AIWatch.

Think of an Appshot as a smarter screenshot. It gives Codex visual context from an app window without you needing to copy, paste, or describe everything on the screen.

But that's not the coolest part: With computer use permission enabled, Codex can inspect and interact with apps in the background while you continue working somewhere else. You can monitor what it’s doing through a picture-in-picture preview.

Appshots help Codex work better with iPhone simulators in Xcode, and Mac apps that don’t have an MCP server or API that Codex can use directly.

Here’s an example of me using Codex to tell me about what people are saying on X about the World Cup: