
Modern IDEs are powerful but overwhelming. New features hide behind menus, shortcuts differ between tools, and generic chatbots hallucinate steps or ignore which editor you actually have open. Gurren is a Windows desktop copilot built for developers who live in Cursor, Visual Studio Code, or Google Antigravity. Press Ctrl+Shift+Space anywhere in your workflow to open a lightweight panel. Ask natural-language questions—“How do I open the command palette?” or “Where is GitHub Copilot?”—and get answers grounded in a curated markdown vault, not random web guesses. Gurren detects your active IDE and file context automatically, then routes each question through a three-tier retrieval pipeline designed for speed and privacy: • Level 1 — Instant tag lookup over a pre-built index for common questions with zero latency. • Level 2 — Semantic search with ChromaDB and local embeddings (Transformers.js) over hundreds of structured vault notes scraped from official docs. • Level 3 — Optional escalation to Anthropic Claude when the vault is not confident, including a dedicated PRD/spec mode that turns product requirements into IDE-specific build guides. When an answer references a UI control, Gurren draws an on-screen pointer overlay on top of your desktop so you know exactly where to click. A persistent memory layer writes usage patterns to vault/user (profile, history, unknown queries) so the assistant improves with you over time. The stack is Electron + React + TypeScript on the front end, Python scripts for vault seeding and indexing, and ChromaDB running locally—routine answers work offline; only Level 3 needs an API key. Gurren is local-first, context-aware, and built for real IDE workflows—not another browser tab.
17 May 2026