Most desk gadgets do one fixed thing. Dune, a context-aware keypad for Mac, takes the opposite approach: it sits beside your keyboard and changes what its three keys do in real time based on whatever app is in the foreground.
## What Dune does
The three keys remap themselves as you switch apps — one set for GitHub and VS Code, another when you are running an AI agent, another for back-to-back calls on Zoom, Teams, or Google Meet. The point is to keep the shortcut you need under your fingers without memorizing different combos per app. It is aimed squarely at developers and anyone living between coding tools and meetings all day.
## Claude integration and marketplace
The AI angle is in setup and extensibility. You configure the entire device through a conversation: tell Claude what you do all day and it suggests a layout built around your workflow. Dune also has a marketplace — a community library of scripts and agentic workflows you can browse, install, and assign to keys in seconds, or contribute your own. It is hardware, but the configuration and automation layer is what makes it adapt. Dune is available to pre-order at $119, moving to $149 after launch.

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