Redcast Send to AI
Start a question from a clipboard entry, file or dictation without copying it by hand.
With AI enabled, select an item in Clipboard History, Search Files, a file result in root search, or Dictation History and press ⌘J. Send to AI opens Quick AI with that item ready for your question.
The action menu also offers Send to AI Chat, which starts a new conversation in the full window instead.
What is attached
| Selected item | Prepared context |
|---|---|
| Short text | A quoted line in the composer |
| Longer text | A staged text file |
| Color | The color's hex value |
| Image or file | An attachment through the normal composer checks |
| Folder | Its path, quoted as text |
| Successful dictation | Its transcript |
| An Ask by Voice history entry | Its question |
A folder path is not the folder's contents. An agent with file tools can read it when permitted; plain chat cannot inspect arbitrary local files merely because a path was mentioned.
Ask a specific question
After sending a clipboard entry to Quick AI, try “Rewrite this as a short reply.” After sending a file, ask “Summarize this and list the decisions.” Review the staged attachment before sending; choosing the action does not make an unsupported model accept it.
When the action is missing
AI must be enabled. Failed dictations cannot be sent because they have no transcript yet; use Retry first. Attachments that exceed the route's size or format limits show the same refusal as attaching them directly.