Answers to common questions

No, and it does not read your screen at all by default. Melvin reads the accessibility structure of your apps, which is text rather than images, and that stays on your Mac. Web work runs in a browser Melvin operates in the cloud, and every run says which lane it used.

The entire Mac: Mail, Finder, Calendar, Notes, Messages, Preview, Settings and anything else that publishes an interface to macOS. And the web, in a cloud browser, so one run can start in Mail and finish on a web form.

No. Every run reads first and changes second, and anything that cannot be undone waits for you: a sent email, a booked table, a deleted file, a payment. Everything reversible just runs.

A chatbot answers. Melvin does the job: it opens the apps, works the web, and finishes with the outcome you asked for. And it learns you, so every run starts already knowing how you work.

The apps are free downloads, and Free needs no card: the basic tools (calendar, reminders, notes, alarms, contacts, weather, maps and reading files) on one device. Pro adds every tool, all your devices, automations and scheduled checks, every connected account, app control and running Shortcuts. It is $39.99 a year after 7 days free, or $4.99 a month. Lifetime is one payment of $79, and the first 500 Founding Members pay $49. You pay on the website, through Stripe.

Yes. Save a run and Melvin does it again with the same context, or put it on a schedule: daily, every weekday, or weekly, at a time you pick.

Not yet. Melvin is built for Apple silicon Macs first. Windows comes after.

Use Delete all local data in Melvin, then follow the account deletion page to remove synchronized account data.

Yes. Add Melvin to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Grok once, and ask for things there: Melvin does them on your own Mac and iPhone and sends the result back. The Connect page has the steps.