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Finally a way to run executables without installing them! NO Admin needed!

Howdy %Name%,

Last week I was asking Claude to create a Rust application and it said something that caught my eye.

Claude: “We’ve already done that in another tool when we created a WASM“

I did remember seeing the term a few times before when creating a Progressive Web App but I was busy at the time and didn’t ask it to explain the term.

Turns out that was a HUGE mistake❗

WebAssembly (WASM) is compiled code that runs full speed right in the browser, without installing anything❗

You just open a link and it works

No restrictions with Admin Rights, no Anti-Virus

It does this because (even though it is compiled code) it is sandboxed by the browser.

Don’t get me wrong, there are limitations to what you can do, however this opens a LOT of doors for us here at the-Automator❗

For instance, I created WASM versions of our Effortless Video Reducer and Quick Raw Edit

Another HUGE benefit is they are OS independent! Our WASM tools will run in Windows, Linux, Mac, Chrome, iPad, etc. Anything that supports a modern browser.

So suddenly we can truly create a tool that virtually ANYONE can run❗

You can learn more about WASM here.

Now on with the show…

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Creating an App based off a Picture

I had so much fun with my first Restaurant App based from a picture I thought I’d try another (this time recording it).

So, in this video, I show you how I use a few online pictures to build an App for a restaurant.

After creating it my friend Joey showed it to the business owner and they really got excited!

They wanted to know if we could also include a “rewards” aspect so we are building that in as well as in-app notifications.

AI Turns Menu Photo Into App in Minutes 🤖

Easily Creating Virtual drives

One of my oldest scripts is still one of my favorites.

Our tool, Drive Creator, for creating “fake” / virtual drives to quickly access projects is an enormous time saver! I like it so much we added it to our AHK Explorer.

We still sell it as a stand-alone tool and you can see how it works in this video.

BTW – we’ve added more to the tool. Now you can create a label and icon associated with the new “drive”. It also comes with a script to automatically navigate you to the “real” folder.

Creating Fake Drives for easy access & Identical paths across computers

Understanding Claude Skills

If you’re not using Skills with your AI you should be!

In this video NotebookLM explains why Claude Skills are important, how they customize AI to YOU and how to build them.

Claude Skills Explained in Minutes 🎯

Improving People’s Lives: Story #112

Today I was chatting with someone at a local Chamber of Commerce meeting.

She’s feeling overwhelmed working on a project she volunteered on.

Too many things are “in her head” and she needs a simple, flexible way to let all involved know the plan (and be able to make changes).

I told her this sounded like a “fun” AI project where we can create an App to let people see what is planned and make updates.

The relief on her face said it all! So great to easily provide tools that, just 2 years ago, would not have been possible w/o a 4 figure budget!

📚 What we’re reading

Galaxy Watch app transforms your smartwatch into a Bluetooth mouse
Why pushing your router’s power button isn’t a real reboot
How Windows File History helps protect your work

🤖 AI News that you Need to Know

Activepieces is an open-source Zapier alternative
Documenso is an open-source DocuSign alternative
Google’s new dev tool automatically converts iPhone apps into Android apps

⚡️Productivity tips: To move your active window…

Win+Shift+Left Arrow :Moves the active window to the monitor to the Left
Win+Shift+Right Arrow :Moves the active window to the monitor to the Right
Win+Shift+Up Arrow :Maximizes the active window vertically (keeps its width)
Win+Shift+Down Arrow :Restores the window from a maximized state, or minimizes it

🤣 A spot of Humor: I love this guy!

King of One-Liners | Andy Huggins | Stand Up Comedy

What we 🅰utomated this week with AutoHotkey #146

This week I turned a radiologist’s report shuffling into a screen capture, AI prompt, and paste-it-exactly pipeline, and spent a long session with Carol getting two speech engines to handle verbatim and diarized transcripts at the same time.

I also fed a two hour call into my AI segmenter and got back 11 clips, rebuilt Automate My Task in Rust so image based UI automation actually flies, and got the Effortless Video Reducer, Quick Raw Edit, and MP3 ripper running straight in a browser with WebAssembly.

In this week’s video I walk you through all of it, plus ClipShare for copy/pasting between devices over Tailscale without installing a thing.

