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About 4 months ago, I asked for beginner tips on Raycast so that I could start trying it out. I'd heard some people talk about how helpful it was, but just downloading it, I didn't really know where to start or how to get the most out of it.
Well, 4 months later, it is an integral part of my workflow now. I'd actually say it's one of the most impactful apps I use (the other being @Aqua Voice) in terms of really improving my overall work. I use it now for so many things every day, and I've gotten it set up to be incredibly fast and efficient for what I need. I think I would feel very slow and disorganized going back to not using it.
@Apple just announced the new macOS Tahoe 26, which included the "biggest Spotlight update ever." From the outside, it feels like they essentially built Raycast into Spotlight.
Raycast's CEO, @thomaspaulmann reacted in a long-form X post. This quote really struck me:
While Apple catches up to 2019 Raycast, we're already shipping 2025 Raycast.
Just saw this announced on X! Here's a longer demo video:
This is slick! Read the announcement and get the registry extension.
Model Context Protocol or MCP is an open protocol that standardizes how applications provide context to LLMs. Raycast is a client that can connect to servers. Servers can be local data sources such as the file system or remote services such as external APIs.
@Raycast just launched Raycast AI Lite a glimpse of what Raycast AI offers right in your browser:
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