If you had asked me three years ago what application I “couldn’t live without,” I would have said, “A good Task Manager.” The logic was simple, the app that helps me get things done is the app that I need the most.

Then one day, my good friend Zac told me about Raycast… and my life has been forever changed. The prioritization has remained the same, the most valuable application helps me get things done. And let me tell you… Raycast will help you get EVERYTHING done. It’s time to blow the lid off your productivity, and make workflows more enjoyable 😎

Since Raycast is the “Everything Shortcut” there could be MANY entries of T+P overviewing all that Raycast does. I’ll give you a comprehensive Top 10 (with videos for most of them, so you can see it in action), and then you can check it out yourself. Let’s jump in!

If you could only watch one video 👇🏼

🔗 Quicklinks - Have a file or folder that you constantly pull up, or a website that you regularly need to navigate to? By making it a quicklink, you can instantly access what you need.

📝 Snippets - Have templates that you are constantly using or smaller bits of text that you constantly need (email, address, title to an email, text response to a client, etc.)? By making it a snippet, you can use that template everywhere and even house contextual information (date) or input arguments (name) to help you use those templates in different contexts.

⚡ Shortcuts - Have things you wish you could do at the press of a button? By making a shortcut you can make any action a hotkey press away!

📋 Clipboard History - Ever copy over something that you needed on your clipboard, or struggle with formatting copied info? Clipboard history helps you store everything you need for active recall, and will even help you format copied content to paste more effectively.

🖥️ Window Management - Wish you could seamlessly shift your application windows around, or have presets for specific workflows? By combining Window Management with Shortcuts you can quickly zip windows to where they need to be, or create presets for different scenarios.

⚡ Extensions - Have applications and tools that you wish Raycast would integrate with? There probably is an extension available via the in-app store! And they are all FREE!

🤖 AI Chat - Want AI at your fingertips, or have specific tasks you wish it could conduct? AI chat and the creation of various presets has this covered for you (supports all major models). I don’t google anything anymore… I ask Raycast.

🧮 Calculator - Need to do math or conversions on the fly? The calculator will help you calculate, paste into your applications, or do conversions with natural language (I use this often for timezones).

🎯 Focus Mode - Wish you could set a timer for deep work and block out specific applications while in that flow-state? Focus mode has you covered to keep you locked in, and block you from even accidentally opening up what you don’t need.

Your Quicklinks, Snippets, and AI Chat Presets can come with you to your iPhone! So you don’t have to put down the optimization when you leave your computer. This becomes even more accessible if you have a newer iPhone with a customizable Action Button, since you can make it your “Raycast Button.”

That’s enough of an introduction, and plenty of video links 😅. Check it out and use it for free HERE, and if you end up wanting to be a Pro User (synced devices, unlimited AI usage, customizable window management presets, etc), then please use that link so Toil+Profit can get a little kickback 😎

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In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty - Proverbs 14:23