What we Automated this week #146

Clients say…

Holy shit❗ This is amazing — Dr. Kamran J. (Radiologist)

AHK Hero 🦸

Consider joining the 🦸Hero club! Members receive 25% off courses, consultations, tutoring, done for you project work, etc. Currently we have over 605 hours of recordings teaching AutoHotkey that are exclusive to Hero members❗

During this Friday’s call we’re planning to discuss:

Help Hero Members with their Questions & Code
AHK Tools
- OpenRouter Provisioning API tokens
- Updates to TextUnderMouse
- Borrowing Firefox Cookies
- Removing Mark of Internet flag with AHK and PowerShell
- AutoHotkey.dll
- XPLorer (AHKExplorer & XP search)
  - Adjust Tree Width
  - Use same position for XP Search
  - Improve speed/reliability
- WatchFolders example
Rust Tools
- Virtual Camera
- Rust DLL
- FocusGuard (Prevent focus being stolen)
- AutomateMyTask – image search benchmark
- AnyDoc

Progressive Web Apps
- Now ClipShare works with Files, not just pictures and text
- Accessing Claude via CLI from my Phone
- Effortless Video Reducer & Quick Raw Edit – Also caching
- Song Sync
- Burgers and more / HenHouse – in-app notifications
- Google maps – photo and review driver

They also have access to exclusive & pre-released content and 2 hours a week where we help people with their automation issues

🗣️ 💭 Quotable quotes

Stop arguing — John Carlton
The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach — Benjamin E. Mays
Take responsibility for your actions. This simple habit has profound consequences you will learn to enjoy. Fix what you break, clean up your mess, watch your buddy’s back — John Carlton

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P.S. If you cannot install programs, you really should look into WebAssembly!

It’s a total game changer for us❗

Now Your AI Can Search My Tools For You News-2026-08-06

Howdy,

Your AI Can Search the-Automator For You

Here’s something that used to drive me nuts.

Someone would email me “Joe, do you have anything that grabs data off a web page?” and I’d have to go dig through my own store to find it.

My own store! 😊 After 438 tools, scripts, and courses, even I can’t remember everything that’s in there.

So I fixed it. And then I went one step further: I made it so your AI can search my catalog too.

Grab a free key, paste one line into Claude or Cursor, and from then on you just ask. No more guessing what I named something. Describe the problem you’re stuck on and your AI finds the right tool:

“I need to pull data off a website” finds my web scraping tools
“how do I learn v2 coming from v1?” finds the transition course
“something to organize my files faster” finds the file tools

It searches by meaning, not keywords. That’s the part that makes it actually useful.

If you like the idea of your AI reaching into your tools, you’ll want my AutoHotkey v2 MCP Server too.
It gives your AI real eyes and a debugger.

And once you’re set up, build your own Claude Code commands so the stuff you do all day is one keystroke away.

New to all of this? This video walks you through Skills & MCP in minutes.

The cool thing is your AI already knows what you’re working on. It shouldn’t have to send you off to browse a store. It should just answer. ⚡

Grab Your Free Key

Takes about 30 seconds. Free, no credit card, nothing to install. Works with Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and Cursor.

One thing I’ve learned building automations for 20+ years: the tool you can’t find is the same as the tool you don’t own. Hopefully this helps a bit. 🤖

Now on with the show…

Now, with Embeddings, we have a new level of search!

Using Embeddings to Match on Meaning

The intro mentions that the AI is matching on “meaning” using Embeddings.

If you’re new to embeddings you should check out this short video that gives you a quick example.

It’s quite literally the future here now!

Want another angle on it? Forget RegEx AI Semantic Search Changes Everything covers the same idea from a different direction.

🔥 This Search Algorithm Understands What You ACTUALLY Mean❗

Do you miss Windows XP File Search❓

The built-in Windows File search is crazy powerful but it is also crazy complex❗

That’s why I built Windows XP File Search.

It’s super simple to use and is super fast (it’s a C++ exe wrapped with an AHK GUI.)

Check out how easy it is to use by watching this video.

This $8 File Search Tool DESTROYS the $100 Competition 💀XP File Search

And, if that interests you, check out the recently released AHK File Explorer. While you’re at it, this Explorer trick is worth two minutes of your time.

Learning when Enough is Enough

In today’s age, where AI can add virtually any functionality you want, Scope Creep is becoming a severe problem. In this Hero Extract we discuss how to learn to stop adding all the extra bells and whistles.

Identifying the MVP (Minimal Viable Product) is nearly a super-power these days!

Stop Overbuilding! The MVP Mindset Most Developers Ignore 🎯 | Hero Extract

Improving People’s Lives: Story #109

Yesterday I had a call with Songlin (a friend who’s retired and his son is about to enter High School.)

His son is quite good at math and Songlin is planning out his son’s journey to college.

He was mentioning math tutors run between $100 to $200 an hour and the college advisory companies are charging around $300 an hour to help make sure his son gets into a top college.

We discussed how by talking with AI, he could probably replace both for a tiny fraction of the cost❗

And, if he want’s to feel confident of his plan, he could find a retired expert to review his plan