{"slug": "flashcat-a-local-ai-assistant-for-the-mac-terminal-that-asks-first", "title": "Flashcat – a local AI assistant for the Mac terminal that asks first", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "# Flashcat – a local AI assistant for the Mac terminal that asks first\n\nBy TomTomsenSource: \n\n[Hacker News AI](https://news.ycombinator.com)\nArticle URL: [https://github.com/TomTomsen765/flashcat](https://github.com/TomTomsen765/flashcat)\n\nComments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49854766](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49854766)\n\nPoints: 1\n\n# Comments: 0\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/flashcat-a-local-ai-assistant-for-the-mac-terminal-that-asks-first", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/flashcat-a-local-ai-assistant-for-the-mac-terminal-that-asks-vq38", "published_at": "2026-09-26 09:24:14+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-26 12:30:57.470596+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "ai-products", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Flashcat", "TomTomsen", "Mac", "GitHub", "Hacker News"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/flashcat-a-local-ai-assistant-for-the-mac-terminal-that-asks-first", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/flashcat-a-local-ai-assistant-for-the-mac-terminal-that-asks-first.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/flashcat-a-local-ai-assistant-for-the-mac-terminal-that-asks-first.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/flashcat-a-local-ai-assistant-for-the-mac-terminal-that-asks-first.jsonld"}}