macOS runs your scripts, backups, and AI agents on invisible launchd schedules. Clocksmith makes them visible: live status for every job, run history (time, duration, exit code) pulled from the system log, and red-flagged error lines when something fails. One click hands a failing job's log to ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini with the question pre-filled. Create, run, pause, or reschedule jobs — with automatic backups. Native, notarized by Apple, no telemetry. Free 7-day full trial, then $4.99 once.

Hi PH! 👋 I built Clocksmith because my Mac quietly runs a bunch of daily jobs (including reports my AI tools set up for me), and the only way to know if they ran — or silently failed — was digging through Terminal. Two tricks I'm most proud of: 1. It reconstructs **run history from the macOS unified log** — "ran 08:30 → 08:33, exit 0, 25 min ago" for every job, without touching any of them. launchd has no API for this; no other launchd GUI shows it. 2. When a job fails, error lines go red under a plain-language banner, and **one click opens ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini with the diagnosis question pre-filled** (your own account — the app has no API keys and sends nothing anywhere). Safety was the #1 design rule: every edit is backup → write → verify → auto-restore on failure, and anything it can't edit safely is shown read-only instead. Free 7-day full-featured trial, then $4.99 one-time, macOS 14+. Would love your feedback on what to build next (menu bar mode? notifications on failure?).

Finally a way to see what launchd is actually doing in the background. The one-click handoff to Claude for failing jobs is genuinely handy, saved me digging through log files tonight.

@davechappelle Thanks Dave, that's exactly the moment I built it for. Glad it saved you some log-digging.：）

Finally a way to see what launchd is actually doing in the background. The one-click handoff to Claude for failing jobs is genuinely handy, saved me digging through log files tonight.

@davechappelle Thanks Dave, that's exactly the moment I built it for. Glad it saved you some log-digging.：）

Clocksmith

Know your Mac's scheduled jobs

Know your Mac's scheduled jobs