Atticus is a free hold-to-talk Mac assistant that runs on Claude Code with no API key
Hold ⌃⌥Space and speak: Apple's on-device speech stays local, simple opens and window moves skip AI (~0.08s), and harder asks go through claude -p on your existing Claude Pro/Max plan (~0.14¢ per ask) while learned shortcuts replay without AI. MIT, needs macOS 26+ and Claude Code; Safe mode sandboxes writes to a scratch folder and prompts before deletes, sends, or buys.
