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  tagline: A fast macOS menu-bar assistant for questions, selected text, and your own AI services.
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      text: Get Started
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  - title: Ask from anywhere
    details: Summon a focused question window with one hotkey, ask, copy what you need, and close it without leaving your task.
  - title: Work with selected text
    details: Select text in another app and translate, explain, summarize, polish, or run a custom prompt from the quick actions.
  - title: Bring your own AI service
    details: Connect OpenAI-compatible or Anthropic services, keep your access key on this Mac, and switch models when you need to.
  - title: Fit into macOS
    details: Use Spotlight, Siri, Shortcuts, configurable shortcuts, and a menu bar entry that stays out of the way.
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![SpotAsk chat window](/images/spotask-chat.png)

## What SpotAsk is for

SpotAsk is designed for quick, focused work: ask a question, run a prompt on selected text, copy the answer, and return to what you were doing. It is not a full AI workspace.

The quickest way to see the two core workflows is to watch the GIFs below. The hotkey workflow opens a chat window from any app. The selection workflow shows actions next to text you select in Safari, Notes, or other apps.

![Quick chat with the default hotkey](/images/spotask-hotkey.gif)

![Quick actions on selected text](/images/spotask-selection.gif)

## Next steps

- [Getting Started](/getting-started) walks through installation and your first question.
- [Explore SpotAsk](/explore) is a map of what you can do with the app.
- [Troubleshooting](/troubleshooting) covers connection, model, permission, and shortcut problems.