OpenNotch 0.1.4 — one-click connectors, Puff looks & hero landings, routines, Shortcuts

Download: OpenNotch.dmg — macOS 14+, Apple silicon. Already on 0.1.1 or later? It updates itself (Settings › General › Updates). First install: open the DMG, drag to Applications, then System Settings › Privacy & Security › Open Anyway once.

What's new

Connect your tools in one click

• Settings › AI › Connectors now has a gallery with real logos — Notion, Linear, Todoist, Zapier (Gmail, Sheets, Slack & 8,000 apps), Atlassian (Jira/Confluence), Airtable, Dropbox, Granola, ClickUp, monday.com, Canva. Click Connect, sign in on the service's own page and click Allow. OpenNotch never sees your password; the sign-in stays in your Keychain and renews itself.
• Add by URL connects any web MCP server (Streamable HTTP), with sign-in when it asks for one.
• Connector tools are only sent when you mention the service — faster, cheaper answers.

Better web search, free

• Web search now uses Parallel by default — free, no key, with excerpts that usually answer the question. Only the search itself is sent, never your chats. Brave/Tavily keys and DuckDuckGo still work (Settings › AI › Web search).

Works inside your Mac

• Runs your Shortcuts — so it can act in any app that offers Shortcuts actions (Focus, Home, messages…). Every run asks first.
• "Summarise this" / "reply to this" — reads the window you're looking at (never password apps or password fields).
• Finds your files by content, kind, person and date — "the PDF Sarah sent last week".

Routines + Apple Shortcuts

• "Every time I say start work, open Linear and Slack, turn on Focus and brief me" → just say "start work". Manage them in Settings › AI › Routines.
• Add to Shortcuts turns a routine into a real Apple Shortcut, so Siri and keyboard shortcuts can start it too.

Make Puff yours

• A new first-run step, Make me yours: 10 characters (Puff, Bunny, Bear, Kitty, Dino, Ghost, Shroom, Star, Cloud, Owl), 10 extras (headphones, scarf, crown, glasses, beanie, bow, pocket, flower, antenna, sprout), Jelly or Plush, and your own colours.
• Every new chat opens with a hero entrance — superhero slam, meteor, lightning, jetpack, teleport or spin-dash. Puff greets you by the time of day, follows your pointer, types along, and you can pick it up and toss it.

Notes

• Signed with the same "OpenNotch Local Signing" certificate as before, not notarised. After updating, macOS may ask once more for Keychain access.
• Live-tested: Parallel search, MCP over HTTP, connector sign-in discovery for all 11 services, Shortcuts list, screen text, Spotlight search, Shortcut signing. Not yet tested end to end with a real account: a full connector sign-in and an imported routine Shortcut — feedback welcome.