Open Quick Launch from any app

Quick Launch is a small window that opens on top of whatever you are doing, even when Yardmaster is in the background. Type a request and press Enter to open a new session, or switch tabs to add an alarm, a task or a calendar event without leaving your work.

Send a request from any app#

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   Press Command plus Space⌘SpaceCtrl plus SpaceCtrlSpace (on a Mac, Command plus Space⌘SpaceCtrl plus SpaceCtrlSpace).

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   Type what you want, in Type a message to start a new Claude session….

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   To use a different project, click the project name, or press Command plus P⌘PCtrl plus PCtrlP, and pick one.

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   Press EnterEnterEnterEnter or click Send.

The session starts in the background and the window closes. It uses your Claude plan like any other session. Press EscEscEscEsc to close without sending; your text is kept for next time.

You can also attach files with Attach files (images, PDFs, Word and text files), dictate with the microphone, or add a saved reply with Insert quick reply.

Add something without starting a session#

The tabs along the top do other quick jobs. Out of the box they are:

• Session: a new session (above).

• Alarm: type an alarm in plain words, such as tomorrow at 9am dentist. Shown when alarms are on.

• Task: add a to-do to Tasks. Tasks is a Preview you turn on first; until then, saving a task fails.

• Drip: add an item to a drip.

• Bookmark: save a bookmark.

• Calendar: add an event to your Google Calendar. Shown once Google Calendar is connected.

Two tabs open with their own key from anywhere: Option plus Command plus J⌥⌘JCtrl plus Alt plus JCtrlAltJ opens Calendar and Option plus Space⌥SpaceAlt plus SpaceAltSpace opens Task.

Choose your tabs#

Click Add a tab (the + at the end of the tabs), or open Quick Launch tabs in Settings, to add, remove and reorder tabs and give a tab its own key. Tabs you can add include Search (search past sessions), Super Prompts, Export File, Find Note and Web Clip (for The Vault), Email and SMS.

Send an email or a text#

To send a quick email, turn on Enable Quick Email in Settings, then press Option plus E⌥EAlt plus EAltE (or open the Email tab), pick a recipient, type and send. For 10 seconds after you send, an Undo message lets you stop it; after that the email goes.