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CuePad is the shortest path from idea to prompt. A calm, paper-like scratchpad that lives beside your coding agents — write comfortably, autosave everything, then land your text in the terminal or editor you were just using. One keystroke, no window juggling.

100% local: your cards live in a SQLite file on your Mac.

Features

• One-tap dispatch. Leave your cursor in the target input, summon CuePad, hit send — the text lands right where you were typing. Pin Terminal, iTerm, Zed, or VSCode; optional auto-send presses Enter for you.
• Immersive writing. Full-screen cards with light styling for ## headings, - lists, code blocks, and {{variables}}. Plain text in, plain text out — every keystroke autosaves.
• Blocks. Shift+Enter splits a draft into blocks. Copy or dispatch the whole card or any single block, with optional numbering.
• Variable templates. Fill {{variables}} right before copy or dispatch; each card remembers your last values.
• Projects, favorites, tasks. A horizontal project bar, global favorites, floating to-dos, and a trash that forgives.
• Instant search. Cmd + F searches projects, cards, and tags from anywhere.
• Always within reach. Lives in the tray, hides instead of closing, and returns with Option + Space (configurable). Light, dark, and system themes.

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Cmd/Ctrl + F	Search / command palette
Esc	Exit immersive editing / close a panel
Alt/Option + Space	Show / hide the window globally (configurable)

Screenshots

Immersive editing / block dispatch / variable templates / global search / floating tasks / dark theme

Download

Apple Silicon: download zip. Product site: cue-pad.com.

Ad-hoc signed, not notarized — on first launch, right-click the app and choose Open.

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/Suge8/CuePad.git
cd CuePad
bun install
bun run package:app   # release/mac-arm64/CuePad.app + CuePad-mac-arm64.zip

To run in development instead: bun run dev:electron

Requirements: Bun, macOS (Apple Silicon), and a Rust toolchain for the dispatch sidecar.

Architecture, commands, and test layers: docs/development.md.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome — see CONTRIBUTING.md, and SECURITY.md for reporting vulnerabilities.

License

Apache License 2.0. See LICENSE.