Zapier and Shortcuts make you think like a programmer: blocks, flows, conditions. Trama removes that layer. Press Cmd+Option+X, describe what you repeat in your own words, and it runs in the background. What is different: · Your language, not just English · Native Mac reach: AppleScript, shell, OCR, screen awareness · It notices what you repeat and suggests the automation · If it breaks, AI explains the error and fixes it in one tap · Your key: Claude, GPT, Gemini, Groq.
What's great
I've been through the Zapier-flowchart-fatigue thing before, so the pitch of just hitting a hotkey and describing what I repeat in plain English is what got me to actually try it. It correctly picked up on a clipboard-to-summary habit I do a few times a day and turned it into a background automation without me touching a single "if this then that" block. The passive suggestion part is genuinely the standout feature over anything Shortcuts-based.
What needs improvement
Would like a log or history view of past automations it ran and what triggered each one - right now I have to remember what I set up rather than being able to check.
vs Alternatives
I looked at Alfred and plain Shortcuts first, but both still want you to think in steps/blocks. Trama was the only one where describing the habit in a sentence was actually enough to get a working automation.
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Softorino 💻📲
Shortcuts always made me feel like I failed a programming exam, so describing the thing in my own words is the version of automation I've been waiting for. The notices-what-you-repeat part is the bit I need explained though: what is it watching to spot the repetition, and does any of that leave my Mac? That's the question my whole team will ask before I'm allowed to install it.
Trama
@yelyzaveta_kibets It never reads what you copy. It classifies each copy into a type — link, code, email address — then throws the text away. What's stored is the type, a timestamp, and a salted one-way fingerprint so "the same link three times" doesn't count as a habit. No text, no URLs, no window titles. PINs and card numbers are skipped before even that.
None of it leaves your Mac. The suggestion engine makes zero network calls and isn't part of what syncs. Settings → Suggestions & Privacy shows everything it's holding, with a button to erase it.
Noticing which apps you open is a separate thing, off by default, that you turn on yourself — and only for apps it can actually automate.
The one caveat worth saying out loud: a workflow you build does send data out when it runs — if it summarizes an email, that email goes to the AI provider you picked. You choose that provider, and it can be a model running locally via Ollama. Point it there and nothing leaves your machine at all.
Softorino 💻📲
@ernan10 That's a clean design, storing the shape of the habit without the content is exactly the level of detail that earns trust. The PIN and card skip before any processing is a nice touch. Thanks for laying it out so precisely.