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Ask AI Action

The "Ask AI" action empowers you to seamlessly integrate powerful large language models (LLMs) into your workflow. This versatile tool allows you to craft and trigger requests to a wide array of AI models, including those from OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic, as well as local or Llama-based models.

Ask AI Action

Key Features:

1. Customized Prompts:

You have the flexibility to define both a system prompt and a user prompt before execution.

  • The system prompt sets the context or instructions for the AI (e.g., "You are a helpful assistant that summarizes text").
  • The user prompt contains the specific query or task for the AI.

2. Dynamic Placeholders:

Enhance your user prompts with dynamic placeholders that automatically insert relevant information at runtime. Supported placeholders include:

  • Selected Text: Incorporates any text you have highlighted.
  • Clipboard Content: Uses the current content of your clipboard.
  • Current Date: Inserts the current date.

Before the request is sent to the LLM, these placeholders are intelligently replaced with their corresponding values. For instance, if you create a "Summarize Text" action and select a paragraph, the selected text will automatically be included in the prompt sent to the AI.

Dynamic Placeholders

3. Screenshot Integration:

For tasks requiring visual context, you can include a screenshot with your request. You'll have the option to:

  • Capture Entire Screen: Sends an image of your full screen.
  • Select Screen Portion: Allows you to capture a specific area of your screen.

This image is then included as part of the information sent to the LLM.

Screenshot Integration

4. Flexible Output Methods:

Choose how you want to receive the AI's response:

  • Automatic Pasting: The LLM's output is automatically pasted into your active application.
  • New Chat Window: The response opens in a dedicated chat window. This allows for an interactive experience where you can ask follow-up questions and continue the conversation with the AI.

By combining these features, the "Ask AI" action offers a powerful and customizable way to leverage artificial intelligence for a wide range of tasks.

Output Method Picker