🦙 Bring Your Own Model
Bring Your Own Model brings three familiar ways to use your preferred AI models back to Raycast v2.
Raycast announced 🦙 Bring Your Own Model on September 3, 2026.
What changed
Bring Your Own Model brings three familiar ways to use your preferred AI models back to Raycast v2. Connect any OpenAI-compatible endpoint with Custom Providers, run models through Ollama with Local Models, or add your OpenRouter API key to choose from its catalog. Once configured, your models are available across Raycast AI alongside Raycast’s built-in options. In v2, Custom Providers, Local Models, and Bring Your Own Key require a Raycast Pro subscription. We know this is a meaningful change compared to v1 and want to be upfront about it. You can read more about our thinking and where we’re heading on the BYOAI article in the Manual. ✨ New AI: Added support OpenAI-compatible custom providers, local models via Ollama, and OpenRouter API keys, using their models across Raycast AI Quick AI: Added a Paste Formatted Response action Window Management: Added Resize Window and Move Window commands that take exact pixel dimensions and coordinates as arguments Window Management: Added Create Layout From Current Windows command allowing for quick capturing custom layouts from the windows currently on screen. The layout editor can also add any visible window, and a layout can place several w
