Big Macrowhisper Update! More Automation Possibilities with Superwhisper

Context stacking for AI, chained scripts, text transformations, and lots more improvements!

Hey guys,

I’ve been spending the last couple of weeks working pretty intensely on a new Macrowhisper update, and I just released a video showing some of the new stuff. So instead of the usual recap, I thought I’d give you a quick update on what I’ve been building. I didn’t really get the chance to sit down and consume much content like I normally do, but hopefully this will still be of interest for you.

Gracias, Codex

Over the last few newsletters I mentioned that I had the chance to play around with Codex for a while. First through the free access that was available as part of their latest release, and later through a trial opportunity that popped up when I had reached the limit. That ended up being the perfect excuse to revisit a lot of ideas I had been considering for Macrowhisper but had never attempted to implement. In big part because I didn’t have the time and because most development until now has been via the API (which gets pretty expensive). There’s also the other side of things where I just didn’t know if I’d be able to pull this off, even with AI’s help 😅

So for the last couple of weeks I decided to just push forward with this and see how far I could get. Now, I talk about this tool all the time and I am assuming that if you follow here you already know about this, but Macrowhisper is a project I made to extend what you can do with Superwhisper. I’ve always loved the dictation side of Superwhisper, and since I’m also very into automation, Macrowhisper grew out of trying to connect those two worlds. The whole thing would have never been possible without AI, and this update is the result of even more experimentation.

Lots of minor things

There’s been a lot of improvements on chained actions, script execution, and the clipboard system. There’s several new features (like transformations, smart insertion, and new CLI flags) but the biggest changes have been behind the scenes. Some parts of the app were refactored completely. For new users the experience probably won’t be drastically different (hopefully the whole thing will make a bit more sense), but for people who already use Macrowhisper there are quite a few improvements in how things are organized and how the configuration works. Now the rules are more consistent and easier to read at a glance. All the details are up on the release notes.

One thing that’s been clear to me is that Macrowhisper can look a little intimidating if you’re not very technical. So alongside this update I rewrote the documentation, reorganized things, and added more examples. My hope is that this makes the project easier to explore even if you’re not someone who normally likes digging through CLI apps or config files.

Thanks guys!

This past week was pretty intense working on this update, so I didn’t get to do much reading, watching, or experimenting with other tools like I normally do. Next week the substack should be back to the usual format.

Thanks again for following along!

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