KeyShift runs in your system tray and works in almost any app where you can type or select text: browsers, Word, Slack, Gmail, Notion, VS Code, and more. On Windows it works out of the box; on macOS it asks for two permissions.
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Download the installer for Windows or macOS from keyshift.ai and run it.
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Open KeyShift from the tray or menu bar and sign in when asked. Your browser opens once to connect the desktop app to your account.
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On macOS, allow Accessibility when prompted. It is needed for shortcuts and for pasting results. For the typed trigger, also allow Input Monitoring (see the Permissions guide).
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Try your first action: select a sentence in any app, press Ctrl+Shift+A, and pick Fix grammar. The answer shows the changes, and Replace puts it back in place.
Thank you for the proposal. I think we should move forward with the Q2 timeline.
| Tool | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Quick Actions | Ctrl+Shift+A on selected text: fix, translate, change tone, summarize, reply |
| Typed trigger | Type keyshift + what you want, then space twice, in any text field |
| Launcher | Ctrl+Shift+Space: every tool in one search box, plus quick maths and AI chat |
| Voice input | Ctrl+Shift+M: dictate, then Insert |
| Text from screen | Ctrl+Shift+O: drag over an image, video or PDF and read the text |
| Clipboard history | Ctrl+Shift+V: find something you copied earlier and run an action on it |
| Undo | Ctrl+Shift+Z: put the original text back, up to 20 steps |
No selection?
Type your text, add keyshift plus an instruction (for example keyshift fix grammar), then press space twice. See the keyshift trigger guide.
The Free plan includes 25 AI actions a month and every tool above. Pro adds 10,000 actions a month, your own API key, custom actions with their own hotkeys, AI Workflows, and Ask the AI anything from the Launcher.