Vibecode Raycast Pro
track this build5 steps, step by step0%A personal launcher command or menubar utility is buildable, but Raycast's native polish, extension ecosystem, sync, AI, and Mac integration take serious product work.
You are building a lean indie version of Raycast Pro.
Create the following project files first, then implement the application by following them. Keep the files updated as decisions change. Do not collapse this into a single README or prompt.
===== README.md =====
# Raycast Pro indie build
## Goal
Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core Raycast Pro workflow for one developer or a tiny team.
## Scope
Build a command palette with local commands, clipboard history, snippets, and LLM shortcuts.
## Quick start
1. Install the documented dependencies.
2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`.
3. Run the development command chosen during implementation.
4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`.
## Honest limits
This build deliberately does not replace:
- extension ecosystem
- store/discovery
- native speed
- cloud sync
- team/shared snippets
- polished AI commands
If those capabilities are essential, use Ulauncher instead of pretending the gap is solved.
===== AGENTS.md =====
# Agent instructions
- Optimize for a working, understandable weekend build.
- Prefer the fewest moving parts that satisfy the brief.
- Do not invent cryptography, security guarantees, APIs, or compliance claims.
- Keep secrets out of source control and logs.
- Add focused tests for destructive, security-sensitive, and data-loss paths.
- Run the project checks before declaring the build complete.
- Record any deliberate shortcut in the README under "Tradeoffs".
===== BUILD_PLAN.md =====
# Build plan
## Original build brief
Build me a Mac command palette covering the parts of Raycast Pro I actually use:
clipboard history, snippets, and AI commands. Requirements:
- An Electron tray app with a global hotkey (alt+space) opening one centered input
window; electron-store for settings, better-sqlite3 for data.
- Clipboard history: watch the clipboard, keep the last 500 text entries with timestamp
and source app, fuzzy-search them with fuse.js, Enter pastes the selection.
- Snippets: a snippets.json of {keyword, expansion}; picking one copies the expansion
with {date} and {clipboard} placeholders filled in.
- AI commands: Fix Grammar, Summarize, and Translate run the current clipboard through
an LLM (key in .env) and put the result back on the clipboard with a notification.
- Custom commands: shell scripts in a commands/ folder appear in the palette by
filename; their output is copied or shown.
- Everything local except the LLM calls; no accounts, no telemetry.
- Out of scope: an extension store, file search, window management, and cloud sync. Do
not chase native launcher speed, this is Electron and that is the tradeoff.
- README: the macOS accessibility permission needed for paste simulation, and how to
change the hotkey.
## Required capabilities
- macOS app
- accessibility permissions
- hotkey/clipboard APIs
- optional LLM API
- local storage
## Delivery order
1. Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands.
2. Implement the primary data model and core workflow.
3. Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence.
4. Cover the critical path with automated tests.
5. Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step.
## Done when
- A new user can go from clone to first successful workflow using only the README.
- The core workflow works without paid infrastructure unless the brief requires it.
- Tests cover the highest-risk behavior.
- Known limitations are explicit rather than hidden.
===== .env.example =====
# Copy to .env and document every variable when it is introduced.
# Never put real credentials in this file.
APP_ENV=development
# Add only values required by the selected implementation.You are building a lean indie version of Raycast Pro.
Create the following project files first, then implement the application by following them. Keep the files updated as decisions change. Do not collapse this into a single README or prompt.
===== README.md =====
# Raycast Pro indie build
## Goal
Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core Raycast Pro workflow for one developer or a tiny team.
## Scope
Build a command palette with local commands, clipboard history, snippets, and LLM shortcuts.
## Quick start
1. Install the documented dependencies.
2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`.
3. Run the development command chosen during implementation.
4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`.
## Honest limits
This build deliberately does not replace:
- extension ecosystem
- store/discovery
- native speed
- cloud sync
- team/shared snippets
- polished AI commands
If those capabilities are essential, use Ulauncher instead of pretending the gap is solved.
===== AGENTS.md =====
# Agent instructions
- Optimize for a working, understandable weekend build.
- Prefer the fewest moving parts that satisfy the brief.
- Do not invent cryptography, security guarantees, APIs, or compliance claims.
- Keep secrets out of source control and logs.
- Add focused tests for destructive, security-sensitive, and data-loss paths.
- Run the project checks before declaring the build complete.
