ScreenMD grabs any page as clean, structured text — one hotkey, straight to your clipboard. No file dialogs. No Downloads folder hunting. Just paste into Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini and go.
Modern AI chats are token-hungry. Screenshots are bulky, OCR-dependent, and lose structure. Copy-pasting strips formatting and drags in navigation junk. ScreenMD gives the model exactly what it needs: the content, in the structure the page already has, with nothing extra.
How it works
ScreenMD runs quietly in your menu bar and browser. Press a hotkey — structured Markdown hits your clipboard.
From any app or browser. ScreenMD detects what's focused automatically — no mode switching.
Full page DOM for browsers — not just the visible viewport. Accessibility tree for native apps like Word, PDF, and Mail.
A toast confirms it's ready. No files, no upload dialogs, no hunting for a screenshot in Downloads.
Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor — rich, structured context at a fraction of the token cost.
Five capture modes
Different tasks call for different captures. ScreenMD gives you six purpose-built modes — three work in both the browser extension and the Mac app; three are Mac-app exclusive (region image, region OCR, and PDF/Word page range).
Clean structured text — headings, tables, code, links — to your clipboard. 4–8× fewer tokens than a screenshot. The default for sending pages and documents to ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.
Full-page screenshot to your clipboard. Scroll-and-stitch in Chrome handles long pages without duplicating sticky headers. Ideal when layout, charts, or visual design is the point.
Markdown and image, captured together. Markdown lands on your clipboard for paste; the screenshot saves to Downloads. Use it when you want structured text plus a visual reference.
Drag a crosshair to capture exactly the area you care about. The cropped image goes straight to your clipboard — no Preview round-trip, no editing.
Drag a crosshair over any image, chart, or scanned content — Vision OCR extracts the text and sends it straight to your clipboard as Markdown. Same crosshair as region, text output instead of image.
For PDFs and Word docs, a one-line dialog asks which pages to capture — pre-filled with your current page. Type 6-8 or all. Captures exactly what you need, nothing more.
Example output — Markdown mode
Here's what ⌘⌃M produces: structured headings, code blocks, and links — exactly as they exist on the page. No OCR guesswork, no sidebar noise.
Drag file → upload dialog → OCR errors → AI confused by sidebar → expensive
Press ⌘⌃M → ⌘V in AI chat → done. Structured, clean, cheap.
What it does
Two pieces, one workflow. The browser extension handles any webpage. The Mac app handles Word, PDF, Mail, and any focused window.
Headings, paragraphs, tables, links, and code blocks — nav chrome, footers, modals, and tracking params filtered out automatically.
Scroll-and-stitch handles sticky headers without duplicating them. Works on any site — no allowlist, no per-site config required.
Captures posts and top comments via Reddit's public API for a clean, complete thread view — no screenshot gymnastics.
Extracts document text directly — not a screenshot of it. Heading structure, body copy, and formatting all preserved.
Windows equivalents coming Q2 2026.
Preview and Skim auto-detect your current page, or pop a dialog to pick a range. Captures exactly what you need, nothing more.
Pulls message body, sender, subject, and date as clean Markdown. Feed whole email threads to your AI without copy-paste.
⌘⌃M, J, and K work identically in the extension and the Mac app — no mode switching. ⌘⌃L (region), ⌘⌃; (region OCR), and ⌘⌃P (page range) are Mac-app exclusive.
Clipboard for ready-to-paste context. Downloads folder for screenshots you want to keep. Your call, per shortcut.
Grant permissions once. ScreenMD stays out of your way until you need it — no accounts, no configuration.
