ai assistant for coding
AI Assistant for Developers on Mac
Runs on your Claude Code and Codex sign-ins. Screen guidance for unfamiliar tools, agent mode for refactors, tutor mode for new frameworks.
You know your editor. You don't know every admin panel, deployment dashboard, or design tool the job suddenly requires.
Copilot and Claude Code help inside the IDE. They don't help when you're staring at a Vercel settings page, a Figma export dialog, or a client's Jira instance configured in ways the docs don't cover.
GuideLayer runs on your Claude Code and Codex sign-ins. Screen guidance for unfamiliar UIs. Agent mode for refactors. Tutor mode when you need to learn a tool fast.
What actually works
Beyond the IDE
Screen-aware guidance for any Mac app or browser tab. The deployment UI, the design handoff, the PM tool your client insists on.
Your existing AI subscriptions
Sign in with Claude Code and Codex. Primary inference path costs nothing extra per token.
Agent mode for real work
Hand off refactors, test generation, and doc updates to background agents. Not just autocomplete.
Tutor mode for new frameworks
Learning SwiftUI, a new testing framework, or an unfamiliar CLI? Guided walkthroughs with on-screen pointers.
Workflow examples
First deploy on a new platform
You've deployed to AWS before. This project uses Railway, or Fly, or a client's custom dashboard.
- 01Open the deployment UI. Ask GuideLayer how to set environment variables and trigger a build.
- 02Follow the reticle through the settings you haven't clicked before.
- 03Save the walkthrough for the next service you add.
Design handoff without Figma fluency
The designer sent a Figma link. You need to export assets and inspect spacing.
- 01Open the file. Ask how to export the icons at 2x.
- 02GuideLayer points at the right panels in the live Figma window.
- 03Skip the ten-minute hunt through menus you've used twice.
Agent-assisted refactor
A module needs restructuring and you'd rather describe the goal than click through every file.
- 01Switch to agent mode. Describe the refactor scope.
- 02Background agent works on your Codex subscription while you review the diff.
- 03Use tutor mode if you hit an unfamiliar pattern in the toolchain.
Developers don't need another chat window. They need something that sees the screen they're actually stuck on and knows how to use the tools they haven't learned yet.
Related guides
Try GuideLayer on your Mac
Screen-aware, private, local-first. Download for Apple Silicon with Claude Code and Codex already signed in.