Substage is an innovative tool that converts your natural language instructions into powerful actions for files and folders in Finder. It acts like your personal assistant, turning everyday expressions into precise terminal commands. This saves time, lowers the barrier to using the command line, and makes file management on your Mac more intuitive and secure.

Features

• Understands Finder context: The app recognizes the files and folders you currently have selected and uses that information to perform precise actions.
• Safe execution: Substage runs a simulation before actually executing a command, showing you what will be created, modified, moved, or deleted. If the outcome is uncertain, the app asks for your confirmation, ensuring you stay in control at all times.
• Flexible AI model selection: You can use the built-in model (such as the faster GPT-4.1 mini) or connect to local models via Ollama or LM Studio for better privacy.
• Instant Actions: For common tasks, such as converting to JPG or compressing to ZIP, you can set up quick actions that run directly without going through AI processing.
• Custom Rules: You can teach Substage your own workflows and shortcuts. For example, create a rule named “youtube” with preset video parameters, and then simply type “export as youtube” to execute the corresponding action.
• Command history: Press the “Up” arrow key on your keyboard to quickly recall and repeat previously executed actions.