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It wouldn't even need to be agent-driven, just a big \"I want to make a bank transfer\" button, that would launch the…",{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},"50019778","ghm2180","Man, Ive lost count of How many times have I had to repeat this over the phone to my parents; The repo has all the punch lines in the README > \"It's this window, not that one.\"…",{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"50024169","kogus","My first reaction was similar to the reaction I'd have if you told me that cockroaches had learned to unlock doors and stand on their hind legs. But then I thought about…",{"value":94,"source":56,"evidence":95},"Fun concept and execution",[96,100],{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"50018981","lapestenoire","I love it.",{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"50021809","dihinbutt","I love this",[105,116,127],{"value":106,"source":56,"evidence":107},"Pointing overlay solves a problem that doesn't need an agent",[108,112],{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},"50019964","m-s-y","Genuine question… Why does this need to be a skill? 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This is exactly the kind of content I seek when I visit Hacker News. Truly art.",{"id":135,"by":136,"text":137},"50022271","erickhill","I don't know why exactly but something about the arrows feel repulsive and oddly gross.",{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},"50020187","pimlottc","Even the example arrows in the first screenshot are wonky and unnaturally weird.",[143,150],{"value":144,"source":56,"evidence":145},"Linux support",[146],{"id":147,"by":148,"text":149},"50025929","ElijahLynn","This is going to be really useful actually, nice work! Can't wait for it to be on Linux too!",{"value":151,"source":56,"evidence":152},"Playful effects like flames and airhorn",[153],{"id":154,"by":155,"text":156},"50019128","isoprophlex","Literally unusable as it is. Some minimal extra features this would need: - rainbow dripping arrows - angrily pointing arrows - flame-surrounded text boxes with particle effects…",[158,162],{"value":159,"source":56,"evidence":160},"Does it need Screen Recording or Accessibility permission",[161],{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},{"value":163,"source":56,"evidence":164},"Why it needs to be a skill rather than a prompt",[165],{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},[167,171],{"value":168,"source":56,"evidence":169},"Asking Claude to draw numbered arrows on screenshots",[170],{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},{"value":172,"source":56,"evidence":173},"Youtube tutorials and screenshots in docs",[174,178],{"id":175,"by":176,"text":177},"50027278","alanbernstein","I don't disagree. But the existing tech solution - scrubbing through YouTube tutorial videos until I cobble together the bits of knowledge I need - is also quite overengineered,…",{"id":179,"by":180,"text":181},"50019113","FinnLobsien","This could be great for documentation. Screenshots in docs are frequently useless because they show me a screen and say \"click X\" where I still have to search X visually. And I…",{"comments":50,"answered":18,"key":183},[184,187,190],{"id":185,"text":186},"50024691","thx, not merged but great PR https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Ffranzenzenhofer\u002Fbig-arrow-on-the-screen\u002Fpull\u002F37",{"id":188,"text":189},"50018990","Claude refuses to do certain actions (enter passwords, change security settings, create new accounts on external services) even in Yolo mode running as sudo. 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