Hotkey cheat sheet
M, J, and K work in both the browser extension and the Mac app. L, ;, and P are Mac-app exclusive — they need native screen access and document APIs the browser can't reach. Hotkeys auto-adapt to your OS: Windows and Linux users see Alt+Shift in place of ⌘⌃.
| Shortcut | Action | Browser | Mac app |
|---|---|---|---|
⌘⌃M |
Markdown to clipboard | ✓ | ✓ |
⌘⌃J |
Screenshot to clipboard | ✓ | ✓ |
⌘⌃K |
Markdown to clipboard + full-page screenshot to Downloads | ✓ | ✓ |
⌘⌃L |
Region screenshot to clipboard — drag crosshair to select | — | ✓ |
⌘⌃; |
Region OCR to clipboard — drag crosshair, get text instead of image | — | ✓ |
⌘⌃P |
PDF / Word page-range picker — selected pages to Markdown on clipboard | — | ✓ |
How people use it
Built because the gap between what's on screen and what's in the AI chat was costing too many tokens and too many steps.
You need that Stack Overflow answer. ⌘⌃M — the page hits your clipboard as clean Markdown. Paste. Done. No tab hunting, no file picker, no 1.4 MB screenshot the AI has to OCR.
But you only need pages 12–18. The page-range picker pre-fills your current page. Type the range, clipboard gets exactly those pages — nothing more, nothing less.
A screenshot would cost ~2,000 tokens and hand the AI a wall of sidebars and ads. Markdown costs ~300 tokens and gives it just the content. Same result, 6× cheaper.
Privacy
Your captured content stays local — clipboard or Downloads folder, nowhere else. The only thing our server ever sees is your license key during activation.
Pricing
No subscription. No per-device fees. One license unlocks the browser extension, the Mac app, and the Windows app (when it ships) on every device you own.
Try the browser extension with no signup.
Unlimited captures across every platform you use.
Get started
Install one or both — they work independently. You don't need the Mac app to use the extension, and vice versa.
Handles any webpage on any platform. One install covers Chrome, Edge, Brave, and Arc.
Works with
Edge users: when prompted to allow extensions from other stores, click Allow — one-time per browser profile.
Free on the Chrome Web Store · works in every Chromium browser
Handles Word, Pages, Preview, PDF, Apple Mail, and any focused window. Lives quietly in your menu bar.
Requires
Native capture for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Acrobat, and Edge PDF — same hotkeys, same clipboard-first workflow. Targeted for Q2 2026.
Will support
FAQ
Do I need both the extension and the Mac app?
No. The extension handles browser pages on its own. The Mac app handles native documents on its own. Install one, install both — your call.
Does ScreenMD upload my browsing data?
No. Captured content never leaves your machine — it goes straight to your clipboard or Downloads folder. The only network calls ScreenMD ever makes are fetching public Reddit JSON for Reddit captures, and (for paid users) contacting our license server to activate, refresh, or deactivate a device. Capture content is never sent anywhere.
What about paywalled or logged-in pages?
Whatever you can see in your browser, ScreenMD can capture. No special setup required — it reads what's already rendered for you.
Will this work with my app?
The Mac app natively supports Word, Pages, Preview, Skim, and Apple Mail. Any other focused window falls back to a clean window screenshot automatically.
Can I change the hotkeys?
The browser extension's hotkeys are configurable in chrome://extensions/shortcuts. The Mac app's hotkeys are fixed in this version.
Is it free?
The browser extension has a free tier — 10 captures per week, no account, no signup. The Mac and Windows apps require a license. A $9.99 one-time purchase unlocks unlimited captures across the extension, the Mac app, and the Windows app on up to 5 devices, forever. No subscription.
What happens when I hit the free weekly limit?
The browser extension shows a one-time notice with an upgrade link. The counter resets every Sunday. Every browser capture mode works on the free tier — the license is purely a usage cap (and the unlock for the Mac and Windows apps).
If I buy a license, does it cover both the browser and Mac?
Yes. One license unlocks both. Paste the same key into the extension and the Mac app — each counts as one of your 5 device slots.
Free tier: 10 captures a week, no signup. $9.99 one-time unlocks unlimited use across browsers, Mac, and Windows. No subscription, ever.