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Cue is a free, open-source AI copilot that lives on your screen, sees your screen and hears your meetings, and tries to stay hidden in screen shares, using your own API key from providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google Gemini.
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Why it is worth attention
It provides a private, self-hosted alternative to commercial meeting assistants like Cluely, with real-time screen and audio awareness, and a strong emphasis on staying invisible during screen sharing (though with acknowledged limitations).
Who it is for
- Developers who want a customizable AI assistant for coding and meetings
- Meeting participants who need real-time speaking suggestions or recaps
- Students and learners using it for studying or practice interviews
- Privacy-conscious users who want to avoid third-party cloud services
Use cases
- Get instant coding solutions by pressing ⌘H to analyze a screenshot of a problem
- Receive live suggestions for what to say during a meeting based on conversation context
- Quickly recap a meeting after it ends using the full conversation transcript
- Use as a private, always-available AI assistant for any on-screen task
Strengths
- Best-effort invisibility from screen captures using macOS content protection (identical to DRM and Zoom's own toolbar)
- Three separate input channels (screen, your mic, meeting audio) processed independently and streamed to AI in real time
- No servers, no telemetry, no accounts – API key stored locally and sent only to chosen provider
- Supports multiple AI providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini) with fallback for transcription
Considerations
- Invisibility is best-effort and not guaranteed on macOS 15.4+ or against physical camera recordings
- Requires a personal API key with access to both chat and speech-to-text models (e.g., OpenAI Whisper)
- Ad-hoc signing causes permission grants to reset on rebuild; Zoom users must explicitly change a capture mode setting
README quick start
cue
An open-source AI copilot that floats over your screen — sees what you see, hears your meetings, and stays hidden from screen shares.
A free, self-hosted alternative to Cluely. Bring your own AI key (OpenAI · Anthropic · Google Gemini).
[!IMPORTANT] Please read this first. cue tries to stay out of screen recordings/shares, but this is best-effort, not guaranteed — on macOS 15.4+ Apple can let modern capture tools see it anyway, and a phone camera always can. Using a hidden assistant during a proctored exam, job interview, or recorded meeting may break that platform's rules and, in some places, consent laws. cue is built for legitimate uses — your own notes, studying, accessibility, and practice. You are responsible for how you use it.
On Zoom specifically, whether cue is hidden depends on one setting — Settings → Share Screen → Screen capture mode → "Advanced capture with window filtering."
What it does
cue floats a small glass panel on top of everything. It takes three separate inputs — your screen, your microphone, and your meeting audio (what the other person says) — and uses an AI model to help you in real time.
| Feature | How to trigger | What it uses |
|---|---|---|
| Assist | ⌘ ↵ or the Assist button | your screen + recent conversation |
| What should I say? | button | meeting audio + your mic |
| Follow-up questions | button | the whole conversation |
| Recap | button | the whole conversation |
| Ask anything | type + ↵ | your screen + conversation |
| Solve a coding problem | ⌘ H | your screen only |
| Smart toggle | pill in the box | switches to a smarter (slower) model |
It's a copilot for live meetings ("what do I say to that?") and coding problems (screenshot → full solution), and it's designed to be invisible in screen shares so it stays your private assistant.
Install
There are two ways to install cue. If you're not a developer, use Option A.
Option A — Download the app (easiest)
- Go to the Releases page and download
cue-mac.zip. - Double-click the zip to unzip it. You'll get
cue.app. - Drag
cue.appinto your Applications folder. - First open (important): because cue is a free app without a paid Apple certificate, macOS will refuse to ope
Description
Open-source macOS AI copilot that floats over your screen, sees/hears your meetings, and stays hidden from screen shares. Cluely alternative, bring-your-own-key.
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