Can I vibecode Capture - Quick Notes?

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Catch notes, links, images, and files now, then send them to the app where they belong

The Build Prompt

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Build me a native quick-capture inbox for iPhone and Mac to replace Capture. Requirements:

- Swift 6 + SwiftUI, one Xcode project: an iOS app and a macOS menu bar app sharing a
  Swift package for the model, persistence, search, and export logic. SwiftData for
  storage, synced through my private CloudKit database.
- A capture is text, a URL, an image, or a file, with a list, archive state, and
  created/edited dates. Run NSDataDetector on text so URLs, phone numbers, and dates
  become tappable.
- iOS: a share extension so anything can be sent in from any app, plus a WidgetKit
  widget for one-tap capture. Mac: a menu bar item with a global hotkey opening a
  compact capture window.
- Inbox, Archive, and lists, with full-text search and undoable archive/delete. JSON
  export of everything so my notes are never trapped.
- Export actions for the destinations I actually use: Reminders and Calendar via
  EventKit, a Mail draft, Things and Bear via their URL schemes, and copy-as-Markdown.
  One small adapter file per destination so more are addable later.
- Offline-first: SwiftData writes locally and CloudKit retries when back online.
  Last-write-wins conflict handling is fine, say so in the README.
- No accounts, no telemetry, nothing leaves my devices except private iCloud sync and
  the exports I trigger.
- Out of scope: Apple Watch and Vision Pro apps, and Capture's 40+ destination catalog.
  Keeping that many exporters alive is the paid product's job, not mine.
- README: the entitlements to enable (App Groups, iCloud/CloudKit), and a plain warning
  that CloudKit sync needs a paid Apple Developer account.

What you lose

  • App Store-ready polish across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro
  • years of CloudKit migration, conflict, and offline-sync edge cases
  • ongoing maintenance for more than 40 destination-specific export integrations
  • the localization, accessibility, and device test matrix
  • fast compatibility updates when Apple or a destination app changes behavior

Why it still works

maintenance across Apple platforms, CloudKit, system integrations, and more than 40 destination-specific exporters

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