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Hi there.

So, I created app-it - and I'm looking for feedback**.** /app-it is a completely free, open-sourced and neat little skill that turns any local projects into a clickable app in your dock, right from Claude Code or Codex. I made it because I build a lot of small tools, and they kept ending up as folders I'd forget about. This way each one becomes a real app you can just click, and the pile in your dev folder turns into a little collection you actually use.

I made it for people who build with AI but want to feel their projects come to life. Just point the skill at one of your projects and see the magic happen.

A few notes before you try it:

• It's an AI skill (you run /app-it inside Claude Code or Codex), not a standalone app you download.
• I've mostly tested it on Mac, since that's what I'm on. But a few nice contributors helped make it work well on Windows too.

GitHub: https://github.com/Christian-Katzmann/app-it

Would love to hear what you think and see your app collection ✌🏻

GitHub: https://github.com/Christian-Katzmann/app-it

I build a lot of small AI-assisted projects, and after a while I realized I was spending more time remembering how to launch them than actually using them.

Every project had its own ritual:

• npm install
• npm run dev
• open localhost
• remember which folder it lived in

So I built /app-it.

It turns local projects into clickable dock apps, so they feel like normal applications on your machine. Click the icon and it launches.

It's been surprisingly useful for all the little tools and experiments that tend to pile up over time.

Would love feedback, especially from people with lots of side projects.

GitHub: https://github.com/Christian-Katzmann/app-it

I made a skill/plugin called /app-it. It turns any of your dev projects into a clickable dock app.

I built it because I make a lot of small apps, tools, and weird AI-assisted experiments, and after a while, the friction of "how do I run this one again?" gets super annoying.

/app-it makes each project feel like a real app on your machine.

Instead of running npm install, npm run build, npm run dev, opening localhost, remembering which repo needs which command, etc., you just click an icon and the app opens.

A bit of context: I've been building with AI for a while now, mostly through Codex and Claude Code. I use a frankly unreasonable amount of tokens every day, and I kinda wanted to put some of my projects on display for myself.

It turned out to be pretty fun.

Enjoy, and take care.

/Christian

GitHub: https://github.com/Christian-Katzmann/app-it

I made a skill that turns any of your projects into a clickable dock app.

Instead of running npm install, npm run build, npm run dev, opening localhost, remembering which repo needs which command, etc., you just click an icon and the app opens.

It's called /app-it.

I built it because I make a lot of small apps, tools, and weird AI-assisted experiments, and after a while, the friction of "how do I run this one again?" gets super annoying.

/app-it makes each project feel like a real app on your machine.

A bit of context: I've been building with agentic AI for a while now, mostly through Claude Code and Codex. I use a frankly unreasonable amount of tokens every day, and along the way I've stumbled upon a handful of small but powerful use-cases that I haven't really seen people share yet. So I'm turning them into skills/plugins and sharing them with you.

The Mac version works pretty well, since I'm a Mac user.

I've also tried to build the Windows version, but I'm flying blind there. If you're on Windows and want to beta-test it, I'd genuinely appreciate it. Open a PR with any fixes and you'll get full credit on the page, of course.

I'll share more skills over the next few weeks. Some practical, some a bit unusual, hopefully a few you haven't seen before. 

My secret goal is to surprise you with the best ones, and I have a feeling the next one will raise some eyebrows.

Enjoy, and take care.

/Christian