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System

built-in

macOS system controls—power, volume, brightness, screenshots, network, app management, and more. All commands run locally via macOS APIs.

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WHAT IT DOES

  • —Power: shutdown, restart, logout, lock, sleep
  • —Volume: up/down/mute, set exact level (0–100)
  • —Brightness: up/down
  • —Screenshots: full screen, window, or selection—saved to Desktop
  • —Apps: force quit, quit, quit all
  • —Network: info, ping, speedtest
  • —Other: empty trash, text-to-speech

TRIGGERS

shutdown / restart / logout / lock / sleep nowvolume up / volume down / mute / volume 50brightness up / brightness downscreenshot / screenshot window / screenshot selectionforce quit Figma / quit Slack / quit allnetwork / ip / my ip / ping github.comspeedtest / empty trash / say hello world

DATA

local only
// No local file. Examples of what each command produces:

// screenshot
// → ~/Desktop/screenshot-20260306-114523.png

// speedtest
// → copies to clipboard: /opt/homebrew/bin/speedtest --accept-license --accept-gdpr
// → opens Terminal.app

// network info
// → local IP read via getifaddrs() (no shell)
// → public IP fetched from https://api.ipify.org

// say hello world
// → /usr/bin/say "hello world"  (no output stored)

System commands run locally via macOS APIs. Screenshots go to ~/Desktop/screenshot-<timestamp>.png. Speedtest copies the command to clipboard and opens Terminal. No data leaves your device.

This is a built-in Clyde command. No installation required—it ships with every copy of the app.