Observed arrival · 2026-10-12
StudioCat gives AI chats a local workbench
A macOS app that lets an AI chat read, edit, and run code in selected local projects, with changes visible for review and rollback.
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- Mac developers using AI chat for coding
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- The page describes 24 native tools, per-project permissions, and shadow-ref checkpoints that do not touch working branches.
Field notes
The illustrated workflow connects ChatGPT on the web to a chosen Mac project through an OpenAI secure tunnel; the page says the tunnel opens no ports. Permissions are checked by tool, command, and path, while terminal use is disabled until allowed. Edits and command output appear in a workbench, and the described shadow checkpoints support rollback without changing project branches.
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