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title: "How to use Bigshot"
description: "Ways people use Bigshot, each a short set of steps."
url: https://www.bigshot.pics/how-to-use
---
# How to use Bigshot

Three ways to use Bigshot, each a short set of steps. For every setting and shortcut, see the [user guide](https://www.bigshot.pics/docs).

[FreeCaptureCapture, mark up, and give screenshots to Claude Code or Codex. Capture and the editor work without a Project or a licence.](https://www.bigshot.pics/how-to-use/screenshot-tool)[Capture · LicenceVisual contextSave screenshots in your repo so Claude Code or Codex can read them when you ask.](https://www.bigshot.pics/how-to-use/visual-context)[Capture · LicenceMoodboards for agentsCollect reference screenshots under a tag and hand the set to your agent.](https://www.bigshot.pics/how-to-use/moodboards)[LicenceCode LensSelect part of your app on screen and open the file and line that renders it.](https://www.bigshot.pics/how-to-use/code-lens)[LicenceInline AgentSelect part of the screen, say what to change, and an agent does it in your Project.](https://www.bigshot.pics/how-to-use/inline-agent)

## Before you start

1.  [Download Bigshot](https://www.bigshot.pics/download) and move it to Applications. It needs an Apple silicon Mac on macOS 14 or newer.
2.  Open it and grant Screen Recording permission when asked.
3.  Hover the notch. The island shows your latest captures.

Installation trouble? See [Installation & macOS setup](https://www.bigshot.pics/download).

[NextCapture](https://www.bigshot.pics/how-to-use/screenshot-tool)