# Raycast 🦙 Bring Your Own Model

- Product: Raycast (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/raycast)
- Vendor: Raycast
- Date: 2026-09-03
- Original notes: https://raycast.com//changelog/macos/2-2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/raycast/releases/2026-09-03-bring-your-own-model
- Labels: Platforms: macOS

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Bring Your Own Model brings three familiar ways to use your preferred AI models back to Raycast v2. Connect any OpenAI-compatible endpoint with Custom Providers , run models through Ollama with Local…

- **added** — Support OpenAI-compatible custom providers, local models via Ollama, and OpenRouter API keys, using their models across Raycast AI
- **added** — Paste Formatted Response action in Quick AI
- **added** — Resize Window and Move Window commands that take exact pixel dimensions and coordinates as arguments
- **added** — Create Layout From Current Windows command allowing for quick capturing custom layouts from the windows currently on screen
- **added** — Layout editor can add any visible window, and a layout can place several windows of the same app
- **added** — Apps launched by a custom layout can now be given command-line arguments
- **changed** — Added basic support for right-to-left text in AI
- **changed** — Enabled Ask Questions and Collapse Long Messages by default and removed their settings
- **changed** — Apps sharing a name are now disambiguated in search and app pickers
- **changed** — Deep directories no longer outrank shallower or more recent files in File Search
- **fixed** — Fixed slow startup after system restart
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where dictated text could be submitted before the target app had finished receiving it, cutting off part of the transcription
- **fixed** — Fixed Grid pagination, tooltips on List and Grid item icons and accessories, Form item info text, Alert icons, and checkbox preference grouping in Settings
- **fixed** — Fixed a race condition in File Search that could cause the index to remain incomplete
- **fixed** — Recent files now populate during indexing in File Search
- **fixed** — Fixed hotkeys for Dvorak - QWERTY ⌘ keyboard layout
- **fixed** — Fixed Siri AI floating interface appearing in the main window on macOS 27
- **fixed** — Fixed empty Raycast windows accumulating in Mission Control on macOS 27
- **fixed** — Fixed launches from Root Search not applying the current Quick AI defaults in some situations
- **fixed** — Recent files should now be consistent with File Search

Bring Your Own Model brings three familiar ways to use your preferred AI models back to Raycast v2. Connect any OpenAI-compatible endpoint with [Custom Providers](https://manual.raycast.com/ai/custom-providers), run models through Ollama with [Local Models](https://manual.raycast.com/ai/local-models), or [add your OpenRouter API key](https://manual.raycast.com/ai/bring-your-own-keys) to choose from its catalog. Once configured, your models are available across Raycast AI alongside Raycast’s built-in options.
In v2, Custom Providers, Local Models, and Bring Your Own Key require a Raycast Pro subscription. We know this is a meaningful change compared to v1 and want to be upfront about it. You can read more about our thinking and where we’re heading on the [BYOAI article in the Manual](https://manual.raycast.com/ai/byoai).
✨ New
- AI: Added support OpenAI-compatible custom providers, local models via Ollama, and OpenRouter API keys, using their models across Raycast AI
- Quick AI: Added a Paste Formatted Response action
- Window Management: Added Resize Window and Move Window commands that take exact pixel dimensions and coordinates as arguments
- Window Management: Added Create Layout From Current Windows command allowing for quick capturing custom layouts from the windows currently on screen. The layout editor can also add any visible window, and a layout can place several windows of the same app
- Window Management: Apps launched by a custom layout can now be given command-line arguments
💎 Improvements
- AI: Added basic support for right-to-left text
- AI Settings: Enabled Ask Questions and Collapse Long Messages by default and removed their settings
- Root Search: Apps sharing a name are now disambiguated in search and app pickers
- File Search: Deep directories no longer outrank shallower or more recent files
🐞 Fixes
- Core: Fixed slow startup after system restart
- Dictation: Fixed an issue where dictated text could be submitted before the target app had finished receiving it, cutting off part of the transcription
- Extensions: Fixed Grid pagination, tooltips on List and Grid item icons and accessories, Form item info text, Alert icons, and checkbox preference grouping in Settings
- File Search: Fixed a race condition that could cause the index to remain incomplete
- File Search: Recent files now populate during indexing
- Keyboard: Fixed hotkeys for Dvorak - QWERTY ⌘ keyboard layout
- Main Window: Fixed Siri AI floating interface appearing in the main window on macOS 27
- Mission Control: Fixed empty Raycast windows accumulating in Mission Control on macOS 27
- Quick AI: Fixed launches from Root Search not applying the current Quick AI defaults in some situations
- Root Search: Recent files should now be consistent with File Search