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Help someone with their phone from a screenshot

When a parent or friend is stuck, they send a screenshot and a question. AI gives one plain next step and circles what to tap. Works in ChatGPT or Claude.

The prompt

This is a screenshot from someone who isn't comfortable with technology. Their question is: [question]. Give one plain next step, in words they'd use, not tech terms. Tell me exactly where on the screen to tap, and draw a circle around it on the image. If the thing they need isn't on this screen, tell them what to tap first to get closer.

What it did in my test

Three questions a parent might ask: how to make the words bigger, why the screen keeps going dark, and how to get on the wifi. Tested on iPhone simulator screenshots. All three circles landed on the right spot.

Where it's still weak

Two of the three answers started from the home screen, because the simulator couldn't open the deeper Settings screens. With real screenshots from a real phone, it gives you more of the steps.

Set it up for someone

They screenshot whatever confuses them.

They send it with the question.

You (or the AI) send back the circled step.