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Record how you work locally and turn it into agents and SOPs
Screenpipe records your screen and audio locally so agents can search what you did and automate repetitive tasks.
- Difficulty
- IntermediateOur rating
- Time to build
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- Monthly cost
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- Revenue
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- Engagement
- 88 HN points67 comments · fetched Oct 15, 2026
What they did
Run Screenpipe; agents query its memory to write SOPs or automate tasks you repeat.
How it went
Launched on HN (YC S26).
Worth knowing
This is the builder launching their own product on HN. Be careful what you record.
Builder recipe
Our own starting point, written from the source. Adapt it to your setup.
Stack
- Screenpipe
- An agent
Steps
- Give the agent access only to the accounts it needs.
- Write a clear brief with hard constraints.
- Ask it to report back before anything irreversible.
- Review the outcome and refine the brief.
Starter prompt
Look at what I did in my CRM yesterday afternoon and write it up as a step-by-step SOP.Tags
Read the original
- Hacker News: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49024620 ↗ (opens in new tab) Jul 23, 2026 · 88 points, 67 comments (fetched 2026-10-15)
- Web: screenpipe.com ↗ (opens in new tab) Jul 23, 2026
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