Use Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV) on your Mac from ChatGPT or Claude

• MacPartly

  Through the app's window, with macOS accessibility: BCD reads what Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV) shows and presses buttons, types and picks menus. How far it goes depends on the app. macOS asks once to allow it.

• WindowsNo

  BCD controls app windows only on a Mac.

• LinuxNo

  BCD controls app windows only on a Mac.

Version

2.19.8

Installs (last 365 days)

465 · #1,242 among Homebrew apps

Homepage

igv.org/doc/desktop

Install

brew install --cask igv-desktop

“Open Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV) and tell me what is on its screen”
“Install Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV) with Homebrew”
“Quit Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV) and update it to the latest version”

Can ChatGPT control Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV)?
On a Mac with BCD, yes, through the app's window: ChatGPT can open Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV), read the buttons and text it shows, press buttons, type and pick menu items. How far that goes depends on how much of its window Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV) exposes to macOS accessibility.

Does this work on Windows?
No. BCD controls app windows only on a Mac. On Windows and Linux it works with files and commands.

Is it safe?
A new computer starts read-only. Controlling the screen and apps is turned on per computer, and macOS asks once before BCD may control apps.

Try it on your computer

BCD connects ChatGPT, Claude and other AI apps to your own Mac, Windows or Linux computer. One computer is free, with 20,000 tool calls a month and no card.