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For Mac

Know what you owe people before you go to bed.

At the end of the day it reads your texts, email, calendar and coursework, then tells you what still needs you — and drafts the replies for you to approve.

Download for Mac free while testing
Claude Desktop
run my digest

Needs a reply

  • Sam — asked if you're free Thursday. 6 hours, no answer.
  • Priya — still waiting on your half of the slides. Second time she's asked.

Due soon

  • Biology — lab report, tomorrow 11:59pm. Not submitted.
  • History — essay outline, Friday. Mr Hale moved it back a day.

You said you'd

  • Send Jordan the reading list — three days ago, still not done.

Want me to reply to Priya?

sorry for the delay — i'll have my half of the slides to you tomorrow morning. shout if you need them sooner.

Your actual digest, in Claude Desktop. Nothing is sent until you say so.

How it works

Ten minutes to set up. Then one sentence a day.

It runs inside Claude Desktop, which you probably already have. There's nothing new to learn and nothing to keep up to date.

1

Install it

Download, drag it to Applications, open it. A setup page walks you through connecting your accounts and checks each one actually works.

2

Ask for your digest

Say "run my digest" in Claude Desktop. It reads today across every source and tells you what needs you, worst first.

3

Say yes or no

It offers replies, to-dos and calendar changes one at a time. Nothing happens until you approve that specific thing.

What it reads

Everything from today, without you filing any of it

No lists to maintain, nothing to tag, nothing to tick off. It reads what already happened.

It remembers what's still open

Not just today. A promise you made on Tuesday is still there on Friday, with how long it's been sitting.

Deadlines outrank chatter

Coursework due within a day goes above everything else. A text can wait; a lab report can't.

Replies written as you

Matched to how you actually write — short and lowercase if that's how you text. Read it, change it, send it, or don't.

It won't invent things

If you were vague, it says you were vague rather than inventing a plan you never agreed to.

iMessage & SMS Gmail Google Calendar Canvas Reminders

Privacy

Your messages never leave your Mac

Everything is read on your own machine. There is no server, no account, and no copy of your messages anywhere else — because there is nowhere for them to go.

That isn't a policy that could change next year. It's how the thing is built.

Questions

Do I need Claude Desktop?

Yes. It's free, and it's where you talk to this. If you don't already use it, install that first.

Will it work with my school email?

Often not. Schools and workplaces frequently block the connection this needs. Texts, calendar and coursework still work — email may not.

Can it send messages without asking?

No. Every message is shown to you in full first, one at a time. Approving one is never approving the rest.

Why does it need Full Disk Access?

Your texts live in a file macOS protects. That permission is the only way to read them, and setup walks you through granting it.

Does it work on an Intel Mac?

Yes — Apple Silicon and Intel both, macOS 12 or later.

What if my texts are only on my phone?

Then there's nothing to read. You need to be signed into Messages on the Mac itself.

Get it

Download, drag, done

Everything needed is inside the app — no other software to install, nothing to configure by hand.

Download for Mac free while testing
macOS 12 or later — Apple Silicon and Intel
Claude Desktop — free, and where you'll use this
Messages signed in on your Mac — otherwise there are no texts to read
A personal Gmail address — school and work accounts often block it