What it does

Screenpipe records your screen activity and audio and keeps the history on your device, so an AI assistant can use your real work history as context. The site says the raw history stays on the device by default, and describes the code as source-available and inspectable. Capture draws on accessibility data, screenshots with text recognition as a fallback, and audio transcripts. You can exclude apps, windows and URLs, and sensitive fields are redacted on the device before storage. The history is exposed through a local database, a REST API and an MCP server, so it is not tied to one model. The site shows an assistant such as Claude searching that history to map how someone processed invoices, and a Recall view for scrubbing back through the day. A Workflows app, labelled beta, looks for recurring work across apps and links each step back to source evidence. An enterprise option adds a managed workspace with MDM, SSO and audit logs.

Capabilities

Local capture of screen, app context and audio on your own device
Local database plus a REST API and MCP server so agents can connect
Recall view for scrubbing back to something you saw earlier
Workflow discovery that finds recurring work across apps (beta)
Exclusions for apps, windows and URLs, with on-device redaction
Enterprise workspace with MDM, SSO and audit logs

When to use it

You want Claude, ChatGPT or your own agent to answer from your actual work history
You need to find a document, screen or conversation you saw earlier in the day
A team wants to spot repeated manual steps worth improving or automating
You want captured data kept on your device, with control over what is excluded