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bigarrow: your agent points at what you need to click

A small macOS tool plus skill that lets Claude Code or Codex draw a big arrow, box or sign over any app, so it can show you exactly which button to press, which setting to switch on or where to paste a code.

In short: A small macOS tool plus skill that lets Claude Code or Codex draw a big arrow, box or sign over any app, so it can show you exactly which button to press, which setting to switch on or where to paste a code. It is a free skill for people who use Claude Code or Codex and want help with coding agent skills.

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Works with

Agent / toolAccess / costLink
Claude CodePaid Claude plan or APIclaude.com/claude-code
CodexChatGPT plan or APIopenai.com/codex
GitHub repoOpen source · ★ 791franzenzenhofer/big-arrow-on-the-screen
bigarrow: your agent points at what you need to click

Image: from the GitHub README, shown with credit.

Image from the franzenzenhofer/big-arrow-on-the-screen READMEImage from the franzenzenhofer/big-arrow-on-the-screen README

Images from the project README on GitHub.

Try it in 60 seconds

brew install franzenzenhofer/tap/bigarrow
bigarrow install-skill

Install command copied from the project README. Check the README for the latest version.

What it does

A small macOS tool plus skill that lets Claude Code or Codex draw a big arrow, box or sign over any app, so it can show you exactly which button to press, which setting to switch on or where to paste a code.

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…

Short excerpt from the README of franzenzenhofer/big-arrow-on-the-screen. Read the full README on GitHub.

Inside the repo

Real apps, real use casesmacOS Desktop & Dock: stop "click wallpaper to shoSystem Settings: grant a permissionKeynote: a three-step how-toPrint dialog: helping Mom save a PDFChrome: the right tab out of 14Finder: "no, the other grid icon"A real guide: allow screen recordingCopy & pasteWhat is this actually for?InstallThe three commands an agent needs

Step by step

  1. Open the GitHub repo and read the README.
  2. On a Mac (macOS 14 or newer): brew install franzenzenhofer/tap/bigarrow.
  3. Run bigarrow install-skill so Claude Code and Codex learn how to use it.
  4. Next time the agent needs you to click Allow or sign in, it points at the spot; or ask it to walk you through a setting step by step.

Watch out for

macOS only. Plain arrows need no permission, but pointing at a button by its name needs Accessibility for your terminal app, granted once in System Settings. It only points: it never clicks, types or captures your screen, so check each step yourself before you click.

Sources & credit

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