Six steps across three apps, now one shortcut
Ask Claude about anything on your screen
Press Ctrl Shift 1 , select a region and type a question. Claude's answer streams in right next to the capture. No screenshot tool, image editor or chat window to juggle.
Animation: on the left, the old way takes six steps across three apps: capture with a screenshot tool, open an image editor, blur or mark up, save the file, open an AI chat, then paste and ask. Its demo timer ends at about 45 seconds. On the right, SnapPrompt takes one shortcut: select a region, type a question and the answer streams in next to the capture, at about 4 seconds on the demo timer.
Demo timers are illustrative, not a benchmark.
Try it here
Press Ctrl+Shift+1 and watch the answer arrive
In the app, this shortcut opens the prompt box on Quick answer for whatever you select. Here it plays the same steps on a sample capture of a failing build.
Sample capture: a selected build error, the question "Why does this build fail?" and Claude's answer next to it.
Features
Everything between the screenshot and the answer
SnapPrompt replaces the screenshot tool, the image editor and the copy-paste into a chat window. Each step is a key away.
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Ask Claude about any screenshot
Drag over anything on any monitor, then type a question or pick a suggestion: What is this?, Explain simply, Translate or Summarize. The answer streams into a card next to the capture, and follow-up questions go in the same place.
Ctrl Shift 1 Capture and ask
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Offline text recognition
SnapPrompt reads the text in a capture on your computer, with Windows OCR or the local Xiaomi-OCR-0 model. Nothing is uploaded for OCR. Select words in the image like normal text, then copy, translate or ask about just that part.
Alt S Select text
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Redact sensitive info before you send
Blur and Pixelate hide anything by hand. Auto-redact finds e-mail addresses, phone numbers, card numbers, API keys and tokens in the recognised text and covers them. Blurred and pixelated areas are removed before the image leaves the app.
Alt E Open the editor
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Send it to Claude Code
Send the capture and your question to a Claude Code session in a project folder you choose. A panel shows every file read, file edited and command run, asks before it acts if you want, and lets you keep or undo all the changes.
Ctrl Shift 2 Full capture
Privacy
Your screen stays yours
Screenshots often hold things you would never paste into a chat: e-mail addresses, phone numbers, keys. SnapPrompt reads them locally and lets you hide them before anything is sent.
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Captures stay on your computer
History is stored only on this computer and deleted on the schedule you pick: right after sending, after 24 hours or after 7 days.
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An image leaves only when you press Send
Nothing goes to Claude while you select, mark up or type. Sending is always your move.
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Hidden areas are removed first
Blurred and pixelated areas are removed from the image before it leaves the app.
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No passwords stored
SnapPrompt talks to Claude through the Claude Code CLI and uses the sign-in it already has on your computer.
- 1 Text is recognised on your computer. Nothing is uploaded for OCR.
- 2 Auto-redact finds e-mail addresses, phone numbers, card numbers, API keys and tokens in that text.
- 3 It covers them in the image, and one undo shows them again.
Pricing
One price, yours to keep
- Try it free for 3 days, straight from this website.
- Renew updates for $9 + applicable tax a year if you want new versions. SnapPrompt keeps working either way.
- Activate online, or license a computer without internet. Move a license by deactivating it on one computer.
You need your own Claude account. SnapPrompt does not include Claude: quick answers and the Claude Code destination use the Claude Code CLI, signed in on your computer. Sending to Claude chat works without the CLI.
FAQ
Questions, answered
What does SnapPrompt do?
SnapPrompt is a Windows app that lets you capture any part of your screen and ask Claude about it. Press a shortcut, select a region, type a question, and get an answer right next to the capture. You can also send the capture to a Claude Code session working in one of your project folders, or hand it to the Claude app as a new chat.
What do I need to run it?
Windows (64-bit) and, for quick answers and the Claude Code destination, the Claude Code CLI signed in on your computer. If the CLI is missing, SnapPrompt can download and install the official build for you. The Claude chat destination works without it.
Do I need my own Claude account?
Yes. SnapPrompt does not include Claude. It talks to Claude through the Claude Code CLI and uses the sign-in that Claude Code already has on your computer. The app stores no passwords.
What leaves my computer?
Your captures stay on your computer. An image reaches Claude only when you press Send, and blurred and pixelated areas are removed from it before it leaves the app. Text recognition (OCR) runs on your computer too; nothing is uploaded for OCR.
Can Claude change my files?
Quick answers run in safe mode: Claude has no tools and cannot read or edit files. When you send a capture to Claude Code, you pick a permission level (Ask first, Edit files itself, or Plan only), see every step, and can keep or undo all the changes.
How much does it cost?
$19 one-time, plus applicable tax, including 1 year of updates. Renewing adds another year of updates for $9 + applicable tax. Once the update window has passed, SnapPrompt keeps working; only new versions stop. You can try it free for 3 days first.
Does it work on macOS or Linux?
No. SnapPrompt uses Windows APIs for capture and OCR, so it runs only on Windows (64-bit).
Can I change the shortcuts?
Yes. You can change every shortcut in Settings, and the app tells you when a combination is already used by another app. By default Ctrl+Shift+1 captures and asks, Ctrl+Shift+2 makes a full capture and Ctrl+Shift+3 opens the app.
One shortcut instead of six steps
Install SnapPrompt on Windows, press Ctrl Shift 1 and ask your first question. Free for 3 days, then $19 + applicable tax, one time.