Atticus

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1. Oct 12
   Show HN: Atticus, a hold-to-talk macOS assistant built on Claude -p

   Ninth-grader Saarth posted Atticus on Hacker News, an open-source macOS assistant that runs when you hold Control-Option-Space and speak or type a task. Simple tasks such as opening apps, playing a Spotify playlist or web queries are handled locally and typically finish in under a second — opening apps takes about 0.08 seconds — while more complex tasks go to Claude via claude -p, requiring no API key and running on an existing Claude Pro or Max plan, with the author saying tasks average a fraction of a cent. Atticus remembers the steps of a task done correctly the first time and replays them later without AI (a new-meeting workflow dropped from about 30 seconds to 5–8 seconds), and it builds up personal context; deletes, sends, purchases and file writes prompt for confirmation first. It requires macOS 26 or later for local voice transcription, and the author says a meeting copilot is in progress and that the free, open-source project still has many rough edges.

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