- Record any deliberate shortcut in the README under "Tradeoffs".
===== BUILD_PLAN.md =====
# Build plan
## Original build brief
Build me a Mac command palette covering the parts of Raycast Pro I actually use:
clipboard history, snippets, and AI commands. Requirements:
- An Electron tray app with a global hotkey (alt+space) opening one centered input
window; electron-store for settings, better-sqlite3 for data.
- Clipboard history: watch the clipboard, keep the last 500 text entries with timestamp
and source app, fuzzy-search them with fuse.js, Enter pastes the selection.
- Snippets: a snippets.json of {keyword, expansion}; picking one copies the expansion
with {date} and {clipboard} placeholders filled in.
- AI commands: Fix Grammar, Summarize, and Translate run the current clipboard through
an LLM (key in .env) and put the result back on the clipboard with a notification.
- Custom commands: shell scripts in a commands/ folder appear in the palette by
filename; their output is copied or shown.
- Everything local except the LLM calls; no accounts, no telemetry.
- Out of scope: an extension store, file search, window management, and cloud sync. Do
not chase native launcher speed, this is Electron and that is the tradeoff.
- README: the macOS accessibility permission needed for paste simulation, and how to
change the hotkey.
## Required capabilities
- macOS app
- accessibility permissions
- hotkey/clipboard APIs
- optional LLM API
- local storage
## Delivery order
1. Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands.
2. Implement the primary data model and core workflow.
3. Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence.
4. Cover the critical path with automated tests.
5. Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step.
## Done when
- A new user can go from clone to first successful workflow using only the README.
- The core workflow works without paid infrastructure unless the brief requires it.
- Tests cover the highest-risk behavior.
- Known limitations are explicit rather than hidden.
===== .env.example =====
# Copy to .env and document every variable when it is introduced.
# Never put real credentials in this file.
APP_ENV=development
# Add only values required by the selected implementation.You are building a production product version of Raycast Pro.
Create the following project files first, then implement the application by following them. Keep the files updated as decisions change. Do not collapse this into a single README or prompt.
===== PRODUCT.md =====
# Raycast Pro product brief
## Problem
A personal launcher command or menubar utility is buildable, but Raycast's native polish, extension ecosystem, sync, AI, and Mac integration take serious product work.
## Product outcome
Build a command palette with local commands, clipboard history, snippets, and LLM shortcuts.
## Target user
A serious builder who needs a maintainable product foundation rather than a one-off demo.
## Required capabilities
- macOS app
- accessibility permissions
- hotkey/clipboard APIs
- optional LLM API
- local storage
## Explicit non-goals for v1
- extension ecosystem
- store/discovery
- native speed
- cloud sync
- team/shared snippets
- polished AI commands
## Success criteria
- The primary workflow is measurable end to end.
- Setup is reproducible in a clean environment.
- Failure, recovery, and support paths are documented.
- Product claims match what the implementation actually guarantees.
===== ARCHITECTURE.md =====
# Architecture
## Starting brief
Build me a Mac command palette covering the parts of Raycast Pro I actually use:
clipboard history, snippets, and AI commands. Requirements:
- An Electron tray app with a global hotkey (alt+space) opening one centered input
window; electron-store for settings, better-sqlite3 for data.
- Clipboard history: watch the clipboard, keep the last 500 text entries with timestamp
and source app, fuzzy-search them with fuse.js, Enter pastes the selection.
- Snippets: a snippets.json of {keyword, expansion}; picking one copies the expansion
with {date} and {clipboard} placeholders filled in.
- AI commands: Fix Grammar, Summarize, and Translate run the current clipboard through
an LLM (key in .env) and put the result back on the clipboard with a notification.
- Custom commands: shell scripts in a commands/ folder appear in the palette by
filename; their output is copied or shown.
- Everything local except the LLM calls; no accounts, no telemetry.
- Out of scope: an extension store, file search, window management, and cloud sync. Do
not chase native launcher speed, this is Electron and that is the tradeoff.
- README: the macOS accessibility permission needed for paste simulation, and how to
change the hotkey.
## Boundaries
Separate the product into replaceable modules for interface, application logic, persistence, external integrations, and operational concerns. Keep domain logic independent from delivery frameworks and vendors.
## Production baseline
- Configuration: validated at startup with safe local defaults where possible.
