What you can do on your Mac with ChatGPT and Claude
BCD connects ChatGPT, Claude or Codex to your Mac. Pick the kind of work you want to hand off to see how it works and what to ask.
One computer free, with 20,000 tool calls a month. No card required. Your AI app’s subscription is separate.
Organize files on your Mac with ChatGPT
Sort Downloads and Desktop into folders, rename photos.
Total and compare Excel spreadsheets with ChatGPT
Sum and compare spreadsheet data without opening Excel.
Summarize and find PDFs on your Mac with ChatGPT
Summarize meeting notes, find a quote, pull out to-dos.
Run Terminal commands on your Mac from ChatGPT
Run commands, tests and scripts and read the results from chat.
Build your iOS app and upload to TestFlight from your phone
Build and test an Xcode project and upload to TestFlight from your phone.
Edit videos on your Mac with ChatGPT
Cut clips, add subtitles, export vertical video.
Before you start
Keep your Mac on and online, install and approve BCD, then connect it in your AI app. Your AI account must support custom MCP connections; its plan and workspace rules still apply. Setup instructions are in the dashboard.
How it works
Create a free account and install BCD on your Mac by pasting one command into Terminal.
Click Approve in your browser to connect that Mac to your account.
Add BCD to ChatGPT or Claude as a connector, then ask in plain words.
BCD runs on Mac and Linux, and on Windows in beta.
Safe by default
New computers start read-only: the AI can look but can’t change anything. Writing files and running commands only work after you turn them on for that Mac in your dashboard. There are no open ports: the Mac connects out to BCD.
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