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Welcome to the Raycast AI Manual! This doc should help to familiarize you with the different features Raycast AI offers and how to get started using them. Here you’ll also find our approach to AI Privacy and Security, usage and request limits, and FAQs.

Table of Contents

Raycast AI

These are the main ways to interact with AI in Raycast.

• Quick AI: It’s the fastest way to get answers to your questions directly from within Raycast. Ideal for one-off questions. Here’s a video to see it in action.
• AI Chat: A standalone chat window to ask AI anything. Ideal as an assistant during your workday.
• AI Commands: Built-in or custom prompts, ideal for common tasks such as improving your writing.
• AI Extensions: Include an @-mention to ask any extension a question or help you with your daily workflow. Check out the guide linked below or watch the video to learn more.

Quick AI

Follow the steps to ask AI anything:

1. Open Raycast
2. Type your question, f.e. “What were the specs of the first Macintosh?”
3. Press Tab to switch to Quick AI