Raycast: 🎙️ Dictate to AI

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Analysis updated: 2026-11-04.

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✨ Features 6 ⚡ Improvements 6 🔧 Bug Fixes 7

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Raycast v2.11 introduces 'Dictate to AI' for context-aware voice prompts alongside new AI extensions for Contacts and Dictation. The release also brings proxy auto-configuration (PAC) script support, extension forking enhancements, and critical memory handling fixes.

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Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)

💻 Software Engineers & Devs

Extension developers gain the ability to copy settings and history when forking extensions, along with fixes for MCP connections to older HTTP servers and low-memory list rendering.

📊 Product & Engineering Leads

End users get faster AI workflows via voice dictation integrated with active app context and native contact management inside AI Chat.

⚙️ DevOps & Security

Enterprise environments benefit from live proxy setting updates without app restarts and support for Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) scripts.

✨ New Features & Capabilities (6)

Dictate to AI command that combines voice dictation with focused app context
AI Usage menu bar command to monitor Raycast AI usage
Dictation AI extension to use transcriptions in AI chats and manage dictation styles
Contacts AI Extension for searching, creating, updating, and deleting contacts directly within AI Chat
Option to copy settings, history, and shortcuts when forking an extension, with automatic disabling of the original
Root search support to jump straight to organization settings

⚡ Performance & Enhancements (6)

Proxy support for Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) scripts and immediate application of proxy setting changes without restarting
Ability to rename AI chats before the first response completes and improved handling of unavailable models
Dictation post-processing quality and performance improvements
Selectable setup instructions text and improved rendering performance for large inline images in extensions
Pinned Notes window now stays visible when switching Spaces, and checked tasks automatically move below unchecked tasks
Improved performance when displaying long filenames, paths, and URLs in the UI

🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (7)

Fixed premature timeouts while loading models from custom provider extensions in AI Chat
Fixed resumed background tasks and AI commands unexpectedly prompting for input
Fixed MCP connections to older HTTP servers, including Sketch
Fixed extension freezes (e.g., Downloads Manager) and prevented lists/grids from permanently stopping loading during low memory conditions
Fixed Clipboard History selection defaulting to the top when 20 or more items are pinned
Fixed Search Screenshots skipping HEIC and HEIF images or failing to index newly created screenshots
Fixed Changelog dates displaying '0 months ago'

📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)

Today we’re introducing Dictate to AI, a new command that combines what you say with context from your focused app to give you relevant AI responses in fewer steps. You can turn context on or off in the command settings. Tip: Assign a hotkey like Control + A to Dictate to AI for even quicker access. 🧮 AI Usage A new menu bar command to easily keep track of your AI usage in Raycast. ✨ New Dictation: The all new Dictate to AI command, allowing you to easily go from talking to responses in seconds Dictation : A brand new dictation AI extension, allowing you to effortlessly use your transcriptions in AI chats and manage your styles and get feedback on them Contacts : Added the Contacts AI Extension to search, create, update, and delete contacts from AI Chat Extensions : Added an option to copy settings, history, and shortcuts when forking an extension and disable the original extension Organizations : Added your organizations to root search to jump straight to their settings 💎 Improvements AI Chat : Allowed renaming chats before the first response finishes AI Chat : Improved handling of unavailable models Dictation: Improved post-processing quality and performance Extensions : Allowed selecting and copying text from setup instructions Extensions : Improved rendering performance for large inline images Notes : Checked tasks now move below the unchecked tasks of their group Notes : The pinned Notes window now stays visible when switching Spaces Proxy : Added support for proxy auto-configuration (PAC) scripts when Use System Proxy Settings is on Proxy : Proxy setting changes now apply without restarting Raycast 🐞 Fixes AI Chat : Fixed premature timeouts while models from custom provider extensions were loading AI Chat & Quick AI : Fixed resumed background tasks and AI commands unexpectedly asking for input Changelog : Fixed dates incorrectly displaying “0 months ago” Clipboard History : Fixed an issue where selection would default to the top when you have 20 or more pinned items Extensions : Fixed freezes when opening extensions such as Downloads Manager Extensions : Fixed lists and grids permanently stopping to load more items when the extension was low on memory. They now resume once memory frees up MCP : Fixed connections to older HTTP servers, including Sketch Root Search : Fixed wrong sizing of AI command icons Search Screenshots : Fixed newly created screenshots sometimes failing to appear Search Screenshots : Fixed HEIC and HEIF images being skipped during indexing UI : Improved performance when displaying long filenames, paths, and URLs

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