PHOSPHOR APPS — AGENTIC DEV TOOLING

GLANCE

Screenshot tool for AI agents

FROM $3macOSA picture is worth 1,000 words →
42×
smaller file
16×
fewer tokens
0%
information lost
HOW_IT_WORKS
MacBook Pro full-screen capture (3456 × 2234)CAPTURE4.2 MB PNG~2,120 tokensGLANCE HANDLES THIScompressWebP 40% · 25%↓clipboard48 KB · 4 formats⌘Vinto ClaudePASTE48 KB WebP~96 tokens
// A_PICTURE_IS_WORTH

We took a screenshot of
1,000 words
The screenshot cost fewer tokens than the words!

1,000 words as text
~1,350 tokens
Screenshot of those words via Glance
~625 tokens

A Glance screenshot of a full page of text is 2× cheaper than pasting the text itself. The image is literally cheaper than the words it contains.

Read the 1,000 words →
SEE_FOR_YOURSELF

The AI can still read this.

Same screenshot. Same information. 97% less data.

AGENT MODE
WebP · 40% quality · 25% scale
Glance settings captured in agent mode
File size3.1 KB
Dimensions239 × 300
Tokens~96
HUMAN
PNG · 100% quality · 100% scale
Glance settings captured in human mode
File size130 KB
Dimensions956 × 1196
Tokens~1,524
42×smaller file
16×fewer tokens
0%information lost
// HOW_TOKENS_WORK

AI vision models don't see file sizes — they see pixels. The formula is simple: tokens = (width × height) / 750. A human-mode 956×1196 screenshot costs ~1,524 tokens. Glance scales it to 239×300 — just ~96 tokens. That's 16× cheaper.

Smaller dimensions = fewer pixels = fewer tokens = cheaper API calls. The AI reads both images equally well.

Different settings, same readability

Human mode, Retina Native PNG
Human · Retina Native
121 KB
~1,535 tokens
Balanced quality, Small scale
Balanced · Small
4.8 KB
~96 tokens
Pixel Perfect quality, Compact scale
Pixel Perfect · Compact
6.8 KB
~44 tokens
Pixel Perfect quality, Tiny scale
Pixel Perfect · Tiny
4.7 KB
~26 tokens

All four are perfectly legible to Claude — even the 124×156 one. The smallest uses 59× fewer tokens than the human PNG.

MODES
AGENT MODE
⌘ Shift \
  • outputWebP
  • quality40% default
  • scale25% of original
  • purposeAI consumption

“Optimized for AI consumption”

4200 KBoriginal48 KBWebP @40%↓98.9%smaller
// BEFORE → AFTER
before  screenshot.png   4.2 MB
after   capture.webp     48 KB↓ 98.9% smaller
HUMAN
⌘ Ctrl Shift \
  • outputPNG
  • quality100%
  • scaleconfigurable
  • purposehuman review

“When humans need to see it too”

// OUTPUT FORMAT
format   lossless PNG
depth    full fidelity
scale    1x — 4x options
use      review · share · archive
FEATURES
⎘
CLIPBOARD-FIRST

Four formats written simultaneously. Works everywhere — Slack, Figma, terminal, Claude. No export step. No save dialog.

PNGimage dataTIFFlosslessfile://URL ref/pathfilepath
▤
MENUBAR NATIVE

Lives in your menubar. No dock icon. No window. Just there when you need it — invisible when you don't.

◈
TOKEN CALCULATOR

See exactly how many tokens your screenshot costs before sending. Budget your context window deliberately.

⚙
CONFIGURABLE

Quality sliders, scale factors, output directories. Tune everything. Live preview with playful quality labels.

◑
DUAL ICONS

Tray icon changes to show current primary mode at a glance. Always know what mode you're in without opening anything.

GET_GLANCE
SUPPORTER
$3
one-time · pay once, own forever
  • License key delivered instantly
  • All features, no limits
  • 3 devices per license
The app. Nothing else. Nothing recurring.
GET GLANCE
BUILDER
$7/mo
support ongoing development
  • Everything in Supporter
  • Early access to beta builds
Fund what you use. Shape what comes next.
SUBSCRIBE
PATRON
$15/mo
shape the roadmap
  • Everything in Builder
  • Priority feature requests
Direct line to what gets built.
SUBSCRIBE
// WHAT_GLANCE_SAVES_YOU
Every screenshot you send to an AI costs tokens.

Per screenshot (Claude Opus 4.6 @ $5/MTok):
  Raw:    ~2,120 tokens  $0.0106
  Glance: ~96 tokens    $0.0005

At 50 screenshots/day:
  Without Glance:  $0.53/day → $15.90/month
  With Glance:    $0.02/day → $0.72/month

  You save $15.18/month. Pays for itself in 6 days.
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