The privateAI assistant for Macthat shows you where to click
Stuck on a panel you haven't touched in months? Say “Hey Guide.” It sees what's on screen, finds the control you need, and points at it. Private, local-first, no GuideLayer server in the loop.
Guide active
Target located
Export → Markdown
Screen-aware
AI that can see your screen
Voice-first
Hey Guide from any app
Shows where to click
Animated guide cursor
Private
Keys in Keychain, your Mac
A screen-awareAI assistantfor Mac
ChatGPT can't see your Figma file. GuideLayer can. It captures what's on screen, finds the button you mean, and walks you to it. On-screen AI guidance without the “describe your entire UI” ritual.
Screen-aware
Screenshot-grounded answers
Local-first
Claude Code + Codex sign-ins
Private
No GuideLayer server in the loop
Guided
Shows you where to click
One screen-aware
AI assistant
Point at a button when you're lost. Talk through a workflow when you're learning. Save the whole thing when you'll need it again.
Screen Guidance
A luminous reticle lands on the exact control. Captions and highlights follow. You watch it happen instead of parsing a wall of text.
Voice Workflow
"Hey Guide" from the menu bar, or push-to-talk while your hands stay on the keyboard. Answers stream back while you keep working.
Tutor & Memory
Walk through real software step by step. Save guided tutorials as cheat sheets. GuideLayer remembers what you already figured out.
Click Export → Markdown
Shows you whereto click
You ask about something on screen. GuideLayer grabs a screenshot, reads the accessibility tree, and sends a reticle to the right element. Not approximate coordinates. The actual button.
- ScreenCaptureKit snapshots on demand
- Accessibility-tree targeting, not guesswork
- Response cards float over the app you're in
Ask hands-free
GuideLayer sits in your menu bar. Say “Hey Guide” while you're mid-export, mid-debug, hands on the trackpad. It's a voice AI assistant for Mac that answers about what's actually visible, not what you can remember to describe.
"Hey Guide" wake word
Always-listening, on-device
Push-to-talk hotkey
Works from any focused app
Streaming speech
Audio starts after first sentence
Dictation mode
Type by voice into the input bar
Listening
“Hey Guide, how do I export this?”
GuideLayer
I can see your export panel. Click Export in the top right, then select Markdown from the format dropdown.
A software tutor
for Mac
A software tutor for Mac, aimed at people learning Figma, Xcode, or whatever tool their job suddenly requires. Guided software tutorials, not flashcards for your chemistry exam.
Teach me
Explain the why, then walk you through the how
Do it with me
One step, one click, verified before the next
Quiz me
Drill what you just learned in the app itself
Skill levels
Beginner through Expert, per app
Guided tutorials
Say “walk me through this export.” GuideLayer builds a live tour from your actual workspace: reticle, highlights, captions, narration. Your screen, not a stock screenshot.
Learning library
After a session, GuideLayer keeps per-app memories. Next time you open Figma, it already knows you prefer Markdown exports and hate the default PNG settings.
A moment of help
becomes a reference
You just figured out a weird export path. Don't lose it. Turn the session into a tutorial, cheat sheet, or checklist. Export to Markdown or PDF. It lives on your Mac, not in someone's cloud.
Tutorial
12 steps
Cheat sheet
1 page
Checklist
8 items
Agent Mode
RunningRefactor export module
Using Claude Code sign-in
Research API pagination
Codex app-server
Ask Agent
Add error handling for network timeouts…
Hand off deeper work
to background agents
Sometimes pointing isn't enough. Agent Mode hands deeper work to background agents on your Codex subscription: refactors, research, doc rewrites. A status HUD shows progress while you keep using your Mac.
- → Claude Code and Codex sign-ins first, metered API as fallback
- → Live agent dock so you see the handoff
- → Skill library for dev, docs, and macOS automation
A private AI assistant — enforced in code
Local-first Mac AI assistant, not a fully offline one. Inference runs through your Claude Code and Codex sign-ins. We're upfront about that. The privacy guarantees are in the code, not a landing page promise.
No GuideLayer server
Your Claude Code and Codex sign-ins handle inference. We don't sync keys or route traffic through our backend.
Keys in Keychain
API keys live in macOS Keychain. Not in a plist. Not in a config file you forgot to gitignore.
Encrypted memory
SQLCipher for conversations. AES-256-GCM vault for screenshots. Screenshots off unless you turn them on.
Privacy Center
One-switch incognito. Per-app capture blocklist. A live readout of which inference route is active right now.
Current inference route
Claude Code sign-in first · Screenshots: off · Incognito: off
Built for how
you actually work
A screen-aware AI guide for software onboarding, training, and personal digital adoption on Mac. Pick a lane below.
Use case
Software Onboarding
Use case
Interactive Walkthrough Software
Use case
Digital Adoption on Mac
Use case
Employee Software Training
Use case
AI Computer Help for Seniors
Use case
AI Executive Assistant for Mac
Industry
AI Assistant for Small Business
Industry
AI Assistant for Developers on Mac
Get GuideLayer
for Mac
Developer ID-signed and notarized. Sparkle auto-update. We ship outside the Mac App Store because screen-aware guidance needs system-wide Accessibility access the sandbox won't allow.
v1.0.0 · Apple Silicon only · Commercial license by Sequenxa
Requirements
- Apple Silicon Mac (arm64) with recent macOS
- Claude Code (`claude` + Node.js) installed and signed in
- Codex installed and signed in
- Direct download DMG — not on the Mac App Store
Optional
- ElevenLabs, Cartesia, or Deepgram for premium voice
- OpenAI or Ollama keys for additional model providers
- Parakeet MLX + Edge TTS for a fully local voice loop