Use TunnelBear on your Mac from ChatGPT or Claude
VPN client for secure internet access and private browsing. With BCD, ChatGPT, Claude and other AI apps can open TunnelBear on your Mac, read its window and press buttons or type, from your phone or another computer.
Works on
- MacPartly
Through the app's window, with macOS accessibility: BCD reads what TunnelBear 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.
About TunnelBear
- Version
- 5.10.0
- Installs (last 365 days)
- 988 · #850 among Homebrew apps
- Updates
- Updates itself
- Homepage
- www.tunnelbear.com
- Install
brew install --cask tunnelbear
Try asking
“Open TunnelBear and tell me what is on its screen”
“Install TunnelBear with Homebrew”
“Quit TunnelBear and update it to the latest version”
Questions
Can ChatGPT control TunnelBear?
On a Mac with BCD, yes, through the app's window: ChatGPT can open TunnelBear, 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 TunnelBear 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.
Program data from Homebrew, updated 2026-11-11. Installs are Homebrew's installs on request over the last 365 days.