Hold. Circle. Paste.

Circle anything on screen. It's pasted, highlighted, in one motion.

Download for macOS First-launch instructions ↓

macOS 15+ · Universal · ~ 1 MB

How it works

One gesture. No context switch.

01
Hold Left ⌥

Anywhere on your Mac, in any app. Your cursor becomes a pen.

02
Circle a region

Loop it or box it. Sloppy is fine — shapes clean up on release.

03
Paste. Already there.

The highlighted screenshot lands in the field you were already writing in. Slack, a PR comment, Claude Code, anywhere.

Or skip the circle — release without drawing to capture the whole window.

Privacy

Runs on your Mac. Stays on your Mac.

Your Mac
→
Clipboard
→
Target app
✕ No CueSnip server. No cloud sync, no telemetry, no upload.

The whole loop runs on your machine. The only network traffic is whatever the target app was already going to send.

Requirements

$ cuesnip --system-requirements
os          →  macOS 15 Sequoia or later
arch        →  Apple Silicon & Intel (universal, ~ 1 MB)
permissions →  Accessibility, Screen Recording
network     →  none

Install

macOS shows a Gatekeeper prompt on first launch. Once past it, CueSnip runs silently. 

$ open "System Settings → Privacy & Security"
  ↳ scroll to bottom, click [Open Anyway]
  ↳ confirm with password or Touch ID