[Fork] AI Shortcuts — Extended macOS fork with attachments, command management & more

[vyn-nam-tran]

Hi @theJayTea 👋

I wanted to share a fork I've been working on, built on top of your incredible project.

🔗 Fork: AI Shortcuts

Repo: https://github.com/gemkids275/WritingToolsV2

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What I added (macOS only)

This fork focuses exclusively on the native Swift/SwiftUI macOS version and adds:

📎 Attachments in prompts

• Paste images directly from clipboard into custom prompts (⌘V)
• Attach image files (PNG, JPG, HEIC) via file picker
• Attach plain text files — content is sent as context to the AI
• Attachments also work in follow-up questions in the response window

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🧩 Command management

• Drag-to-reorder command buttons directly in the popup (Edit Mode)
• Import / export individual commands as JSON files
• Export / import full config as a backup
• Per-command custom AI provider support

✏️ Smarter input

• Multi-line expandable input (grows up to 5 lines, then scrolls)
• Enter to send, Shift+Enter / Alt+Enter for new line
• Input and attachments reset cleanly on each popup open

🖥️ UI & UX

• Drag the popup across multiple screens — not locked to the originating display
• Horizontal attachment strip with drag-to-scroll gesture

🐛 Bug fixes

• Fixed onboarding deep link broken on newer macOS versions (System Settings path)
• Fixed false "update available" alert when version file returns a non-200 HTTP response
• Fixed API keys being lost on app restart due to a Keychain delete-before-add race condition

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Credits

All the foundational work — the original idea, the Python version, and the native macOS port — belongs to you and the contributors. I've simply extended it for my own workflow and decided to share it openly.

Special thanks to Arya Mirsepasi for the original Swift/SwiftUI macOS port that this is built on.

If any of these features are useful to you or the community, feel free to cherry-pick or adapt anything from this fork. No credit needed.

Thanks for building something so genuinely useful. ⭐

[theJayTea]

this is why i love open-source! awesome work on your fork, @vyn-nam-tran :D

[vyn-nam-tran]

this is why i love open-source! awesome work on your fork, @vyn-nam-tran :D

@theJayTea Once again, thank you for thinking of and developing such a great piece of software 🥰
I have also looked at quite a few other programs, but they were not customizable enough and also cost money.
That is the reason I created a fork to continue developing it and keep it free 💪
I hope this issue will be helpful to someone

[maiquelcraash]

Thanks @vyn-nam-tran, I’m testing it.

I was also considering forking it for myself, because I miss keyboard shortcuts. It still requires me to use the mouse to execute a command. Then I saw your fork, and it addresses most of my complaints, just still without the keyboard shortcuts. One step at once. Nice job!

[vyn-nam-tran]

Thanks @vyn-nam-tran, I’m testing it.

I was also considering forking it for myself, because I miss keyboard shortcuts. It still requires me to use the mouse to execute a command. Then I saw your fork, and it addresses most of my complaints, just still without the keyboard shortcuts. One step at once. Nice job!

@maiquelcraash
Thank you very much for your appreciation, I'm quite happy to hear that.
The reason I initially forked it is that, just like you, I found it quite useful but it was missing a few features that I thought were necessary.
Additionally, other software required payment, so I forked it to further develop and share it with everyone, even though not many people know about it :)) But I am still glad that it was able to help you.
If there are any issues, please create an issue, and I will check and fix it.
Also, if you like the fork, it would be great if you could give me a star.
Have a great day 🙇