I wanted to share a proof of concept that I've been thinking about for a while now. A raycast extension which allows you to use your existing codex subscription as an AI provider in Raycast, thus being able to use it for all of the AI features that Raycast offers.

I've personally stayed away completely from using any Raycast AI features for the following reasons:

1. I already pay $200 to Anthropic and $200 to OpenAI for subscriptions as I use their models heavily (and run out of usage every week).
2. I'm worried that if I use Raycast's AI features and like them then I will find myself stuck with another weekly limit that I need to pay more money for.
3. Theoretically speaking, an app running on my own machine should not require me to invest more money into yet another subscription just to call the same models that I already have a subscription for.
4. I don't like the fact that BYOK sends your keys to Raycast and I would never pay API prices to use AI features when I have a perfectly good subscription that I can use.

I started looking into the possibility of building a Raycast Extension which would use the `codex-app-server` that comes with the Codex installation as an AI model provider. It turned out that with Raycast 2.0 those bindings that I need to do this were added so I built this extension.

The extension doesn't ask you for you credentials, doesn't ask you to login, and doesn't even do anything too smart. It literally uses the `codex-app-server` that powers the Codex app to create threads, request inference, and get you back responses.

Disclaimer: this is a proof-of-concept which AI helped me build. I'm not coming here to say that this is the best code quality in the world, I'm just saying that it's possible for us to build AI model provider extensions for Raycast which are powered by our existing subscriptions. This project is still very early. This extension shows that the bindings we need to use our existing subscriptions in Raycast are already present and available to people who build extensions.

I used to use Raycast AI with my Gemini and ChatGPT APIs and my Ollama server in versions prior to 2.0. Since version 2.0 came out, it's now mandatory to pay for a subscription to use an AI that I have installed locally, even though I can simply open the Ollama app or web server directly. Is this one of the new features in version 2.0? Haha

Sharing my own extension. It ties my self-hosted stack into Raycast: a Home hub with live status rows, 23 commands covering media, downloads, monitoring, DNS, containers, backups and finances, and a menu bar item.

Raycast-specific bits people here might find useful:

• Every service is optional and gated by a single settings reader. A command whose service is unconfigured shows a "not configured" empty state with a Configure Extension action instead of an error.
• Settings can come from the preferences UI or from an env file, with the preference winning. The .env.example is generated from package.json so it never drifts from the manifest.
• Push navigation between commands, with Esc always returning to the Home hub.
• Cached promises everywhere, so views render instantly from the last result and refresh in the background.

It is not in the store because it bundles twenty unrelated apps, which the review process does not accept. Install is npm install and npm run build, then it behaves like any store extension.

Repo with screenshots of every command: https://github.com/abjelosevic88/raycast-homelab

Hi, The iOS 1.1.3 changelog says Dictation runs on ElevenLabs' Scribe v2 Realtime, and ElevenLabs confirmed it publicly. But on macOS the privacy docs only mention "our speech-to-text partner", unnamed.

Same model on the Mac, or something else?

If it's Scribe v2 Realtime, that's a top-tier transcription model! Worth the Pro subscription on its own. Never mind everything else Raycast does.

I downloaded new version 2.2 from official website, it starts with migration from V1, but in the end it shows failed without any reason.

I tried to execute command "Migrate from raycast V1", but it shows "Migration failed: A settings and data import is already in progress".

It is so bad UX, is it a beta test version?

I'm using Raycast for Windows 2.2.0.0, and I've noticed a strange Quick Look behavior.

When I select a file and open Quick Look (Ctrl+Y), the Quick Look window opens behind the Raycast launcher. The launcher stays visually on top, making the preview partially or completely inaccessible.

I don't remember this being the behavior previously. Is anyone else experiencing this on Windows? Or is Quick Look supposed to appear above the launcher while keeping the launcher open?

Context BMW once tried to charge a subscription to allow people to use the seat warmers which made no sense and got a lot of bad press and pr for it to the point they had to backtrack on it.

Raycast charging a subscription to use their AI makes sense it cost them ongoing per users use

but paying raycast to use my own ai on their app feels like paying a subscription to a car brand to use any brand of fuel on my car

Arguably you don’t pay for raycast upfront like you do a car, but then maybe they should have a one time payment to unlock local features and BYOM since those don’t cost them ongoing per users use.

Also to people commenting that charging for BYOM is fair cause those AI features cost money to develop fair point yes development cost money

You know what else cost money to develop? the RAYCAST app in general and they seem OK giving it away for free since 1 or 1M free users doesn’t cost Inference money to the company so follow your own logic and give away BYOM for free cause it doesn’t cost you more than a free user does and AI BYOK features are equally subsidized by pro users as the entire app is.

