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Flashcat – a local AI assistant for the Mac terminal that asks first

Developer TomTomsen released Flashcat, a local AI assistant for the Mac terminal that asks for confirmation before acting, according to a Hacker News AI post linking to the project's GitHub repository. The Hacker News submission (item 49854766) had 1 point and 0 comments at the time of the post.

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Flashcat – a local AI assistant for the Mac terminal that asks first
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By TomTomsenSource:

[Hacker News AI](https://news.ycombinator.com)
Article URL: [https://github.com/TomTomsen765/flashcat](https://github.com/TomTomsen765/flashcat)

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49854766](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49854766)

Points: 1

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