franzenzenhofer/big-arrow-on-the-screen
Let your AI agents paint big arrows, boxes and text on your Mac screen. One CLI, click-through, gone by itself. Skill for Claude Code and Codex. MIT.
Older snapshot: check the original source for current information.
From the publisher
README & documentation
Source previewRead the project’s overview, installation instructions and usage examples. The original README is the source of truth.
big-arrow-on-the-screen (bigarrow) is a macOS command-line tool, plus a skill for Claude Code and Codex, that draws an arrow and a sign on top of every window. Clicks go through, your keyboard focus stays put, and the arrow removes itself. MIT licensed. [](https://github.com/franzenzenhofer/big-arrow-on-the-screen/actions/workflows/ci.yml) [](LICENSE) Real apps · Copy & paste · Cue cards · What is it for? · Install · Commands · Looks · Creative arrows · Starred by · FAQ · How we know it works · For agents · Plan · Prior art · License One transparent window above everything, on every display and every Space. Drawing needs no macOS permission at all. One Swift binary: no daemon, no menu-bar icon, no account, no telemetry, and, we checked twice, no AI inside. It is an arrow. Real apps on a real Mac (macOS 27), the real bigarrow, staged by scripts/real-scenes.sh. "The most annoying change in Mac update…
Read the full README ↗ · Preview checked 2026-10-29T19:29:19.088Z
Inside the original README — Document outline
- Let your AI agents paint big arrows, boxes and text on your screen
- Real apps, real use cases
- macOS Desktop & Dock: stop "click wallpaper to show desktop"
- System Settings: grant a permission
- Keynote: a three-step how-to
- Print dialog: helping Mom save a PDF
- Chrome: the right tab out of 14
- Finder: "no, the other grid icon"
- A real guide: allow screen recording
- Copy & paste
- Cue cards: values, secrets, answers
- Funny cue cards
Headings are captured from the source. Links open the publisher’s document, not a locally hosted copy.
Links from the README
References supplied by the publisher, not independently verified endorsements. Check the destination before downloading files or entering credentials.
Documentation belongs to its respective authors. Reported project/model license: MIT. A listing is not a grant of reuse or training rights. Confirm the document’s own terms at the source.
What this repository does
Let your AI agents paint big arrows, boxes and text on your Mac screen. One CLI, click-through, gone by itself. Skill for Claude Code and Codex. MIT.
Repository facts
- Owner
- franzenzenhofer
- Primary language
- Swift
- Stars
- 748
- Forks
- 20
- Open issues + pull requests
- 2
- License
- MIT
- Archived
- No
- Default branch
- main
- Created
- 2026-10-08T08:39:15.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-10-12T16:38:15.000Z
Topics and intended use
Owner-supplied topics: accessibility, ai-agents, claude-code, cli, codex, macos, swift
Review the README for scope, installation, examples and limitations. We do not run repository code or certify it.
Evaluate before installing
Review licensing and dependencies, inspect recent commits and unresolved issues, and test in an isolated environment before production use. Stars and forks alone cannot answer these questions.
Source and freshness
Source: GitHub. Metadata observed 2026-10-15T12:08:24.329Z. Daily imports are snapshots, not real-time monitoring.
Popularity and source listings do not establish security, suitability, licensing rights or benchmark performance.