The Raycast Core extension is a set of commands provided out of the box to give you an instant productivity boost.

Clipboard History

Ever had the situation that you wanted to paste text that you copied earlier again? Raycast has a built-in Clipboard History for that. The command keeps track of copied text and makes it simple to paste it again.

• Start typing to filter the items on the left. Press ↵ to copy the text and paste it where-ever you want.
• On the right is a detail view with the full content and some additional metadata of the copied content.
• Your copied text stays on your Mac, is fully encrypted and can only be read by you. The history holds up to 256 entries and respects your password manager.
• You can pin your frequently used entries to the top with ⌘ ⇧ P. They won't get removed.

Keyboard Shortcuts

• ↵ to copy selected entry to your clipboard
• ⌘ O to open links in the browser
• ⌘ ⇧ P to pin entry
• ⌘ P to change content type filter
• ⌃ X to remove the selected entry from the history
• ⌃ ⇧ X to remove all entries from the history (Danger zone!)

You can read more about Clipboard History here

Search Files

Tried finding this one file again that you stored yesterday?! The Search Files command makes it trivial to find your data by just entering what you're looking for.

• You see your most recently used files when opening the Search Files Command. Use the Search Bar to search for a file or folder by name.
• On the left you see the matching files on your system. On the right is a preview and more metadata.
• Hit ↵ to open the selected file. Open the Action Panel with ⌘ K to take more actions.
• You can use natural language to specify your search! A couple of examples:
• Searching text files in a certain folder .txt in ~/Desktop
• Search for PDF files with “certificate” in its name .pdf certificate

Keyboard Shortcuts

• ↵ to open the selected file or folder
• ⌘ ↵ to open the selected file or folder in the Finder
• ⌘ O to open the file or folder in a specific application
• ⌘ ⇧ , to copy the path of the file or folder

Excluding Folders

You can exclude specific folders from the Search Files results by adding them to the exclusion list in System Preferences → Spotlight → Privacy

For Applications in particular, you can select which folders are monitored by going to Preferences → Extensions → Applications → Search Scope.

Troubleshooting

If you can't find the files that you are looking for try some of the troubleshooting steps listed in

Search Files Issues

Send Feedback

We love to hear from your experience with Raycast. The Send Feedback command allows you quickly send us bug reports, feature requests or anything else that's on your mind.

• Write your message with your feedback.
• Remember you don't have a login in Raycast and we don't know anything about you. If you want us to get back to you, fill in your email. We reply to every feedback we get.
• Use the checkbox to remember your email address for your next feedback. We store it securely in your Keychain.

Keyboard Shortcuts

• ⌘ ↵ to send feedback
• ⇥ / ⇧ ⇥ to navigate between fields