screenpipe records your screen, audio, and activity on your computer, then lets AI agents access that history through MCP. Ask about calls, bugs, or documents without reconstructing your day. Local-first and source-available for Mac, Windows, and Linux.
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screenpipe
Launched this week
AI that records your computer work to power agents.
screenpipe records your screen, audio, and activity on your computer, then lets AI agents access that history through MCP. Ask about calls, bugs, or documents without reconstructing your day. Local-first and source-available for Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Launch-day offer: use code BUSINESS20 for a discount on annual plans. Ends August 28 at 11:59pm PT.
Screenpipe gave us a strong open-source foundation for local, always-on activity capture that we could adapt directly to Meridian’s developer workflow.
You shouldn’t need to give your AI a long prompt, 10 screenshots, and 2 meeting transcripts before it can help with work you already did on your computer.
We built screenpipe to stop the loop of pasting screenshots, recapping meetings, and explaining what changed.
screenpipe records your screen, audio, and activity on your own computer, then makes that history available to the AI agents you already use through MCP.
So you can ask about a customer call, a bug you chased, or a document you edited without explaining the work all over again.
screenpipe is local-first, source-available, and available on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
We’ll be here throughout launch day. What’s the first workflow you’d stop re-explaining?
Launch-day offer: use code BUSINESS20 for a discount on annual plans. Ends August 28 at 11:59pm PT.
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My journey with Screenpipe began after I finally had a system I felt comfortable with, with a collection of agents developed using Claude Code months ago.
One day I messaged Claude and said, "What if you're not here tomorrow? I need a business continuity plan"
After a few seconds of debate, lol. Claude said ok. Then provided me with a strategy to recreate my system and itself. I asked it to rank every element of my new setup and give me a percentage of its capabilities compared to its own.
Screenpipe was the one that it admitted that it couldn't compete with given its limited context memory. So I jumped in. I finished my doctorate this year as well so I took advantage of the student discount and went all in with the one time educational discount pricing. While it still wasn't cheap at $300 it has paid for itself plenty of times.
As soon as Claude or my local setup seems to have lost context I tell it to check the last X (days, months etc) of Screenpipe and it immediately has whats needed.
Thank you for developing this. Can't wait til iOS capabilities are available.
@priya_kushwaha1 yep, but it's not just screenshot, you don't have to explain what you did last week or how you do your work - AI already knows and can automate your job and your team job
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@louis030195 As a copywriter juggling multiple client projects, most of my "missing context" pain isn't the writing itself, it's re-explaining brand voice, past feedback, and where a draft left off every time I switch tools or come back to something after a day away. If an agent already had that history, I'd get straight to the actual work instead of re-briefing it first. Congrats on the launch, genuinely excited to try this.
@christopher_kalu thanks Christopher! I use a lot Screenpipe myself to create a database of how I write in different context so AI can write for me like emails, tweet etc without looking like slop, that's a great use case
And since it captures what you do across apps you can also automate more of your writing process / execution
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Screenpipe has been so helpful for my mental wellness. As a founder, I context switch a lot and it can get really overwhelming, but screenpipe helps me stay on track. I don't have to worry about forgetting and following up on important things that come up everyday. I also like how responsive and supportive the founding team is whenever I have any feedback. Congrats on the launch.
@produck thanks, DJ. This means a lot. Context switching gets overwhelming fast, so I’m really glad screenpipe helps you stay on track. Really appreciate all your feedback along the way.
@michaelkeating thanks Michael, really appreciate you saying this. You’ve seen a lot change over the last 4 months, and your feedback has helped us move faster too.
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Computer History / Second Brian that is opensource, lives on your computer /hardware and is cross harness/agent is something we desperately need as a layer.
Just like memory is a layer now we use for agents, computers history is an essential building block.
Thank you for building it. I cannot wait to give it a real spin. I’ve been using LittleBird and it’s been amazing, just always wished I had more control of the data.
screenpipe (YC S26)
You shouldn’t need to give your AI a long prompt, 10 screenshots, and 2 meeting transcripts before it can help with work you already did on your computer.
