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Use ZCode on your Mac from ChatGPT or Claude

AI-assisted development environment. With BCD, ChatGPT, Claude and other AI apps can open ZCode on your Mac, read its window and press buttons or type, from your phone or another computer.

Works on

About ZCode

Version
3.17.2
Installs (last 365 days)
2,001 · #571 among Homebrew apps
Needs
macOS 13 or later
Updates
Updates itself
Homepage
zcode.z.ai/en
Install
brew install --cask zcode

Try asking

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

Questions

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