Auto-Screenshot: Selection Mode & Auto Mode

Pluely v1's auto-screenshot feature lets you capture exactly what's on your screen — the full display or just a region you select — and feed it straight into Ask mode as context, either on demand or automatically on a schedule. It's a Pro feature designed for anyone who asks Pluely about visual things often: dashboards, code, error dialogs, or a screen that keeps changing.

Two ways to capture

Full screen or a selected region

From the overlay, you can capture:

• The full screen — a single click grabs everything currently displayed.
• A selected region — drag to draw a box around just the part of the screen you care about, so Pluely only sees what's relevant. Press Escape at any point to cancel a region selection without capturing anything.

Region capture works across multiple monitors — you can drag your selection on whichever display has what you need, not just your primary screen.

Auto-screenshot modes

Beyond manual capture, Pluely v1 offers two automatic modes, both enabled from the overlay's screenshot controls:

• Once — the next time you ask a question, Pluely automatically attaches a single screenshot, then turns the setting off again. This is useful when you know you'll ask a screen-related question next but don't want to fumble with capturing it yourself first.
• Interval — Pluely captures a screenshot and asks a question automatically every set number of seconds, on a repeating loop. This is built for monitoring a screen that changes — for example, watching a build log, a dashboard, or a live feed and having Pluely flag or explain anything notable without you needing to prompt it each time.

Where to find it

The screenshot and auto-screenshot controls sit alongside the composer at the bottom of the overlay, near the attachment button. Settings for interval length and capture delay live in Pluely's settings under the Ask/auto-screenshot section.

How it works

1. Open Ask at the top of the overlay.
2. Choose full screen or drag to select a region — or open auto-screenshot settings to enable Once or Interval mode instead.
3. For manual capture, the screenshot attaches immediately as a source chip, ready to send with your next question.
4. For Once, the screenshot is taken and attached automatically the next time you submit a question — no extra click needed.
5. For Interval, Pluely repeats capture-and-ask on your chosen cadence until you turn the mode off.
6. Optionally set a capture delay — a short pause before the screenshot is taken, handy if you need a second to switch to the right window or dismiss something first.

Tips

• Use region selection instead of full screen when you only need one part of the display — it keeps the AI focused and avoids sending irrelevant content.
• Set a short capture delay if you find yourself needing to switch windows right before Pluely captures.
• Interval mode is best paired with a specific, repeatable question ("has this error changed?") rather than an open-ended one, since it runs unattended.
• Turn off Interval mode when you're done monitoring — it keeps capturing and asking until you disable it.
• On multi-monitor setups, double check which display your region selection landed on before capturing something on the wrong screen.
• Combine auto-screenshot with attachments for richer context — for example, a screenshot alongside a document open in another window.

Related

• Attachments
• Ask mode
• Keyboard shortcuts