Use xbar on your Mac from ChatGPT or Claude

• MacPartly

  Through the app's window, with macOS accessibility: BCD reads what xbar 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

2.1.7-beta

Installs (last 365 days)

3,723 · #379 among Homebrew apps

Homepage

xbarapp.com

Install

brew install --cask xbar

“Open xbar and tell me what is on its screen”
“Install xbar with Homebrew”
“Quit xbar and update it to the latest version”

Can ChatGPT control xbar?
On a Mac with BCD, yes, through the app's window: ChatGPT can open xbar, 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 xbar 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.