Introducing Breadcrumb: A Total Recall & Context Engine for your Mac

Breadcrumb is an AI-powered plugin designed specifically for developers. It acts as a comprehensive record of your Mac's activity, serving as a sophisticated context manager that allows you to dictate rules, shortcuts, and scopes for your AI assistants.

📂 Managing Context via "Scopes"

A scope is essentially a folder tied to a specific set of behavioral rules. When you are working within a scoped directory, the associated rules are applied to your AI automatically.

Compatible with: claude, chatgpt, cursor, and opencode.

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🖥️ Visual Memory & Screen Awareness

Your AI no longer guesses; it remembers exactly what appeared on your screen. For instance, if you were managing local snapshots, the AI knows the exact state of your system:

System Context Example: To view your current snapshots, you can execute: tmutil listlocalsnapshots /

To wipe them clean, use: tmutil deletelocalsnapshots /

Note: These are currently consuming $197\text{ GB}$ of disk space.

📅 Chronological Awareness

Breadcrumb tracks your day so your AI understands your workflow.

Standup Summary (09:32):

• Priority: Ella needs a walkthrough of the retailer bug as soon as possible.

The most intense focus period was the 3h 40m spent on the landing page during the afternoon.

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🔄 Seamless Session Continuity

When a long conversation becomes too bloated and the AI gets overwhelmed, Breadcrumb allows a new chat to pick up exactly where the previous one stalled.

• Session: Landing page footer $\rightarrow$ 15:19 · 1h 42m · 38 turns
  • (a) Continue $\rightarrow$ (a?) More info
• Session: Loyalty dashboard totals $\rightarrow$ Yesterday · 3h 10m · 64 turns
  • (b) Continue $\rightarrow$ (b?) More info
• Session: Speaker elimination $\rightarrow$ Tuesday · 55m · 19 turns
  • (c) Continue $\rightarrow$ (c?) More info
• (s) View all other sessions

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🛠️ Rules and Shortcuts

Dynamic Rule Creation

If you correct your AI, Breadcrumb suggests turning that correction into a permanent rule.

Proposed Rule: Never push main “Never push main, merge, publish, or release without my explicit word.”

One-Word Shortcuts

Any repetitive workflow or complex instruction can be condensed into a single keyword.

• Example Workflow:
  • 15m $\rightarrow$ Standup
  • 4h 10m $\rightarrow$ Loyalty dashboard
  • 4h 20m $\rightarrow$ BUG-292
  • Total: 8h 45m
• Action: Would you like to make this a one-word shortcut?

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🔒 Privacy & Local Architecture

Breadcrumb operates on the principle that $\text{Privacy} = \text{Local Processing} + \text{Encryption}$.

• Local Intelligence: Transcription, speaker identification, and daily organization are handled by models running directly on your Mac.
• Zero Data Transfer: No data is sent to the developers. The only communication is a daily update check that contains no identifying information.
• No Voiceprints: Speaker naming is derived from on-screen visual cues, not biometric voice data.
• Granular Control: You can explicitly exclude specific apps, websites, or sensitive phrases from being recorded.

📊 Your Day, Measured

(Example Data: Thursday, September 3, 2026)

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🚀 Getting Started

The App is Yours. The free version of Breadcrumb is truly free: No account, no email, no credit card, no subscription, and no telemetry.

Regardless of funding or commercial success, the free version will never be restricted or disabled.

💻 System Requirements

• Hardware: Apple Silicon (M1 or newer)
• Memory: Minimum 16 GB RAM
• OS: macOS 15 or later

💎 Founding Support

To help accelerate development, you can purchase a Founding Seat for a one-time payment of $299.

Founders receive:

• A numbered founding seat
• Access to a private founders' forum
• Early builds and direct influence over features
• $2,500 credit toward a future team name in the credits
• Full refundability of the seat

Current Integrations: Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, opencode (More coming soon).