Companion

Give your Superself a real computer to work on

The Companion is a small program that runs on your own computer — not in the cloud. Once it's paired, your Superself can look someone up, add a calendar event, or send a message, but only ever when you ask it to.

It's free, and it's optional — everything else about Neurovance works without it. One download works on both Mac and Windows; it detects which one you're on.

Download Companion macOS & Windows · Free · Requires Node.js

Set it up

  1. Download and unzip it — you'll get a companion folder.
  2. Open that folder and double-click Setup (Setup.command on Mac, Setup.bat on Windows). No terminal typing needed — it opens a window itself and gets everything ready.
  3. Mac only: the first time, macOS will likely say it "cannot verify" Setup.command — that's normal for a new app, not a problem. Click Done (not Move to Trash), go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, and click Open Anyway next to it — it starts right up from there, no need to click Setup.command again.
  4. In Neurovance, open your Superself and click Pair a computer — it'll give you a code. Paste that code into the window that opened when it asks.
  5. The first time it actually does something, your OS will ask for permission — say yes. On Windows, Outlook may also show a one-time prompt the first time it's automated.

Needs Node.js installed once — if you don't have it, Setup will tell you and link you straight to it.

What it can do

Browse
Open links, read the page you're already on, click things, fill in fields — all in your real Safari or Chrome, whichever you pick in Settings. Saved bookmarks are read from Safari specifically.
Mac only — Windows can open a link, not read or click the page yet
Reach people
Look someone up in Contacts and send a real iMessage — but only after it's told you exactly who and what, and you've confirmed.
Mac only — no Windows equivalent exists for iMessage
Your own data
Add a calendar event, reminder, or note; read and send real email — all your own data, no confirmation needed since none of it reaches anyone but you.
Mac & Windows — Windows goes through Outlook (Contacts/Calendar/Tasks/Mail), so it needs desktop Outlook installed and signed in
Music
Play/pause/skip and see what's playing.
Mac only — controls Music.app, no Windows equivalent
Run code
Run a real command on your computer — install a package, run a script, anything a terminal can do. The first time, it asks you to pick a folder for it to work in — like opening a project folder in an editor — before it can do anything. After that, every single command still shows up on your own screen first and waits for you to type y before it runs, no exception, and it's never available to a scheduled task running unattended.
Mac & Windows

What it can't do

Reading files stays boxed in: it can only read inside one folder you choose, and never writes or deletes a file through that path on its own. Running a real command is a separate, more powerful capability, which is exactly why it's gated differently — every command is shown to you on your own screen and needs your live yes before it runs, every time, and it's never reachable from a scheduled task running with nobody watching. It also can't edit or remove a contact, and refuses to ever type into a password field — no matter what it's asked. These limits live in the Companion itself, not on our servers, so they hold even if something upstream goes wrong.