BuildGist

After you download BuildGist

Your download is starting. BuildGist for Mac goes to your Downloads folder. Download didn't start? Click here.

Next: open it

When the download finishes, open BuildGist_0.6.22_aarch64.dmg in your Downloads, double-click BuildGist in the window that opens, and choose Open when macOS asks.

Can't see the file? Press Option-Command-L in Safari, or Shift-Command-J in Chrome, to show your downloads, then double-click it.

No dragging needed: it copies itself to Applications. Needs a Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later).

What you will see, in order:

  1. A window named BuildGist with one icon in it. Double-click the icon.
  2. macOS asks: “BuildGist” is an app downloaded from the Internet. Are you sure you want to open it? Choose Open. If it says instead that Apple could not check or verify BuildGist, or that it cannot be opened, tap macOS blocked it below for the fix.
  3. BuildGist's first window: Never lose track of what your coding agents are building. and one button, Sign in to BuildGist. That window means it opened.

Later, find BuildGist in your Applications folder, or press Command-Space and type BuildGist. The first time you open it from there, macOS may ask once more: choose Open.

Your first 30 seconds: after your first task with BuildGist ready, choose Open Inbox and open your latest session. Read What changed: what your agent actually did, in plain English.

It explains runs from after setup, not older sessions, and very small changes stay quiet.

Did BuildGist open?

Once you've done that step, tell us how it went: one tap.

Didn't open? Tap what you saw. You get the next step, and we count the tap, nothing else.

Not opening it yet? Tap why. You get a next step, and we count the tap, nothing else.

A tap adds one to a daily count for that answer. No email is sent, and for a tap no text, address, cookie, IP address or browser details are kept. A written answer is kept as you wrote it, without your email or an account, for 90 days. Please leave out anything private. Privacy: taps, written answers

We send it once, from kay@mail.grokbot.com, and one short note the next day asking how it went. Not an account, not added to any list, and deleted within 30 days. Privacy

While it downloads: how to open BuildGist for Mac, and what to do first.

1. Open the app

  1. Open the download. In your browser's list of downloads, or in your Downloads folder, open the file whose name starts with BuildGist and ends in .dmg. A window named BuildGist opens, with BuildGist in it.
  2. Double-click BuildGist in that window. It is the only thing there. You don't need to drag it anywhere: opened from this window, BuildGist copies itself to your Applications folder.
    BuildGistDouble-click
    A drawing of the window, not a screenshot: BuildGist is the only thing in it.
  3. Choose Open when macOS asks. The first time, macOS asks: “BuildGist” is an app downloaded from the Internet. Are you sure you want to open it? with a line saying which browser downloaded it and when. macOS asks this the first time you open any app downloaded from the internet; BuildGist is notarized by Apple. If it says BuildGist cannot be opened, go to System Settings, Privacy & Security, and choose Open Anyway.

Next time, open BuildGist from Applications: press Command-Space and type BuildGist. BuildGist for Mac needs a Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later) and macOS 12 or later.

2. What to do first

  1. Sign in with GitHub. In BuildGist, choose Sign in to BuildGist; your browser opens, and you continue with GitHub. BuildGist does not access your GitHub repositories. Then choose Connect this Mac, and Open BuildGist when your browser asks (Safari says Allow).
  2. Let BuildGist get your agents ready. It sets up each supported coding agent it finds and says You're ready. Codex needs you to approve BuildGist once, in Codex; BuildGist shows the steps.
  3. Run one task in Claude Code, Cursor or Codex, in a Git project. Ask for something that changes code, like a small fix. Very small changes stay quiet.
  4. Open its first plain-English explanation. It appears in your Inbox after the run.

Getting started has every step. Still stuck? Email kayvanandre@gmail.com.

Not downloaded yet? Download for Mac (Apple silicon, macOS 12 or later).