with AI, scripts, and shortcuts on any selection. 100% local and private.","language":"Swift","stars":54,"topics":["clipboard-manager","llm","local-ai","macos","menu-bar","privacy","productivity","swiftui"],"license":"MIT","category":"mobile-apps","readme_excerpt":"Cai Act on anything. Locally. Select any text or image. Run custom AI actions, chain them into pipelines, and route results anywhere. Zero app switching. Website · Docs · Download · Extensions --- What Select any text or image anywhere, press ⌥C , and run AI prompts, shell scripts, and connectors like GitHub and Linear. Chain them into pipelines that fire on a single keystroke. Without the app switching. One hotkey, no config, everything runs locally. No cloud. No telemetry. No accounts. How It Works 1. Select text or copy an image anywhere on your Mac 2. Press ⌥C (Option+C) 3. Cai detects the content type and shows relevant actions 4. Pick an action with arrow keys or ⌘1–9 5. Hit return to finish. Result is auto-copied to your clipboard — just ⌘V to paste Examples: - Take a screenshot → Create GitHub issue - Select a recipe → Ask AI: \"Extract ingredients for 2 people\" - Select \"serendipity\" → Define, Explain, Translate, Search - Select \"Let's meet Tuesday at 3pm at Starbucks\" → Create calendar event, Open in Maps - Select an email in Mail → Reply, Summarize, Translate Chain example: Select an article URL → fetch the page → summarize → post to Slack. Four steps. One ⌥C. → Read the full How It Works guide Let your coding agent build your actions Cai speaks MCP, so Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex can author your actions for you. Describe what you want in the agent you already use and it proposes an action. Cai holds the proposal until you approve it, and from then on the action r","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/cai-layer","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/cai-layer/cai/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}