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Code with ChatGPT in sight.

You are pair-programming with an AI, but the answer keeps disappearing every time you switch back to your editor. TopShelf pins the ChatGPT web app (or Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, any AI chat with a URL) as a floating always-on-top window on macOS, so the conversation stays visible above your code no matter what has focus.

How to do it with TopShelf

  1. 1 Open TopShelf from your menu barClick the TopShelf icon in the macOS menu bar.
  2. 2 Paste the ChatGPT URLPaste https://chat.openai.com/ (or your preferred AI tool's URL) into the New Website field.
  3. 3 Pin it always-on-topTopShelf opens ChatGPT in a small floating window that stays above every other window on screen, including your editor and full-screen apps. Resize it to a corner of your monitor and keep coding.

Also works with

ChatGPTClaudePerplexityGeminiGitHub Copilot Chat (web)Cursor chat (web)

Any AI chat you can open in a browser. TopShelf floats the web page as-is with no plugins, no browser extensions, no API keys required.

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