Chat

Raycast offers two ways to work with an AI model. Quick AI handles fast, one-off questions straight from Root Search, while AI Chat is a full multi-turn conversation interface with persistent history, Agents, memory, attachments, and tool use. Together they cover everything from a quick lookup to a longer working session, all without leaving Raycast.

Quick AI

Quick AI is the fastest way to ask a one-off question from Raycast, without leaving your flow. Start from Root Search, hit Tab, and get an answer in the same window.

New Quick AI now uses a chat-style interface with follow-ups, context attachments, and a one-keystroke handoff to AI Chat.

Open Quick AI

There are two ways to start:

• From Root Search: start typing your question, then press Tab. Raycast hands your text to Quick AI and submits it.
• Run the Quick AI command directly from Root Search to open with an empty prompt.

Pressing Tab from Root Search always opens Quick AI, even with no text typed, so you can start fresh.

Ask a Question

Type your prompt and press ↵ to submit. Quick AI streams the answer back in the same window.

On the response, ↵ pastes the answer into the previously focused app by default. To swap the default to copy instead, open Raycast Settings → AI → Commands → Quick AI → Primary Action.

Follow-ups

Keep typing after a response to ask a follow-up. Quick AI is a full conversation, not a single-shot Q&A.

• Regenerate the last response with the same model: ⌘ / Ctrl R
• Regenerate the last response with a different model: ⇧ ⌘ / Ctrl R
• Start a fresh conversation: ⌘ / Ctrl N
• Navigate between recent Quick AI chats: ⌘ / Ctrl [ and ⌘ / Ctrl ]

Switch Models

Open the Action Panel (⌘ / Ctrl K) and pick Change Model to switch the active model mid-conversation, or Regenerate with Model… to try the last answer on a different model.

You can also set a default in Raycast Settings → AI → Commands → Quick AI → Default Model.

Continue in AI Chat

When a question grows into something bigger, press ⌘ / Ctrl J to move the conversation into AI Chat. You keep the full history and get the chat workspace, longer context, and tools.

Auto-new Chat

Quick AI starts a fresh chat after a period of inactivity, so you don't accidentally tack new questions onto an older conversation. Adjust the timeout in Raycast Settings → AI → General → Start New Chat (options: 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, always, never).

Related Settings

Tune Quick AI from Raycast Settings → AI → Commands → Quick AI:

• Quick AI Default Model: default model used when opening Quick AI.
• Primary Action: paste to active app or copy the response to clipboard on ↵.
• Tab Shortcut: hide the Tab hint in Root Search (the shortcut still works).

AI Chat