Looking for feedback: a local-first Mac app for work context memory
Hi r/MacOSApps ,
I’m Ethan, the developer of Corivo. I’m sharing this upfront since this is my own app.
Corivo is a local-first macOS app I’m building to help AI understand your actual work context on your Mac.
The basic problem I’m trying to solve is this:
Most AI tools are powerful, but they start from zero every time. If you want useful help, you usually have to copy/paste the webpage you’re reading, the code you’re looking at, the document you opened, the error you saw, and explain what you were trying to do.
Corivo tries to reduce that friction by capturing work context locally and turning it into memory you can search, ask about, and reuse later.
A few examples:
If you were reading an article earlier but forgot where it was, you can ask Corivo to find it.
If you’re looking at a webpage or selected text, you can ask questions without manually pasting everything into a chatbot.
If you spent the day switching between code, docs, browser tabs, and testing pages, Corivo can help summarize what you actually worked on.
If you repeatedly perform the same workflow, the long-term goal is for Corivo to recognize that pattern and help you automate it.
On the Mac side, Corivo uses macOS Accessibility APIs to understand app/window context, selected text, and visible content where possible. The goal is not to record everything forever, but to build useful work memory with user control.
A few design principles I care about:
Local-first: work context should be stored locally by default.
Privacy controls: users should be able to exclude apps/domains they don’t want captured.
Traceability: answers should be linked back to the original context instead of vague AI memory.
Native Mac feel: I’m trying to avoid building something that feels like a generic web app in a window.
I’m still early and would really appreciate feedback from Mac power users here, especially around:
Would you use something like this?
What privacy controls would you expect before trusting it?
What Mac apps/workflows would you want it to understand first?
Does “work context memory” feel useful, or does it sound too abstract?
Website: https://corivo.ai/
Happy to answer questions about how it works, privacy, Accessibility API usage, or the product direction.