u/mistakes_maker

Menu bar app that helps learn prompting and refine your AI prompts from anywhere on your Mac.
▲ 3 r/ChatGPTPromptGenius+2 crossposts

Menu bar app that helps learn prompting and refine your AI prompts from anywhere on your Mac.

A bit of background, I just started using AI for a few weeks now for work and I still have problems with prompting due to lack of experience (I often missed important details to add into the prompts).

I looked around for prompt refinement tools but they are not free. I just don't want to spend additional money just for prompting so I decided to build my own. To clarify, I don't really code and I used Claude as my coding assistant throughout the whole thing; from writing the Python codes, fixed the bugs, installation on my mac.

You copy your rough prompt (from anywhere on your Mac), click the ✦ on menu bar, give it a few seconds to rewrite it into something clear and actionable, then you paste it wherever you need it. For my personal use, I chose to run it on DeepSeek V4 Flash because it's super cheap and more than enough for the task. Feel free to customise and use your own API of choice.

A small caveat, this tools is aimed for beginner and it does not read your entire codebase to produce a heuristic prompt. Feel free to see demo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V6oFk7-Fw8) and give it a try at github.com/Apekusay/BarPrompter

Hope it helps you learn prompting better!

u/mistakes_maker — 2 days ago

Mac menu bar app that refines your AI prompts from anywhere to help your coding sessions better (hopefully).

A bit of background — I just started using AI (Claude specifically) for a few weeks now for work and I still have problems with prompting due to lack of experience (I often missed important details to add into the prompts).

I looked around for prompt refinement tools but they are not free. I just don't want to spend additional money just for prompting so I decided to build my own. To clarify, I don't really code. I used Claude as my coding assistant throughout the whole thing; from writing the Python codes, fixed the bugs, installation on my mac, and even the README.

The app is called BarPrompter. It lives in your Mac menu bar. You copy your rough prompt (from anywhere on your Mac), click the ✦, it rewrites it into something clear and actionable, then you paste it wherever you need it. It runs on DeepSeek V4 Flash under the hood which I think for this specific task is genuinely good and cost efficient.

github.com/Apekusay/BarPrompter

Give it a try. Hope it helps you prompt better.

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u/mistakes_maker — 7 days ago

Mac menu bar app that refines your AI prompts from anywhere to help your coding sessions better (hopefully).

A bit of background — I just started using AI (Claude specifically) for a few weeks now for work and I still have problems with prompting due to lack of experience (I often missed important details to add into the prompts).

I looked around for prompt refinement tools but they are not free. I just don't want to spend additional money just for prompting so I decided to build my own. To clarify, I don't really code. I used Claude as my coding assistant throughout the whole thing; from writing the Python codes, fixed the bugs, installation on my mac, and even the README.

The app is called BarPrompter. It lives in your Mac menu bar. You copy your rough prompt (from anywhere on your Mac), click the ✦, it rewrites it into something clear and actionable, then you paste it wherever you need it. It runs on DeepSeek V4 Flash under the hood which I think for this specific task is genuinely good and cost efficient.

github.com/Apekusay/BarPrompter

Give it a try. Hope it helps you prompt better.

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u/mistakes_maker — 7 days ago

Mac menu bar app that refines your AI prompts from anywhere to help your coding sessions better (hopefully).

A bit of background — I just started using AI (Claude specifically) for a few weeks now for work and I still have problems with prompting due to lack of experience (I often missed important details to add into the prompts).

I looked around for prompt refinement tools but they are not free. I just don't want to spend additional money just for prompting so I decided to build my own. To clarify, I don't really code. I used Claude as my coding assistant throughout the whole thing; from writing the Python codes, fixed the bugs, installation on my mac, and even the README.

The app is called BarPrompter. It lives in your Mac menu bar. You copy your rough prompt (from anywhere on your Mac), click the ✦, it rewrites it into something clear and actionable, then you paste it wherever you need it. It runs on DeepSeek V4 Flash under the hood which I think for this specific task is genuinely good and cost efficient.

github.com/Apekusay/BarPrompter

Give it a try. Hope it helps you prompt better.

reddit.com
u/mistakes_maker — 7 days ago

Mac menu bar app that refines your AI prompts from anywhere to help your coding sessions better (hopefully).

A bit of background — I just started using AI (Claude specifically) for a few weeks now for work and I still have problems with prompting due to lack of experience (I often missed important details to add into the prompts).

I looked around for prompt refinement tools but they are not free. I just don't want to spend additional money just for prompting so I decided to build my own. To clarify, I don't really code. I used Claude as my coding assistant throughout the whole thing; from writing the Python codes, fixed the bugs, installation on my mac, and even the README.

The app is called BarPrompter. It lives in your Mac menu bar. You copy your rough prompt (from anywhere on your Mac), click the ✦, it rewrites it into something clear and actionable, then you paste it wherever you need it. It runs on DeepSeek V4 Flash under the hood which I think for this specific task is genuinely good and cost efficient.

github.com/Apekusay/BarPrompter

Give it a try. Hope it helps you prompt better.

reddit.com
u/mistakes_maker — 7 days ago

Mac menu bar app that refines your AI prompts from anywhere to help your coding sessions better (hopefully).

A bit of background — I just started using AI (Claude specifically) for a few weeks now for work and I still have problems with prompting due to lack of experience (I often missed important details to add into the prompts).

I looked around for prompt refinement tools but they are not free. I just don't want to spend additional money just for prompting so I decided to build my own. To clarify, I don't really code. I used Claude as my coding assistant throughout the whole thing; from writing the Python codes, fixed the bugs, installation on my mac, and even the README.

The app is called BarPrompter. It lives in your Mac menu bar. You copy your rough prompt (from anywhere on your Mac), click the ✦, it rewrites it into something clear and actionable, then you paste it wherever you need it. It runs on DeepSeek V4 Flash under the hood which I think for this specific task is genuinely good and cost efficient.

github.com/Apekusay/BarPrompter

Give it a try. Hope it helps you prompt better.

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u/mistakes_maker — 7 days ago

I had to feed it with google link and screenshot for it to acknowledge that 2.5 exist.

u/mistakes_maker — 19 days ago

Finally tried the new image creation to create a mock UI and it was mind blowing. The UI created by gpt image creation was just gorgeous. Question is, how to implement the design to actual app building? Appreciate advice from experienced and senior developers. Thank you!

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u/mistakes_maker — 22 days ago