For Mac · Free during the pilot
Vishra · Eye breaks while your AI thinks
Every time ChatGPT or Claude starts working, there is a pause. Most of us spend that pause watching the screen, waiting for the answer to appear.
Vishra turns those otherwise wasted seconds into short, guided eye breaks. It waits until your AI is busy, helps you look away from the screen, and plays a chime when the response is ready. You get a brief break without stopping your work or missing the answer.
Works alongside the AI tools you already use
Why Traditional Break Reminders Get Ignored
Break reminders are easy to ignore because they often appear at the worst possible moment. You may be writing, coding, reviewing a document, analyzing data, or working through a difficult problem when a timer suddenly tells you to stop. Even when the reminder is useful, the interruption is not. It gets dismissed, postponed, or eventually turned off.
Traditional break reminder
Vishra
Vishra works differently. It uses a pause that already exists in your day: the time spent waiting for a supported AI tool to generate a response.Rather than adding another interruption, Vishra helps you make better use of waiting time in your existing AI workflow.
How Vishra works
You do not need to change how you use ChatGPT, Claude, or Claude Code. Vishra works quietly alongside the tools you already use.
Step 01
Send your prompt and continue using your AI tool as usual. Vishra stays in the background and watches only for the interface state that shows the AI is still generating a response.
It does not read what you typed, analyze the response, or access the content of your conversation.
Step 02
When the AI has been working long enough, Vishra offers a guided break. A calm voice tells you when to look farther away, blink, breathe, move, or stretch.
Because the instructions are spoken, you do not need to keep looking at the Vishra screen.
Step 03
When your AI finishes generating its response, Vishra plays a chime. You can return to the screen and continue with the completed answer waiting for you.
Two guided break options
Not every AI task takes the same amount of time. Vishra gives you two guided break options so you can choose what fits the pause.
35seconds
Fits common AI waitsMake use of everyday AI waiting time. Vishra guides you to look farther away, blink, and briefly change your visual focus while your response is being generated.
A short pause between a prompt and a response makes small breaks easier to fit into an AI-heavy workday.
2minutes
For longer tasksWhen you have more time, the two-minute option provides a more complete pause. The sequence may guide you to blink, look into the distance, gently move your eyes, close them while breathing, and stretch.
The calm voice keeps you informed throughout, so you can stay away from the screen until it is time to return.
Supported in Vishra 1.0.0
Vishra supports selected AI experiences on macOS. Keep working with the tools you already know, and use the moments while AI responds to take a short screen break.
macOS only in version 1.0.0.
A developer can step away while Claude Code works through a task.
A marketer can look into the distance while ChatGPT drafts campaign ideas.
A writer can close their eyes while Claude restructures a long document.
An analyst can take a short pause while an AI tool processes a complex request.
Context-aware, not clock-driven
A break application should not become another source of distraction. Vishra is designed to understand more than the clock. You remain in control of how often Vishra appears, which break length you prefer, and whether you want additional reminders.
It avoids prompting you when you are already away from your keyboard.
No break prompts while you are on a call or in a meeting.
You choose how often Vishra appears and which break length you prefer.
If you have not taken a proper break for a while, Vishra can offer an hourly reminder. Its first choice is still a natural pause.
Use natural pauses instead of creating artificial interruptions. The idea behind the product.
Privacy by design
Vishra does not need access to your conversation content to know when a supported AI tool is working. It checks only whether the AI interface is still showing its generation state, such as the visible Stop control.
Vishra never uses your camera. It does not watch your face, monitor where you are looking, or record video. Your Vishra activity data stays on your Mac unless you choose to share it.
The application is signed by OpenSource Technologies and notarized by Apple, allowing macOS to verify the software during installation. It is also designed to stay lightweight: current testing shows minimal system-resource use while monitoring supported AI workflows.
The only thing Vishra checks
What Vishra never reads or uses
One-tap check-in and daily statistics
Vishra includes a simple one-tap check-in: How do your eyes feel? It lets you record how your eyes feel without completing a long survey or interrupting your day.
Simple daily statistics help you see when you took breaks, which break option you used, and how frequently you looked away from the screen. Over time, this can help you become more aware of your screen habits and the moments when you tend to skip breaks.
Vishra does not use these check-ins to diagnose a condition or make medical recommendations. They are there to help you notice your own habits and make short breaks a more natural part of the day.
Sample day for illustration · data stays on your Mac
The 20-20-20 rule, at a better moment
The 20-20-20 rule is a familiar screen-break practice: periodically look away from the screen and focus on something farther away. The difficult part is not understanding that a break may be useful. The difficult part is remembering to take one when you are busy.
“It has been 20 minutes. Stop what you are doing.”
It arrives on the clock’s schedule, usually in the middle of something.
“You are already waiting. This is a good moment to look away.”
It arrives when your AI is busy and you were going to wait anyway.
Vishra does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition. It is a productivity and wellbeing utility designed to make short screen breaks easier to fit into an AI-heavy workday.
Who Vishra is for
Vishra is designed for people whose work now includes repeated conversations with AI.
Developers
Use it while coding assistants process requests.
Marketers & writers
Step away while content is drafted, summarized, or analyzed.
Researchers, analysts & knowledge workers
Use AI-processing time as a natural moment to change focus.
Vishra can support organizations that are introducing AI across their teams and want to encourage better screen-break habits without filling the workday with intrusive reminders. A team version is planned for a later stage.
Built by OpenSource Technologies
Vishra is a small application built around a larger product-design principle: software should adapt to the way people actually work. We did not begin by asking how to build another timer. We began by asking:
When would someone actually be willing to take a break?
The answer was not “whenever a clock reaches zero.” It was during a pause the user did not create and cannot avoid: the time spent waiting for AI.
It is an example of the kind of custom product OST builds: technology that solves a specific workflow problem without adding unnecessary complexity.
Limited pilot · macOS
Vishra 1.0.0 is currently available for macOS through a limited pilot. Pilot users can try the application at no cost and share feedback. That feedback will help shape the public version.
Now
Try Vishra 1.0.0 on your Mac at no cost and tell us what works and what doesn’t.
Open for pilot usersNext
The initial public release is planned as a direct download from the OST website.
Direct downloadLater
A Mac App Store release and a team version are planned for a later stage.
PlannedPilot feedback covers:
TimingBreak experienceSupported toolsNotificationsDaily statisticsFAQ
No. Vishra does not read your prompts, responses, uploaded documents, code, or conversation history. It checks only whether the supported AI interface is showing that a response is still being generated.
No. Vishra does not require camera access and does not watch or record you.
Version 1 supports the ChatGPT and Claude desktop applications, ChatGPT and Claude in Chrome, and Claude Code on macOS.
No. A calm guiding voice leads each step, allowing you to look away from the screen or close your eyes.
Vishra plays a chime when the supported AI tool finishes generating its response.
Vishra is designed to remain quiet during calls and avoid unnecessary reminders when you are already away from the keyboard.
Vishra activity data remains on your Mac unless you choose to share it.
No. Vishra is a productivity and wellbeing utility for taking short screen breaks. It does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition.
Not currently. Vishra version 1.0.0 is available for macOS only.
The first public release is planned as a direct download from OST. A Mac App Store release is planned later.
Continue using ChatGPT, Claude, and Claude Code as you normally do. Vishra finds the natural pauses, guides you through a short break, and brings you back when your response is ready.
Trademark note: ChatGPT is a trademark of OpenAI. Claude and Claude Code are trademarks of Anthropic. Vishra is an independent product developed by OpenSource Technologies and is not affiliated with or endorsed by OpenAI or Anthropic.
