Personal productivity

Use a hold-to-talk Mac voice assistant on Claude

Atticus is a macOS hold-to-talk assistant that runs simple tasks locally in under a second and routes harder work through Claude, built by a 9th-grader and shown on HN.

Agent(s): Claude, Atticus
Source: Hacker News post (2026-10-12)
Verified: 2026-10-17

Try it yourself

Prompt idea: “Use a hold-to-talk Mac voice assistant on Claude. Ask me for anything you need first, and confirm before spending money or sending messages.”