- Security: least privilege, input validation, secret redaction, rate limits on abuse-prone paths, and no invented security primitives.
- Data: explicit schema and migrations, transactional writes where integrity matters, backup and restore instructions.
- Integrations: adapters around third-party providers, idempotent webhook or job processing, bounded retries, and timeouts.
- Observability: structured logs with request or operation IDs, an error-tracking hook, and health/readiness checks where a server exists.
- Quality: unit tests for domain rules, integration tests at module boundaries, and one end-to-end critical-path test.
## Decision records
For each major dependency, document why it was chosen, its failure mode, and how it can be replaced. Do not introduce infrastructure until a requirement justifies it.
===== AGENTS.md =====
# Agent instructions
- Read `PRODUCT.md` and `ARCHITECTURE.md` before changing code.
- Implement milestone by milestone; keep each change reviewable and leave the application runnable.
- Treat authentication, payments, encryption, imports, webhooks, and destructive actions as high-risk boundaries when present.
- Never invent cryptography or silently weaken a requirement to make a test pass.
- Use provider interfaces for external services and deterministic fakes in tests.
- Add migrations and rollback or recovery notes for persistent data changes.
- Log useful operational context without credentials, tokens, passwords, or personal data.
- Update documentation and run all checks before completing a milestone.
===== MILESTONES.md =====
# Delivery milestones
## M0 — Decisions and scaffold
- Confirm the runtime, persistence model, threat boundaries, and deployment target.
- Create a reproducible local environment and continuous checks.
## M1 — Core workflow
- Implement the smallest end-to-end product path with validation and tests.
- Keep integrations behind interfaces.
## M2 — Trust layer
- Add secure failure behavior, recovery paths, audit-relevant events, and data safeguards.
- Test abuse cases and destructive operations.
## M3 — Operability
- Add structured logs, error reporting hooks, health signals, backup/restore documentation, and deployment configuration.
## M4 — Release gate
- Run a clean-install test, critical-path end-to-end test, dependency review, and documented rollback exercise.
- Compare the shipped behavior with `PRODUCT.md` and publish remaining limitations.
===== OPERATIONS.md =====
# Operations
## Before release
- Validate configuration and secrets at startup.
- Define backup, restore, and rollback procedures and test them.
- Document logs, error tracking, health signals, and alert ownership.
- Set dependency update and vulnerability review expectations.
## Incident checklist
1. Contain the issue without destroying evidence or user data.
2. Record the timeline and affected scope.
3. Rotate exposed secrets and revoke compromised sessions or credentials.
4. Restore from a verified source when needed.
5. Document the root cause, remediation, and regression test.
## Launch constraint
Do not market omitted Raycast Pro capabilities as implemented. The v1 non-goals in `PRODUCT.md` remain user-visible limitations until they are deliberately delivered.# Raycast Pro indie build ## Goal Build the smallest trustworthy replacement for the core Raycast Pro workflow for one developer or a tiny team. ## Scope Build a command palette with local commands, clipboard history, snippets, and LLM shortcuts. ## Quick start 1. Install the documented dependencies. 2. Copy `.env.example` to `.env`. 3. Run the development command chosen during implementation. 4. Complete the acceptance checks in `BUILD_PLAN.md`. ## Honest limits This build deliberately does not replace: - extension ecosystem - store/discovery - native speed - cloud sync - team/shared snippets - polished AI commands If those capabilities are essential, use Ulauncher instead of pretending the gap is solved.
# Agent instructions - Optimize for a working, understandable weekend build. - Prefer the fewest moving parts that satisfy the brief. - Do not invent cryptography, security guarantees, APIs, or compliance claims. - Keep secrets out of source control and logs. - Add focused tests for destructive, security-sensitive, and data-loss paths. - Run the project checks before declaring the build complete. - Record any deliberate shortcut in the README under "Tradeoffs".
# Build plan
## Original build brief
Build me a Mac command palette covering the parts of Raycast Pro I actually use:
clipboard history, snippets, and AI commands. Requirements:
- An Electron tray app with a global hotkey (alt+space) opening one centered input
window; electron-store for settings, better-sqlite3 for data.
- Clipboard history: watch the clipboard, keep the last 500 text entries with timestamp
and source app, fuzzy-search them with fuse.js, Enter pastes the selection.
