Show HN: Agentray, a macOS agent whose interface is a folder

Agentray, a new macOS app by an unnamed developer, lets users interact with LLMs by dropping files into folders instead of using chat, with the folder name serving as the instruction. The app, currently in Test Flight, defaults to Apple's on-device model or Gemma 4 via MLX, with optional OpenRouter key support.

Hi, I'm not a fan of chat as the main UI for interacting with AI, so I'm trying something where you interact with LLMs by handling regular files and folders. Agentray is an invisible AI agent. You point it at a folder, it creates "in" "out", and "done" dirs in it. Whatever you drop into "in" gets summarised, the answer appears in "out", and the original moves to "done" so you can see what's been handled. If you want something other than a summary, make a subfolder and name it: drop a file into "in/translate to french" and that name is the instruction. No prompt to write, no config file, just mkdir. By default it uses Apple's on-device model or Gemma 4 through MLX. You can also set your OpenRouter key for additional models. It'll be a free app but until I work out bugs, you can get it from Test Flight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/MRwp3e1P https://testflight.apple.com/join/MRwp3e1P Happy to get any feedback Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49555446 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49555446 Points: 1 Comments: 0