Coding & Development
Notate
25d agoNotate is a free macOS menu‑bar app that lets you annotate anything on your screen. It captures frozen frames—including open menus, hover and focus states—or records a timeline of frames, then lets you add numbered pins, arrows, ellipses, rectangles and lines with simple gestures. Annotations are saved in portable .notate archives, can be reopened for further editing, and exported as markdown for AI agents or as images with comments merged. Features include smart cropping to a single window, honest deduplication of identical frames, and a command‑line interface for agent‑driven workflows.
Freeze the screenRecord framesHonest dedupeGesture‑based annotationAgent‑ready exportsSmart cropReopenable sessionsAgent CLI and MCP support
Key Capabilities
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Freeze the screen
Capture a single frame instantly, preserving menus and hover states while preventing underlying changes.
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Record frames
Capture a timeline of frames, scrub through them, and annotate any point in the sequence.
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Honest dedupe
Automatically collapse identical frames behind gap markers while retaining the full capture history.
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Gesture‑based annotation
Click to place numbered pins, drag to draw arrows, and close loops to create shapes without traditional toolbar tools.
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Agent‑ready exports
Export annotations as markdown for AI agents or as images with comments embedded.
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Smart crop
When all marks fall within a single window, the export is automatically cropped to that window.
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Reopenable sessions
Save each annotation session as a portable .notate archive that can be reopened and continued later.
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Agent CLI and MCP support
Control Notate via the terminal or any MCP client, enabling agents to record, read, diff screens, and annotate programmatically.
Use Cases
Design and motion reviewCapture hover or focus states, annotate animation breakpoints, and share precise visual feedback with teammates.UI/UX designers, motion designers
Product walkthroughsCreate annotated step‑by‑step guides that combine screenshots with explanatory notes, exportable as markdown for documentation.Product managers, onboarding specialists
Code review and handoffsFreeze code diffs, add numbered comments, and export markdown that AI coding agents can process or developers can review.Software developers, QA engineers
AI agent collaborationProvide agents with markdown‑formatted annotations or images so they can act on visual tasks or verify their own outputs.AI developers, automation engineers
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