Leave your cursor in the target input and summon CuePad. Hit dispatch — the text lands right where you were typing. Pin your favorite target, and let auto-send press Enter for you.
Terminal · iTerm · Zed · VS Code — pin a target, auto-send presses ⏎
100% local — every card lives in one SQLite file on your Mac. No account. No cloud. No telemetry.
From idea to prompt in three moves
Write like on paper
Full-screen cards with light styling for headings, lists and code blocks. Plain text in, plain text out — every keystroke autosaves.
Summon from anywhere
CuePad lives in the tray and hides instead of closing. One global shortcut brings it back, right over your work.
⌥ Space
Dispatch, cursor intact
Send the whole card, or split it into blocks and dispatch any single one — numbered if you like.
⇧ ↵
Everything a draft needs
A full-screen card that gets out of the way
Immersive editing with gentle styling for ## headings, - lists, code blocks and {{variables}}. Split a draft into blocks with Shift + Enter, then copy or dispatch the whole card or any single block.
Plain text in, plain text out
Per-block copy & dispatch
Optional block numbering
Fill the blanks at send time
Draft with {{variables}}; CuePad asks for the values right before you copy or dispatch — and each card remembers your last answers.
Reusable prompt templates
Per-card memory
Find anything in a keystroke
⌘ F searches projects, cards and tags from anywhere. Enter jumps straight to the card.
Loose ends, parked
A horizontal project bar, global favorites, floating to-dos — and a trash that forgives.
A quiet desk for loud ideas.
Calm after dark
Light, dark, or follow the system — the paper stays easy on your eyes.
Download. Open. Write.
CuePad is free and open source under Apache-2.0. One click gets the latest Apple Silicon build.