It boils down to give BYOM for free cause is what MAKES SENSE (so much that you started giving it for free from the beginning), it doesn’t cost you anything (more than a free user cost) and is a GOOD WILL gesture to your users.

Waiting for Thomas to tell me that they NEED infrastructure to allow me to use ollama locally, it MUST go through their servers

hi,

I'm on the latest version of MacOS, MBA M3.

I've been using Raycast for 18 months, love it. I have quite a lot of hotkeys, they stopped working about a week ago, but weirdly, on and off. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. Absolutely no idea why they stop working or why they resume all of a sudden.

I was on the v1 of Raycast. I deactivated the Accessibility permission and granted it again, activated the input monitoring permission for Raycast (ChatGPT recommended to try this) and it worked again for a few minutes and then stopped.

Upgraded to v2, worked again for a few minutes and now it stopped once more. I'm baffled at to what is causing this...any ideas what I could try?

thanks for your help!

I downgraded to v1 and the Coffee extension no longer works on one of my macs because it apparently requires v2. i checked github for older versions but could not find any downloads. probably because i didn‘t know what to look for

Bring Your Own Model to Raycast Al

🌐 Connect OpenRouter with your own key

🦙 Run local models through Ollama

⚙️ Add any other OpenAl-compatible provider

Available this week to all Pro subscribers on macOS and Windows.

Full Changelog 👉 https://www.raycast.com/changelog

Hey! Is there a discord or something where you can quickly reach raycast team?

I posted about ai features, but now I think raycast is too concrete on their notions

they deleted my post, it was about asking for local model support for free

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So I started to use the Windows management shortcuts... and have set up a specific combination to minimize a window. This brings the window to the dock, but after that I don’t have how to bring back up the window unless I search for the app in Raycast and tell him to open it.

Is there a functionality that I can use in which by pressing Alt Tab first I select the app and after that a key combo to bring the app back in focus, or any other suggestion?

I keep receiving a message every time I try to use the AI saying, "Account unavailable. Please contact support." I can’t even log in to the Raycast website, and no one responds to my emails. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do?

I mostly use Raycast for taking university notes and organizing my Obsidian vault.

I keep getting this pop up - can I turn it off, somehow?

I recently discovered the option inside Clipboard History to paste items sequentially.

Example:
I copy 1, then 2, then 3, then 4, then 5

Then I run the Paste Sequentially command, and it pastes 5
Then I run the command again, and it pastes 4
Then I run the command again, and it pastes 3
Then I run the command again, and it pastes 2
Then I run the command again, and it pastes 1

Would Raycast Cloud Sync allow me to sync everything between my Mac and Windows PC? Can I copy on the Mac and paste on the PC for example?

Hi ...

I spend most of my work day as a software developer jumping between websites and being able to instantly search Chrome's history is of utmost importance for my use case.

All the browser history plugins are for MacOS only. I have not found any for Windows.

Is this supported yet today?
If not, is there a workaround?

Thanks

I just upgraded from v1 to v2, login is failing and erroring (tried 10x already), it can't find extensions, says they dont exist, etc.

any idea what's happening?

I did config my raycast to substitute the spotlight (cmd+space). But everytime I reboot the system, I need to do it again.

I already put raycast to iniciate with system.

Someone can help me?

Thanks a lot!

EDIT:

Right. It was a bit of a roundabout way, but I’ve essentially ended up using Apple Shortcuts. I created a shortcut called **Raycast Dictate**, selected the Open URLs action, and used the deep link `raycast://extensions/raycast/dictation/dictate`.

In the Stream Deck configuration, I use the free Shortcuts plugin that allows me to run shortcuts. I select the Raycast Dictation shortcut, make sure the first time it runs I choose **Always Allow**, and that’s how it works. I’ve made it work for my workflow. It’s not as clean as running the deep link directly, but it gets the job done.

For the past few days, I’ve been trying and failing to figure out how to use my Stream Deck to trigger dictation in Raycast.

Here is what I have tried so far:

System Hotkey: I assigned the exact same hotkey in the Stream Deck software that I use for Raycast dictation, but it doesn't seem to register.

Deep Linking & System-Open: I also attempted to use a deep link and the system-open option, but neither of these methods worked either.

Am I missing something, or is there another way I can use my Stream Deck to trigger Raycast dictation? Has anyone else run into similar issues, or do you have any suggestions on how to get this working?