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Everything you need
to run InvisiQ.

A practical guide to installing InvisiQ, signing in, starting your trial, connecting your own AI key, and driving the overlay from the keyboard. Beta build v1.2.0, Windows 10 v2004+ and Windows 11.

Install & first run

From download to overlay in under a minute.

InvisiQ is a single portable .exe. No installer, no admin rights, no registry entries. Here is the exact order you will see on first launch.

STEP 01

Download and run

Grab the portable build from the download page and double-click it. Nothing installs to your system.

STEP 02

Continue with Google

Sign-in opens your system browser, so there is nothing to type into the app. You stay signed in on later launches. This starts your 14-day free trial.

STEP 03

Accept "Before you start"

A one-time beta-data notice explains what is stored during the beta. You accept it once. Full detail lives on the Privacy page.

STEP 04

Onboard, then summon

A 3-step wizard helps you add an API key, see the hotkeys, and run a stealth self-test. Then press Ctrl G from any app.

The 14-day trial

Free for 14 days. No card.

How the clock works
The trial begins on your first signed-in launch and runs for 14 days. A small banner inside the app shows how many days are left. The countdown is enforced by InvisiQ's server clock, so changing your system clock, reinstalling, clearing data, or making a new install will not reset it.
When the trial ends
After 14 days the AI features lock and the app shows "Your trial has ended, paid plans are coming soon." You can still sign out. There is no card on file, so nothing is ever charged automatically.
If you are offline
InvisiQ needs an internet check to confirm the trial. If it cannot verify, it fails closed and shows "Can't verify your trial, reconnect and try again." Reconnect and relaunch to continue.
What it costs
InvisiQ is free during the beta. The only cost is your own AI provider usage, billed to you directly by OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google at their published rates. We never mark a token up.
Sign-in
Sign-in is handled by Google. We receive your email address from Google to identify your account and run the trial. See Privacy for the full list.
Connect your AI key

Bring your own key, paste it once.

InvisiQ never ships an AI key of its own. Generate one from a provider you trust, paste it into Settings → Providers, and it stays encrypted on your device.

OpenAI
platform.openai.com
whereAPI keys
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Get key →
Anthropic
console.anthropic.com
whereAPI keys
prefixsk-ant-…
Get key →
Google
aistudio.google.com
whereGet API key
prefixAIza…
Get key →

Keys are encrypted on your device with AES-256-GCM (a machine-derived key, PBKDF2-SHA256, 600K iterations). They never leave your machine except as the body of a direct call to the provider you chose. Remove a key in one click anytime.

Supported models

Seven models, switchable mid-chat.

Pick a model and provider from the header dropdown at any time. Vision models read screenshots directly; o3-mini is text and reasoning only.

Provider Model Vision Context Speed
OpenAIGPT-4oyes128Kmedium
OpenAIGPT-4o Miniyes128Kfast
OpenAIo3-minino200Kslow
AnthropicClaude Sonnet 4yes200Kmedium
AnthropicClaude Haiku 4.5yes200Kfast
GoogleGemini 2.0 Flashyes1Mfast
GoogleGemini 2.5 Proyes1Mmedium
Keyboard shortcuts

InvisiQ is driven from the keyboard.

These are the defaults. Every one is editable in Settings → Hotkeys, so you can rebind anything that clashes with the apps you already use.

Ctrl GToggle overlay visibility
Ctrl SCapture full screen and send to AI
Ctrl RCapture a dragged region and send to AI
Ctrl AFocus the text input
Ctrl CCopy the last AI response
Ctrl VPaste the last response into the active app
Ctrl NNew conversation
Ctrl IToggle stealth typing / capture mode
Ctrl PToggle click-through (mouse passes through)
Ctrl ] / [Next / previous model
Ctrl QPanic: exit capture, remove the hook, hide everything
EscHide the overlay immediately
Smart modes

One-tap personas for the task at hand.

Each mode tunes the AI's behavior with a system prompt and sensible defaults. You can also define your own custom modes.

General

The everyday default. Light prompt, fast responses, your choice of voice.

Coding

Code-aware prompt, syntax highlighting, and paste-to-editor for snippets.

Meeting

Notetaking shortcuts, agenda recall, and action-item extraction.

Solve

Step-by-step problem solving: approach, worked solution, and reasoning.

Features

What is in the beta build.

Invisible overlay

A floating panel excluded from screen capture at the OS level. It shows on your monitor but is stripped from any shared screen, recording, or screenshot.

Ask about your screen

Capture the full screen, a dragged region, or an in-overlay snip. The image goes to a vision model and the answer streams back.

Streaming chat

Token-by-token answers with Markdown, syntax-highlighted code, one-click copy, and preserved multi-turn context.

Stealth typing

Type into the overlay from any app without it stealing focus, so the panel never becomes the foreground window a monitor would notice.

Click-through & panic

Let the mouse pass through the overlay while you work, hit Escape to hide instantly, or use the panic hotkey to exit capture and hide everything.

