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Raycast AI adds agentic planning with task automation

AI Chat now runs multi-step tasks with extensions and code execution, switching to usage-based billing instead of rate limits.

Summary

Agents can now autonomously work through tool calls, retries, and file operations without per-request interruptions—reducing manual oversight for repetitive dev tasks like code review triage and email filtering. Bring-your-own subscriptions (Claude, ChatGPT) let you use existing credits without new costs.

Why it matters

Implementation verdict

Replaces manual task orchestration in Raycast's AI layer. Requires connecting Claude/ChatGPT account in Settings → AI → Models & Providers to avoid new subscription charges. Projects feature maintains conversation state across sessions. Worth trying now if you're already on Raycast; billing shift to usage-based is transparent at existing price points.

Sources

1.you can now give AI Chat a task and it works out a plan, uses your extensions, writes and runs code, checks the results, and keeps going until it's finished
2.When something fails, it tries a different approach. And when it needs a decision from you, it stops, asks you, and then continues where it left off
3.You can now connect your Claude or ChatGPT account to any paid Raycast plan and use those models in AI Chat, Quick AI, and AI Commands
4.Projects keep conversations about the same topic together. They have their own memory
5.The agent works in the background and adds the result to a chat

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