Screenshot to Claude

Half your good thinking happens away from your Mac. You see a tweet about a tool, a screenshot of someone's workflow, a post that sparks an idea. You screenshot it. It dies in your Camera Roll.

Think of it like StarCraft. The drone doesn't fight. It gathers resources and brings them back to base so the player can decide what to build with them. This guide builds your drone.

• An iPhone (or iPad) and a Mac signed into the same Apple ID.
• iCloud Drive on for both, with Desktop & Documents sync turned on. (Mac: System Settings → Apple ID → iCloud → iCloud Drive → Desktop & Documents Folders. Usually already on.)
• Claude Code already set up. If you haven't, do the main onboarding first.
• About 10 minutes.

Path 1. Never used Claude Code? Do the main onboarding first (~10 min), then come back here for Steps 1-5 below.

Path 2. Already use Claude Code? Skip the long version. Jump to the quickstart below ↓

Path 3. Not sure? Just follow Steps 1-5 below. They work either way.

On your Mac, open Finder. In the sidebar, click Documents.

Right-click in the empty space and pick New Folder. Name it drone.

Here's what your Documents folder should look like once the drone folder is in place:

That's the base. Every screenshot you send from your phone will land here. Because your Documents folder is synced through iCloud, the drone folder shows up on your phone too. That's what makes the next step work.

The fastest way is one tap. Open this link on your iPhone (not your Mac) and tap Add Shortcut when iOS asks:

Get the Send to Drone shortcut ↗

iOS will open this preview screen. Tap Add Shortcut at the bottom:

The shortcut lands in your Shortcuts library, ready to use:

One thing to check after you add it. The destination should be iCloud Drive → Documents → drone. To verify on iPhone: in the Shortcuts app, tap the three dots on the Send to Drone card. On the action labeled Save Images to drone, tap drone. The Files app opens at that folder. Tap the small triangle next to drone at the top of the screen (it opens a menu), pick Get Info, and look at the Where line near the bottom. It should read iCloud Drive → Documents. If it shows anything else, go back into the shortcut, tap the destination on the Save File action, and re-pick iCloud Drive → Documents → drone.

This step teaches Claude what to do when you say /ideas. You'll ask Claude to create the file for you. One paste in the chat, done.

Make sure your claude-code-starter folder (the one from the main onboarding) is open in Claude Code. In the chat, paste this whole prompt and hit enter:

Create a new skill at .claude/skills/ideas/SKILL.md with this content:

---
name: ideas
description: Review the screenshots and notes the user sent themselves into their Documents/drone folder. Walk through each one, describe what it shows in plain English, and pull out any text. The user is reviewing their own ideas bin, don't push them to act.
---

# Ideas

When the user runs /ideas, do this:

1. List every file in `~/Documents/drone/`.
   If the folder is empty, say "Nothing in your drone folder" and stop.

2. For each file, in order:
   - If it's an image: describe what's in the screenshot in one or two
     sentences, then extract any visible text verbatim.

3. After you've walked through everything, ask once if the user wants
   to delete any of them now that they've been reviewed. Don't push.
   Most of the time the answer is "no, just wanted to see them." That's fine.

Tone: conversational, terse, one item at a time. Don't dump everything at once.

Claude will create the .claude/skills/ideas/ folder structure (the leading dot makes it hidden in Finder, but Claude handles that for you) and write the file. You'll see something like "Created .claude/skills/ideas/SKILL.md" in the chat.

That's it. The skill is now part of your project. Next time you type /ideas in this folder, Claude will follow these instructions.

On your phone, open Instagram, Twitter, or Photos. Take a screenshot of anything (side button + volume up).

Tap the share button on that screenshot. Scroll down through the share sheet until you see Send to Drone:

Tap it. You'll see your "Saved File" notification pop up.

On your Mac, open Finder → Documents → drone. Your screenshot is there. (If it isn't yet, give iCloud 30–60 seconds to sync.)

Open Claude Code. Open your claude-code-starter folder. In the chat, type:

/ideas

Claude reads the folder, describes what's in your screenshot, and pulls out any text. You review. That's it.

Next: what to do with it now ↓

1. Paste this prompt in any Claude Code session:

Create a folder at the absolute path ~/Documents/drone (the user's home Documents folder, NOT inside any project subfolder, even if you are currently in a project context). Then create a user-wide Claude skill at ~/.claude/skills/ideas/SKILL.md with the content below.

---
name: ideas
description: Review the screenshots and notes the user sent themselves into their Documents/drone folder. Walk through each one, describe what it shows in plain English, and pull out any text. The user is reviewing their own ideas bin, don't push them to act.
---

# Ideas

When the user runs /ideas, do this:

1. List every file in `~/Documents/drone/`.
   If the folder is empty, say "Nothing in your drone folder" and stop.

2. For each file, in order:
   - If it's an image: describe what's in the screenshot in one or two
     sentences, then extract any visible text verbatim.

3. After you've walked through everything, ask once if the user wants
   to delete any of them now that they've been reviewed. Don't push.
   Most of the time the answer is "no, just wanted to see them." That's fine.

Tone: conversational, terse, one item at a time. Don't dump everything at once.

2. Import the iOS Shortcut on your phone. Get the Send to Drone shortcut ↗. Tap Add Shortcut. Verify the destination is iCloud Drive → Documents → drone: in Shortcuts, tap the three dots on Send to Drone, tap drone in the third action, then in Files tap the small triangle next to drone at the top → Get Info. The Where line should read iCloud Drive → Documents.

3. Fly it. Take a screenshot on your phone, share to Send to Drone:

4. Run /ideas in Claude Code when you want to review.

Capture without thinking. See a tool you want to remember? Screenshot it. Send to Drone. A workflow you want to copy? Screenshot. Send to Drone. Don't sort. Don't decide yet. Just gather.

Review when you sit down. Once a day, or once a week, run /ideas. Claude walks you through every screenshot you sent yourself. You remember why you saved them. Most of the time, that's the whole win.

Grow it later. When you've used Claude for a while, your folder starts to know what you're building. You can extend the skill yourself: "compare each item against my existing plans and flag what's worth integrating," or "save anything tool-related into tools.md." Just ask Claude to update the skill for you. Start with the simple bin. The smarts come later.

The shortcut isn't the point. The habit is. The shortcut just removes the friction.

Stuck? Email me at emil@ultrawinning.com.

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