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Raycast AI adds Screen Awareness feature for contextual AI chat
Key points
- Raycast AI now includes a Screen Awareness feature.
- The feature sends active app/window context to AI Chat.
- Context can include selected text, app details, and screenshots.
- Available in Raycast v0.71, along with other updates.
Raycast AI Integrates Screen Awareness
Raycast AI has launched a new feature called Screen Awareness. This functionality allows the AI Chat to directly access and utilize information from the user's currently focused application or window. The goal is to provide the AI with immediate context, eliminating the need for users to manually copy text, upload screenshots, or explain their current task.
How Screen Awareness Works
Users can activate Screen Awareness through the "Send Focused Window to AI" command, by selecting it from the @ menu, or by using prompts like "summarise this" or "reply to this." When triggered, the AI receives details such as app and window information, selected text, the focused control, and a screenshot of the active window. On Mac, it can also provide information about selected files or folders from Finder, and Raycast’s Browser Companion can pull webpage content beyond what is visible.
Customization and Other Updates
Users can configure a hotkey for Screen Awareness via an onboarding guide. Raycast suggests using a double-tap of the right Command key for activation. Additional keyboard shortcuts can be set for related commands, including "Send Selected Text to AI," "Send Screen Area to AI," and "Send Screen to AI." This feature is part of Raycast v0.71, which also includes updates to AI compaction and context management, Quick AI settings, dictation vocabulary import, and hotkey support for chords.
Impact on User Workflow
The integration of Screen Awareness aims to streamline interactions with Raycast AI by providing immediate contextual information. This reduces the preparatory steps typically required when using AI chatbots, potentially making the AI more efficient for tasks that involve on-screen content.
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Reporting from
Raycast AI introduced Screen Awareness, a new feature that allows its AI Chat to access context directly from the user's active application or window. This update aims to reduce the need for manual copying and pasting of information when interacting with the AI.