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StepShot
AI that turns real workflows into step-by-step guides
20 followers
AI that turns real workflows into step-by-step guides
20 followers
StepShot is an AI-powered documentation tool that turns real on-screen workflows into polished step-by-step guides as you work. It captures clicks and typing; local AI frames screenshots, writes instructions, and explains which actions to keep or skip. Edit, annotate, reorder, and redact every step, then export to PDF, Markdown, or HTML. It runs locally on your Mac with no account or product telemetry, while optional cloud AI polishing uses your own OpenAI-compatible provider.
Products used by StepShot
Explore the tech stack and tools that power StepShot. See what products StepShot uses for development, design, marketing, analytics, and more.
Engineering & Development 2
Engineering & Development 2
XcodeDevelop, test, and distribute apps for all Apple platforms
5.0 (206 reviews)
StepShot relies deeply on native macOS frameworks, including ScreenCaptureKit, Accessibility, AVFoundation, AppKit, and SwiftUI. Xcode gave us the most reliable workflow for debugging system permissions, profiling long recording sessions, managing signing and entitlements, and producing notarized universal builds. Other editors are excellent for writing Swift, but Xcode’s first-party toolchain and system-level debugging were essential for a privacy-first Mac app this deeply integrated with macOS.
GitHubHow people build software
5.0 (641 reviews)
GitHub gave us one place for source control, code review, multi-platform CI, release verification, and website deployment. GitHub Actions was especially important because StepShot spans a native macOS app, Windows compatibility work, a static website, and licensing services. Keeping the code and automated quality gates together made every release easier to review and reproduce.
LLMs 2
LLMs 2
ChatGPT by OpenAIGet answers. Find inspiration. Be more productive.
4.9 (697 reviews)
ChatGPT became our primary AI collaborator because StepShot required more than code generation. We used it across Swift and AppKit architecture, cross-platform contracts, privacy and security reviews, test design, product documentation, and launch messaging. Its ability to reason across engineering and product decisions helped us turn edge cases into explicit rules and automated tests. Compared with the alternatives we evaluated, the broader end-to-end workflow was the best fit for building and launching StepShot.
Claude by AnthropicA family of foundational AI models
5.0 (948 reviews)
Claude was especially valuable for working through long, interconnected product and engineering decisions. StepShot spans native macOS capture, local AI planning, privacy constraints, cross-platform contracts, export pipelines, licensing, and launch content. Claude’s ability to maintain context across large specifications and reason carefully about edge cases helped us turn product intent into explicit engineering rules, documentation, and tests. We chose it for deep architecture and product reasoning, while using other AI tools for complementary workflows.