About Lumia AI
Lumia is an overlay for Mac that gives AI assistants persistent context. Its Vault holds projects, voice and decisions, which you pull in by @mentioning a document or project. An Architect step asks clarifying questions when an idea is vague, using the Vault before any AI sees the request, and the output is a ready-to-use prompt tailored to the tool you use, whether Claude for code, ChatGPT for drafts or Gemini for search.
Each project has its own vault with brand voice, decisions and sources, so switching projects changes the context in one click, and every prompt shows its sources: which documents, decisions and vault entries fed into it. The goal is that the first prompt works and you never need to re-brief a model.
The product is in beta for macOS. The page says the beta is capped at 30 early members who get lifetime access for $99, with personal onboarding and top feature requests shipped first, and the version is described as live but rough around the edges.
Key features
- Vault of projects, voice and decisions
- @mention of documents and projects
- Architect step that asks clarifying questions
- Prompts tailored to Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini
- Separate vault per project
- Visible sources for every prompt
- Overlay app for macOS
Good fit for
- Heavy AI users who re-explain context every session
- Switching between several client projects with different voices
Lumia AI: questions and answers
- What is Lumia AI used for?
- Lumia AI is a macOS overlay that stores your projects, voice and decisions once and turns raw ideas into tailored prompts for Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini. It is a good fit for heavy AI users who re-explain context every session and switching between several client projects with different voices.
- Is Lumia AI open source?
- No. Lumia AI is proprietary (closed-source) software. In the AI Tools category, open-source options include Macai, NextChat and Chatbox.
- What are some alternatives to Lumia AI?
- Other SaaS products in the AI Tools category include Brevik, Promptay and AIbridge.
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