We built screenpipe to stop the loop of pasting screenshots, recapping meetings, and explaining what changed.
screenpipe records your screen, audio, and activity on your own computer, then makes that history available to the AI agents you already use through MCP.
So you can ask about a customer call, a bug you chased, or a document you edited without explaining the work all over again.
screenpipe is local-first, source-available, and available on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
We’ll be here throughout launch day. What’s the first workflow you’d stop re-explaining?
Launch-day offer: use code BUSINESS20 for a discount on annual plans. Ends August 28 at 11:59pm PT.
My journey with Screenpipe began after I finally had a system I felt comfortable with, with a collection of agents developed using Claude Code months ago.
One day I messaged Claude and said, "What if you're not here tomorrow? I need a business continuity plan"
After a few seconds of debate, lol. Claude said ok. Then provided me with a strategy to recreate my system and itself. I asked it to rank every element of my new setup and give me a percentage of its capabilities compared to its own.
Screenpipe was the one that it admitted that it couldn't compete with given its limited context memory. So I jumped in. I finished my doctorate this year as well so I took advantage of the student discount and went all in with the one time educational discount pricing. While it still wasn't cheap at $300 it has paid for itself plenty of times.
As soon as Claude or my local setup seems to have lost context I tell it to check the last X (days, months etc) of Screenpipe and it immediately has whats needed.
Thank you for developing this. Can't wait til iOS capabilities are available.
screenpipe (YC S26)
I built screenpipe because capable AI still loses the context of work that already happened on your computer.
The goal is simple: let the agents you already use work from that history instead of another manual recap.
I want the honest version: where does missing context hurt your AI workflow most?
@louis030195 stopping the endless loop of pasting screenshots to AI is huge congrats for launch 🙌
screenpipe (YC S26)
@priya_kushwaha1 yep, but it's not just screenshot, you don't have to explain what you did last week or how you do your work - AI already knows and can automate your job and your team job
@louis030195 As a copywriter juggling multiple client projects, most of my "missing context" pain isn't the writing itself, it's re-explaining brand voice, past feedback, and where a draft left off every time I switch tools or come back to something after a day away. If an agent already had that history, I'd get straight to the actual work instead of re-briefing it first. Congrats on the launch, genuinely excited to try this.
screenpipe (YC S26)
@christopher_kalu thanks Christopher! I use a lot Screenpipe myself to create a database of how I write in different context so AI can write for me like emails, tweet etc without looking like slop, that's a great use case
And since it captures what you do across apps you can also automate more of your writing process / execution
Screenpipe has been so helpful for my mental wellness. As a founder, I context switch a lot and it can get really overwhelming, but screenpipe helps me stay on track. I don't have to worry about forgetting and following up on important things that come up everyday. I also like how responsive and supportive the founding team is whenever I have any feedback. Congrats on the launch.
screenpipe (YC S26)
@produck thanks, DJ. This means a lot. Context switching gets overwhelming fast, so I’m really glad screenpipe helps you stay on track. Really appreciate all your feedback along the way.
screenpipe (YC S26)
Lately, I’ve been using Screenpipe to remind me about unfinished work and create skills for tasks I repeat.
screenpipe (YC S26)
@ezraellette that's cool, Screenpipe makes it so much easier :)
using Screenpipe for the last 4 months. I have never seen a team ship so fast and still be so responsive.
screenpipe (YC S26)
@michaelkeating thanks Michael, really appreciate you saying this. You’ve seen a lot change over the last 4 months, and your feedback has helped us move faster too.
Computer History / Second Brian that is opensource, lives on your computer /hardware and is cross harness/agent is something we desperately need as a layer.
Just like memory is a layer now we use for agents, computers history is an essential building block.
Thank you for building it. I cannot wait to give it a real spin. I’ve been using LittleBird and it’s been amazing, just always wished I had more control of the data.