Bring AI chats, websites and documents into one Mac workspace. Run tasks in parallel, choose models and accounts per chat, and fold everything into a cube while work continues. Includes voice control and editable long-term memory.
Hi Product Hunt! I built Proto-Mind because I wanted a Mac workspace where AI tasks, browser pages and files could stay together without taking over my desktop.
The small cube is the part I use most: hover to check on your workspace, click to keep it open, and move away to get your screen back. Tasks continue in the background. You can detach the companion windows, run separate AI conversations in parallel, and choose a different model or ChatGPT account for each chat.
For the GPT-6 Astra Challenge, the demo shows Astra reading a sample client brief and saving a proposal while the workspace is folded away. Astra runs through Codex using your own ChatGPT account. The app also has editable long-term memory and voice control; live voice uses a separate OpenAI API connection and billing.
Proto-Mind is currently an early beta for Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 14 or later. The beta is not Apple-notarized, and the download page explains installation and its requirements. API and local-model connections have different capabilities from the Codex task runner.
I would love feedback on the cube and the companion windows: where would this workspace fit into your day, and what still gets in your way?
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About Proto-Mind on Product Hunt
“A floating AI workspace for your Mac”
Proto-Mind launched on Product Hunt on September 18th, 2026 and earned 60 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #51 on the daily leaderboard. Bring AI chats, websites and documents into one Mac workspace. Run tasks in parallel, choose models and accounts per chat, and fold everything into a cube while work continues. Includes voice control and editable long-term memory.
Proto-Mind was featured in Mac (103.7k followers), Productivity (661.2k followers), Artificial Intelligence (479.1k followers) and OpenAI Day (39 followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 295.8k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
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