- Snippets: a snippets.json of {keyword, expansion}; picking one copies the expansion
with {date} and {clipboard} placeholders filled in.
- AI commands: Fix Grammar, Summarize, and Translate run the current clipboard through
an LLM (key in .env) and put the result back on the clipboard with a notification.
- Custom commands: shell scripts in a commands/ folder appear in the palette by
filename; their output is copied or shown.
- Everything local except the LLM calls; no accounts, no telemetry.
- Out of scope: an extension store, file search, window management, and cloud sync. Do
not chase native launcher speed, this is Electron and that is the tradeoff.
- README: the macOS accessibility permission needed for paste simulation, and how to
change the hotkey.
## Required capabilities
- macOS app
- accessibility permissions
- hotkey/clipboard APIs
- optional LLM API
- local storage
## Delivery order
1. Scaffold the smallest runnable application and document its commands.
2. Implement the primary data model and core workflow.
3. Add validation, safe failure states, and persistence.
4. Cover the critical path with automated tests.
5. Exercise a clean install from the README and fix every missing step.
## Done when
- A new user can go from clone to first successful workflow using only the README.
- The core workflow works without paid infrastructure unless the brief requires it.
- Tests cover the highest-risk behavior.
- Known limitations are explicit rather than hidden.# Copy to .env and document every variable when it is introduced. # Never put real credentials in this file. APP_ENV=development # Add only values required by the selected implementation.
# Raycast Pro product brief ## Problem A personal launcher command or menubar utility is buildable, but Raycast's native polish, extension ecosystem, sync, AI, and Mac integration take serious product work. ## Product outcome Build a command palette with local commands, clipboard history, snippets, and LLM shortcuts. ## Target user A serious builder who needs a maintainable product foundation rather than a one-off demo. ## Required capabilities - macOS app - accessibility permissions - hotkey/clipboard APIs - optional LLM API - local storage ## Explicit non-goals for v1 - extension ecosystem - store/discovery - native speed - cloud sync - team/shared snippets - polished AI commands ## Success criteria - The primary workflow is measurable end to end. - Setup is reproducible in a clean environment. - Failure, recovery, and support paths are documented. - Product claims match what the implementation actually guarantees.
# Architecture
## Starting brief
Build me a Mac command palette covering the parts of Raycast Pro I actually use:
clipboard history, snippets, and AI commands. Requirements:
- An Electron tray app with a global hotkey (alt+space) opening one centered input
window; electron-store for settings, better-sqlite3 for data.
- Clipboard history: watch the clipboard, keep the last 500 text entries with timestamp
and source app, fuzzy-search them with fuse.js, Enter pastes the selection.
- Snippets: a snippets.json of {keyword, expansion}; picking one copies the expansion
with {date} and {clipboard} placeholders filled in.
- AI commands: Fix Grammar, Summarize, and Translate run the current clipboard through
an LLM (key in .env) and put the result back on the clipboard with a notification.
- Custom commands: shell scripts in a commands/ folder appear in the palette by
filename; their output is copied or shown.
- Everything local except the LLM calls; no accounts, no telemetry.
- Out of scope: an extension store, file search, window management, and cloud sync. Do
not chase native launcher speed, this is Electron and that is the tradeoff.
- README: the macOS accessibility permission needed for paste simulation, and how to
change the hotkey.
## Boundaries
Separate the product into replaceable modules for interface, application logic, persistence, external integrations, and operational concerns. Keep domain logic independent from delivery frameworks and vendors.
## Production baseline
- Configuration: validated at startup with safe local defaults where possible.
- Security: least privilege, input validation, secret redaction, rate limits on abuse-prone paths, and no invented security primitives.
- Data: explicit schema and migrations, transactional writes where integrity matters, backup and restore instructions.
- Integrations: adapters around third-party providers, idempotent webhook or job processing, bounded retries, and timeouts.
- Observability: structured logs with request or operation IDs, an error-tracking hook, and health/readiness checks where a server exists.
- Quality: unit tests for domain rules, integration tests at module boundaries, and one end-to-end critical-path test.