Memory (RAG)

A built-in TF-IDF memory auto-extracts facts and feeds relevant context back into prompts, encrypted on your device.

Also in the box
  • Conversation history with search and export (JSON, Markdown, TXT, PDF)
  • Smart paste straight into the active app
  • Voice and meeting assist: speech-to-text, live transcript, system-audio capture
  • 20+ prompt templates across 8 categories, plus your own
  • Companion mode: drive the overlay from your phone over a local link
  • Multi-monitor with hot-plug detection
  • Dark and light themes, with a per-request and per-session cost meter
  • Auto-update so beta builds stay current
How invisibility works

A documented Windows privacy feature.

Windows draws every window through a compositor. InvisiQ asks Windows to put its overlay on a layer that is sent to your monitor but withheld from anything that captures the screen. The pixels reach your eyes, not the screen-share, the recorder, or the screenshot. It is a documented privacy feature, not a hack or a driver exploit. Read the full breakdown on the Security page.

Honest limits. InvisiQ is invisible to standard screen capture, sharing, and recording APIs and to foreground-window monitoring on Windows 10 v2004+. It is not magic: a physical camera pointed at your monitor will still see the overlay, and kernel-level enterprise DLP agents can still enumerate running processes. We never claim it is "undetectable" or "guaranteed invisible everywhere."

System requirements

If you can run Windows 11, you can run InvisiQ.

Operating system
Windows 10 version 2004 (build 19041) or later, or Windows 11. Required for the WDA_EXCLUDEFROMCAPTURE capture-exclusion API. macOS and Linux are not in the beta.
Display
1280×720 or higher. Multi-monitor is supported, with hot-plug detection for the region selector.
Network
An internet connection is required for trial verification and your AI API calls.
Install footprint
A single portable .exe: no installer, no admin rights, no registry entries, no Start-Menu shortcut. Cold start is around 3 seconds and idle RAM stays under about 150 MB (design targets).
AI account
At least one API key from OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google AI Studio. You pay that provider directly for usage.
The Windows warning

Why you may see "unknown publisher".

The beta is an unsigned build, so on first run Windows SmartScreen may show "Windows protected your PC, unknown publisher." This is expected for an unsigned beta and does not mean the app is unsafe. Code signing arrives once a company entity exists.

More info Run anyway

You do not need to disable Windows Defender or add any exclusions. Just the two clicks above.

Your data

What is stored, and what never is.

Your screen never leaves your device

Screenshots and screen contents are never stored or uploaded to InvisiQ. Whether a prompt included an image is recorded only as a yes/no flag; the image itself is not kept.

Prompt text during the beta

The text of the prompts you send is stored on our backend to help us improve the product. API keys and obvious personal info are stripped first, it is deleted after 30 days, and you can wipe it anytime in Settings → Privacy.

Local-first by default

Your API keys, conversations, and memory index stay encrypted on your machine. AI calls go directly to the provider on your own key. We also collect privacy-safe usage analytics.

This is the same notice you accept in the app: "During the beta, InvisiQ stores the text of the prompts you send, so we can understand what to build and improve the product. We store text only, never your screenshots or screen contents. API keys and obvious personal info are stripped before storage. Prompt data is deleted after 30 days, and you can wipe yours anytime in Settings → Privacy." Read the full Privacy Policy.

Troubleshooting

Common questions.

InvisiQ needs an internet connection to confirm your trial against our server. If it can’t reach us it fails closed and shows "Can't verify your trial, reconnect and try again." Reconnect to the internet and relaunch.
Yes. Every global shortcut is customizable in Settings → Hotkeys. Rebind anything that collides with the tools you already use.
No. The trial is enforced against InvisiQ’s server clock, so changing your system clock, reinstalling, clearing data, or making a new install does not reset it.
The beta is an unsigned build, so on first run SmartScreen may show "Windows protected your PC, unknown publisher." That is expected and does not mean the app is unsafe. Click More info, then Run anyway. You don’t need to disable Windows Defender or add exclusions.
Not to standard Windows capture APIs (Zoom, Teams, Meet, OBS, Discord, the Snipping Tool, Print Screen). The honest limits: a physical camera pointed at your monitor will still see it, and kernel-level enterprise DLP agents can still enumerate running processes.

Still stuck? Email hello.invisiq@gmail.com.

Glossary

A few terms, defined.

WDA_EXCLUDEFROMCAPTURE
The Windows flag that excludes a window from all screen-capture outputs while still showing it on the monitor.
setContentProtection
The Electron call that applies that flag. It is the core of the invisibility.
BYOK
Bring Your Own Key: you supply your own AI provider API key.
Stealth typing
Typing into the overlay from any app without it taking window focus.
Server-clock trial
The 14-day clock lives on InvisiQ's server, so it can't be reset locally.
Ready?

Read the answer.
Skip the awkward pause.

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