Show HN: Deiko – point at your screen, talk, and hand the brief to your agent

Developer Deiko released version 0.4.3 of its macOS app Deiko, a free-to-try tool that lets users double-tap Right Option, point at screen elements while speaking, and receive a cropped, labelled brief plus screenshots to drag into an AI agent such as Claude Code. Deiko runs on macOS 14+ for Apple Silicon and Intel, keeps screenshots and briefs on-device, deletes audio after transcription, and uses cloud transcription for the first 30 minutes before switching to on-device processing; a Pro tier at $3.99/mo restores cloud transcription and supports a user's own Sarvam or Groq key. The app is signed with a self-signed certificate rather than an Apple Developer ID, so installation requires a curl script that runs one xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine command and copies the roughly 110MB bundle to /Applications.

macOS, 0.4.3, free to try: curl -fsSL https://deiko.app/install.sh https://deiko.app/install.sh | sh I kept losing time explaining my own screen to Claude Code. Screenshot, crop, paste, then type three paragraphs describing which dropdown I meant. The context was all right in front of me and I was transcribing it by hand. Deiko: double-tap Right Option, and it listens while following your cursor. Hover what you mean while you talk — "this dropdown closes when I scroll, keep it open". Each thing you point at gets cropped and labelled. Tap Option to stop, and you get a brief plus the screenshots, which you drag into whatever agent you use. Works with two languages mixed in one sentence, which is how I actually talk. Screenshots and briefs never leave the Mac. Audio is transcribed then deleted; first 30 minutes use cloud transcription, after that it runs on-device forever. Things you should know before installing: - It's signed with a self-signed cert, not an Apple Developer ID, because I haven't paid the $99. That's why there's an install script: macOS quarantines the bundle, and the GUI "Open Anyway" misses the Node runtime nested inside, which then fails silently minutes later mid-transcription. The script is one xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine and a copy to /Applications. Read it first, it's short. - The bundle is ~110MB, mostly that Node runtime. - macOS 14+, Apple Silicon and Intel. - Pro $3.99/mo adds cloud transcription back and your own Sarvam/Groq key. Everything else is free and always will be. The thing I'm least sure about is whether pointing-while-talking actually beats just typing for people who aren't me. If you try it and it felt slower, I'd genuinely like to hear that. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49731089 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49731089 Points: 1 Comments: 0