## Decision records
For each major dependency, document why it was chosen, its failure mode, and how it can be replaced. Do not introduce infrastructure until a requirement justifies it.# Agent instructions - Read `PRODUCT.md` and `ARCHITECTURE.md` before changing code. - Implement milestone by milestone; keep each change reviewable and leave the application runnable. - Treat authentication, payments, encryption, imports, webhooks, and destructive actions as high-risk boundaries when present. - Never invent cryptography or silently weaken a requirement to make a test pass. - Use provider interfaces for external services and deterministic fakes in tests. - Add migrations and rollback or recovery notes for persistent data changes. - Log useful operational context without credentials, tokens, passwords, or personal data. - Update documentation and run all checks before completing a milestone.
# Delivery milestones ## M0 — Decisions and scaffold - Confirm the runtime, persistence model, threat boundaries, and deployment target. - Create a reproducible local environment and continuous checks. ## M1 — Core workflow - Implement the smallest end-to-end product path with validation and tests. - Keep integrations behind interfaces. ## M2 — Trust layer - Add secure failure behavior, recovery paths, audit-relevant events, and data safeguards. - Test abuse cases and destructive operations. ## M3 — Operability - Add structured logs, error reporting hooks, health signals, backup/restore documentation, and deployment configuration. ## M4 — Release gate - Run a clean-install test, critical-path end-to-end test, dependency review, and documented rollback exercise. - Compare the shipped behavior with `PRODUCT.md` and publish remaining limitations.
# Operations ## Before release - Validate configuration and secrets at startup. - Define backup, restore, and rollback procedures and test them. - Document logs, error tracking, health signals, and alert ownership. - Set dependency update and vulnerability review expectations. ## Incident checklist 1. Contain the issue without destroying evidence or user data. 2. Record the timeline and affected scope. 3. Rotate exposed secrets and revoke compromised sessions or credentials. 4. Restore from a verified source when needed. 5. Document the root cause, remediation, and regression test. ## Launch constraint Do not market omitted Raycast Pro capabilities as implemented. The v1 non-goals in `PRODUCT.md` remain user-visible limitations until they are deliberately delivered.
$ choose a build depth, inspect the files, then open the complete pack in your agent · this prompt is generated from the build plan · improve it via PR
They pay because the launcher is a daily OS layer; latency and polish matter a lot.
xextension ecosystem
xstore/discovery
xnative speed
xcloud sync
xteam/shared snippets
xpolished AI commands
Don't feel like building it? These folks already made it free.
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Raycast Pro pricing
| plan | monthly | annual (per mo) | what you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| free (personal) | $0 | $0 | 5 notes and 3 months of clipboard history; core launcher and extensions included. |
| pro | $10 | $8 | Unlimited notes and clipboard history; Raycast AI included. |
| teams free | $0/user | $0/user | Unlimited members; 5 shared commands, 30 quicklinks, 30 snippets, 5 notes and 3-month clipboard history per member. |
| teams pro | $15/user | $12/user | Unlimited shared commands, quicklinks and snippets; unlimited notes and clipboard history. |
| enterprise | custom | — | Custom seats, security and support; numeric limits and price not public. |
free tierPersonal: 5 notes and 3-month clipboard history. Teams Free: unlimited members, 5 shared commands, 30 quicklinks and 30 snippets.
billingmonthly + annual; 14-day Pro trial; no seat minimum or maximum published
hidden costsAdvanced AI costs an additional $8/month for an individual or $8/user/month on Teams Pro and is unavailable during the 14-day trial.
verified 2026-08-11 · source ↗
Is Raycast Pro free?
The free plan covers core features with 5 notes and a 3-month clipboard history. Paid is Pro at $10/mo (checked 2026-08-07).
Vibecode Raycast Pro
Kinda. The core of Raycast Pro is buildable in a weekend with the prompt on this page, but there are real gaps: extension ecosystem, store/discovery. Read the honest list above before committing.
How much does Raycast Pro cost?
Raycast Pro costs about $10/month (Pro, checked 2026-08-07), which is $120 per year.
What do I lose by replacing Raycast Pro?
Honestly: extension ecosystem; store/discovery; native speed; cloud sync; team/shared snippets; polished AI commands. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.
Is there an open-source alternative to Raycast Pro?
Yes: SuperCmd v1 (The still-maintained open-source v1 runs Raycast-style extensions, clipboard, snippets, windows, and bring-your-own AI.) Raycast Free (Raycast without Pro: the launcher survives, and AI works only if you bring the model or key.) The prompt is for when you want it exactly your way.