Stop doing the same Mac chores by hand. Watchflows runs them the moment something happens: a file lands in Downloads, you press a hotkey, a webhook arrives, it's 8:30 on a weekday. Wire triggers, conditions, actions and AI on a canvas, or describe it in plain English and the Flow Builder assembles it. AI reads, renames and decides mid-flow, on Watchflows AI, Apple's on-device model, Ollama, or your own keys. Local-first, no account. 14-day free trial, then $49 once. Also on Setapp.
I'm Greg. I've been building software for 25+ years, and Watchflows is the Mac tool I always wanted and could never find.
Mac automation has always forced a choice: something simple but rigid, or something powerful that turns you into a programmer. When AI showed up, most tools bolted it on as a chatbot in the corner. I wanted AI as a building block, a node in the flow that reads, classifies and decides right next to your triggers and actions.
What's in the app today:
A canvas. Drag triggers, conditions, actions and AI nodes, wire them up, press Run. 80 nodes cover files, folders, Calendar, Reminders, Notes, scripts, webhooks, Linear and more.
A Flow Builder. Describe the flow in plain English and it builds the nodes, wires them and tells you what changed. Edit anything it made. Bring your own LLM or subscribe to ours. Use your Claude or Codex accounts to power the AI.
Flows that ask you. Forms, choosers, chat windows and notifications with buttons, so a flow can stop and wait for a sentence or a choice.
Your own data. A flow can keep rows in a local SQLite database, with a SQL workbench to look at them.
AI that admits uncertainty. Jev decision nodes give a confidence score, and the flow routes on it. Requires a TypeSafe AI key.
Clean up your existing spaces. Switch a folder flow on and it asks what to do with the files already there. Preview the sweep, commit, or undo.
Community Flows. 21 finished automations you add in a click. They arrive switched off. Tweak as you like. Submit your own to help the community grow! All Community Flows are reviewed for safety, by both an AI specializing in security as well as human review.
Local-first, for real. No account needed, and your flows and data stay on your Mac. Bring Ollama, LM Studio, Apple's on-device model, your Claude or ChatGPT subscription, or your own API keys. If you'd rather skip setup, Watchflows AI comes with 2,000 free Sparks.
Pricing: free 14-day trial, then $49 once and it's yours. Or $12 a month if you want hosted AI included. Already a Setapp member? It's in there too, with Setapp AI built in.
What would you want your Mac to do for you automatically? I'm here all day. 🙏
One Setapp member's first week: "For decades I have wanted to grab monthly statement PDFs automatically… within 4 hours I had it all working."
The launch coupon takes $10 off the one-time $49 license and runs through 11/30.
does the Downloads trigger fire while a file is still mid-download, or does it wait until the file is finished?
The decision nodes that give a confidence score are what caught my eye — most automation tools either run blind or stop to ask me about everything, so routing on a score feels like the right middle ground. Local-first with Ollama support is a big plus for me too. Congrats on the launch, Greg!
the pause and ask nodes stand out here sometimes u want the boring parts automated and the final choice left to a person
About Watchflows on Product Hunt
“Visual automation for your Mac, with AI built in”
Watchflows launched on Product Hunt on November 9th, 2026 and earned 85 upvotes and 11 comments, placing #15 on the daily leaderboard. Stop doing the same Mac chores by hand. Watchflows runs them the moment something happens: a file lands in Downloads, you press a hotkey, a webhook arrives, it's 8:30 on a weekday. Wire triggers, conditions, actions and AI on a canvas, or describe it in plain English and the Flow Builder assembles it. AI reads, renames and decides mid-flow, on Watchflows AI, Apple's on-device model, Ollama, or your own keys. Local-first, no account. 14-day free trial, then $49 once. Also on Setapp.
Watchflows was featured in Mac (103.9k followers), Productivity (665.4k followers) and Artificial Intelligence (483.5k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 326.6k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Watchflows?
Watchflows was hunted by Greg Goforth. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
Want to see how Watchflows stacked up against nearby launches in real time? Check out the live launch dashboard for upvote speed charts, proximity comparisons, and more analytics.
Greg Goforth
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Greg. I've been building software for 25+ years, and Watchflows is the Mac tool I always wanted and could never find.
Mac automation has always forced a choice: something simple but rigid, or something powerful that turns you into a programmer. When AI showed up, most tools bolted it on as a chatbot in the corner. I wanted AI as a building block, a node in the flow that reads, classifies and decides right next to your triggers and actions.
What's in the app today:
A canvas. Drag triggers, conditions, actions and AI nodes, wire them up, press Run. 80 nodes cover files, folders, Calendar, Reminders, Notes, scripts, webhooks, Linear and more.
A Flow Builder. Describe the flow in plain English and it builds the nodes, wires them and tells you what changed. Edit anything it made. Bring your own LLM or subscribe to ours. Use your Claude or Codex accounts to power the AI.
Flows that ask you. Forms, choosers, chat windows and notifications with buttons, so a flow can stop and wait for a sentence or a choice.
Your own data. A flow can keep rows in a local SQLite database, with a SQL workbench to look at them.
AI that admits uncertainty. Jev decision nodes give a confidence score, and the flow routes on it. Requires a TypeSafe AI key.
Clean up your existing spaces. Switch a folder flow on and it asks what to do with the files already there. Preview the sweep, commit, or undo.
Community Flows. 21 finished automations you add in a click. They arrive switched off. Tweak as you like. Submit your own to help the community grow! All Community Flows are reviewed for safety, by both an AI specializing in security as well as human review.
Local-first, for real. No account needed, and your flows and data stay on your Mac. Bring Ollama, LM Studio, Apple's on-device model, your Claude or ChatGPT subscription, or your own API keys. If you'd rather skip setup, Watchflows AI comes with 2,000 free Sparks.
Pricing: free 14-day trial, then $49 once and it's yours. Or $12 a month if you want hosted AI included. Already a Setapp member? It's in there too, with Setapp AI built in.
What would you want your Mac to do for you automatically? I'm here all day. 🙏
One Setapp member's first week: "For decades I have wanted to grab monthly statement PDFs automatically… within 4 hours I had it all working."
The launch coupon takes $10 off the one-time $49 license and runs through 11/30.