Impact Score: 5/10
Raycast: π External Model Providers
Source available β automated, not human-reviewed
Component: raycast Β· Channel: stable. Automated analysis, not a compatibility certification. How this works.
Analysis updated: 2026-10-31.
β‘ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Raycast v2.5. Source highlight: Extensions can now provide their own AI models to Raycast. Just install a compatible extension from the Store, complete its setup, and choose its models in AI Chat. Itβs an easy way to bring even more models into your everyday workflow.
Who Does This Impact? (Role-Based Analysis)
π» Software Engineers & Devs
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π Product & Engineering Leads
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βοΈ DevOps & Security
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π View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
Extensions can now provide their own AI models to Raycast. Just install a compatible extension from the Store, complete its setup, and choose its models in AI Chat. Itβs an easy way to bring even more models into your everyday workflow.
We updated a few extensions:
Ollama AI
,
AI by Vercel
,
Cerebras
,
Groq
,
LM Studio
, etc.. Developers, check out the
API changelog
for more information.
π Improvements
AI Chat
: Rename a chat by double-clicking its title in the top bar. Press
Enter
to save or
Esc
to cancel, and the window can still be dragged by the title
AI Chat
: Dictation with
Ctrl + M
in the AI Chat and Quick AI composers now uses the same processed transcript as the
Dictate
command. The text shows up once you stop recording instead of streaming into the editor while you speak
Applications
: Added support for finding apps by alternate names and Spotlight keywords, such as βCodexβ for ChatGPT and βPreferencesβ for System Settings
File Search:
Added a setting to entirely disable indexing of network/removable/virtual volumes
File Search:
Indexing now respects the .metadata_never_index marker file convention from Spotlight
Diagnostics
: Added a warning in Settings β About when another appβs Secure Input may interfere with
Snippet Expansion
or
Hyper Key
, with guidance on resolving it
Script Commands
: Added line wrapping to full output so long lines are easier to read
π Fixes
AI
: Fixed reasoning showing below the answer in chats migrated from Raycast v1
AI
: Fixed the tool approval bar not responding in later turns of the same response when using Ollama or OpenAI-compatible custom providers
AI
: Fixed failing requests retrying in the background indefinitely during provider outages. Raycast now stops after a few attempts and shows an error with options to change the model, resume, or stop.
AI Commands
: Disabled automatic tool discovery and skill loading
AI Profile
: Fixed clearing and saving an empty profile
Calculator
: Fixed currency conversions using missing or outdated rates during refreshes
Clipboard History:
Fixed a hang in Adobe Illustrator caused by image processing when reading the pasteboard
Crash:
Improved recovery when the launcher displays a blank window due to a GPU process hang
File Search:
Classify NFS, VirtualBox and other mounted volumes correctly as non-local volumes
Hotkeys
: Fixed some shortcuts failing to record when key presses arrive after the keys have been released
Quick AI
: Fixed
β + Enter
(Copy Response) and
β₯ + Enter
(Paste Formatted Response) not working right after a response in some cases
Open Withβ¦
: Fixed the menu initially selecting an unrelated app before recommended apps finished loading
Store
: Fixed
Install Extension Anyway
failing for extensions marked as unsupported on your platform