Show HN: Cai – AI actions on your clipboard, runs locally (macOS, open source) (github.com)

1 points by soyasis ↗ HN
I've spent a lot of time copy-pasting and switching between apps to summarize text, create events, proofread emails, look up addresses — always the same follow-up steps after copying.

So I built Cai. It sits in the menu bar. Press Option+C, it detects what you copied and shows relevant actions. Ships with llama-server (Ministral 3B) so it works out of the box, or connect Ollama/LM Studio if you already use them.

Free and open source. Would love feedback on what content types or actions to add next.

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This looks useful. The Option+C → contextual actions flow feels natural. Does it work with images on the clipboard too?