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Show HN: Screen memory without screenshots, just text to Markdown

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It's a macOS menu bar app that reads the text of your focused window every few seconds through the Accessibility API. No screenshots, no video, or OCR. It writes plain markdown, one file per day, into a folder you choose. Point Claude Code (or anything with file access) at the folder and ask "what…

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  1. 2026-08-25 04:33 · Hacker News Front Page
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