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Louis Liu
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Bring AI Into Any App With One Keystroke

AI is powerful, but the way we interact with it still feels clunky. Most of the time, I have to open a browser or launch a desktop app, type in my question, and then copy the result back into my workflow.

I reply to numerous messages on Slack every day. If I want AI to rewrite something for me, I need to copy the text, paste it into ChatGPT, adjust the response, and then copy it back. It works—but it’s disruptive.

What if AI could be just one keystroke away, seamlessly integrated into whatever I’m doing? That’s the idea behind SnapMind.

What’s SnapMind?

SnapMind is a desktop AI assistant that brings LLMs anywhere in your system. Just select text + hit a hotkey, and you can instantly:

  • Translate
  • Rewrite
  • Summarize
  • Explain

— all without leaving the app you’re working in.

In short: it’s a quick prompt launcher for your daily workflow.

Demo

Bind your favorite prompts to hotkeys, and trigger them instantly on selected text.

SnapMind Demo

Features

  • Blazing Fast — AI in a single keystroke
  • 🎯 Seamless Experience — Works in any app without breaking your flow
  • 🛠 Highly Customizable — Save prompts for the tasks you do most

Use Cases

  • 🌍 Instant Translation — Translate any text on the fly
  • ✍️ Polish & Rewrite — Make content clearer, shorter, or more professional
  • 📑 Summarize in Seconds — Get key takeaways from long reports
  • 💡 Quick Explanations — Highlight concepts, code, or terms for clarity
  • 📬 Smart Drafting — Generate emails, replies, or snippets in seconds
  • 📚 Learning Companion — Check grammar, simplify content, aid understanding
  • 🧠 On-the-fly Brainstorming — Turn raw notes into structured thoughts

What’s Next?

Here’s what’s coming to SnapMind:

  • 🔗 Support for more AI providers (OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Google AI — with more on the way)
  • 🖼️ Image input/output: select an image and send it to AI or ask AI created an image for you.
  • 📝 Better markdown rendering for easy copy & paste
  • 🔄 Auto-updates via Electron Builder
  • ...

I’d love to hear from you:

  • What use cases do you want SnapMind to support?
  • Do you have cool workflows or scenarios where SnapMind could made you more productive?

👉 Try it now at Github - SnapMind. ⭐️ It will very be helpful if you can give the repo a star! ⭐️

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Louis Liu

I built this app with GitHub Copilot within a month. Include the desktop app, an official website, and a CI pipeline. Also, the Logo 🌩️

I'll share more about how I made all of these in my next post. Don't forget to star my repo if you think it's worth using!

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Peter Vivo

Tab?
according the title.

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Louis Liu

There are preset hotkeys.

cmd/ctrl + `: opens a blank chat window
cmd/ctrl + shift + T: opens a chat window with a preset prompt and the text you selected
cmd/ctrl + shift + E & cmd/ctrl + shift + S can trigger other preset prompts.

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Louis Liu

The Tab key is commonly used for various functions, so using it to open the chat window might not be the best choice and could be annoying.

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Roshan Sharma

Love this idea, SnapMind sounds super helpful for staying in flow.
How do you handle hotkey conflicts (in apps that already use the same shortcuts)? And is there a fallback if the user’s app doesn’t allow global shortcuts?

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Louis Liu

Hotkeys are registered globally, so they have a higher priority than hotkeys within an app. I haven't noticed any app that doesn't allow global shortcuts; they can be used in Chrome, VS Code, Outlook, and many other apps. I'm planning to find a graceful way to allow users to customize hotkeys.

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ALI

Finally, an AI tool that doesn’t make me feel like I’m alt-tabbing through the multiverse just to fix one sentence. One hotkey and boom—AI magic in place. Honestly, my only fear is hitting the shortcut by mistake and watching my grocery list get rewritten like Shakespeare.

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Louis Liu

😂😂😂 Good thing I didn't hook up the MCPs to the app, or your groceries would've shown up already!