Intelligence amplification for macOS. Select text anywhere, pick a recipe, watch it transform.

Verbe is a native macOS utility that sits as an invisible layer on top of your system. It works in any app — Mail, Slack, VS Code, Safari, Notion, Terminal — with three gestures:

The result appears as a floating overlay right where you're working. Insert it, copy it, or dismiss it — your workflow is never interrupted.

• Screen as Context — Gemini sees what you select, or your entire screen if nothing is selected. "Fix this" works when "this" is visible.
• Recipes — Reusable transformation templates. "Professional" rewrites text formally, "Explain Like Mom" simplifies anything. Create your own in natural language.
• Streaming Responses — Results stream token by token into the overlay. You start reading before the response is complete.
• Image Generation — Some recipes produce images instead of text, directly in the overlay.
• Voice Command — Hold Fn, speak, release. Like a walkie-talkie.
• Voice Live — Hold Fn+Shift for a real-time bidirectional conversation. Interrupt anytime.
• Non-Intrusive Overlay — Floats above your work, never steals focus. macOS 26 Liquid Glass design.

• Swift + AppKit + SwiftUI
• Gemini 3 Flash Preview API (text, vision, image generation)
• Gemini 2.5 Flash Native Audio Preview API (voice live)
• macOS Accessibility API + ScreenCaptureKit
• macOS 26 Liquid Glass

Verbe/
├─ Verbe/
│  ├─ App/                   # App lifecycle, hotkey, permissions
│  ├─ Runtime/
│  │  ├─ Overlay/            # NSPanel overlay system
│  │  ├─ Voice/              # Voice command + Gemini Live
│  │  └─ Vision/             # Screen capture service
│  ├─ Shared/
│  │  ├─ Services/           # Gemini API client
│  │  └─ View/               # UI components (radial menu, search bar, etc.)
│  ├─ SettingsApp/           # Settings UI and recipe management
│  └─ Resources/             # Assets, entitlements
├─ Documentation/
├─ website/
└─ gemini-voice-drafter/     # Companion voice drafting prototype (web)

• macOS 26+ (Tahoe)
• Xcode 26.1.1+
• Accessibility permission (text capture + insertion)
• Input Monitoring permission (global hotkey)
• Microphone permission (voice features)

Built for the Gemini 3 Hackathon. Full writeup on Devpost.

Released under the MIT License. See LICENSE.

Made by Yafa — @YafaHodis