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What got you to build this? It seems ok but I can’t think of when or why I would want this, feels like something iOS has natively through Siri and it syncs to Mac via iCloud

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(Not the OP, but...) have...have you tried Siri before? It is completely and totally ridiculous. Completely and utterly useless for anything other than setting a timer and turning HomeKit devices on or off (and even there it's entirely hit or miss).

Siri continues to be the most embarrassing Apple product on the market by a long shot.

I get your point, that said, you can make it useful it just requires ... some plumbing. Shortcuts and Automations would be your best friends there to achieve this. The OP's project mentions Raycast as a dependency, with Raycast on iOS now + shortcuts you go even further.

At least Siri guarantees the privacy of my data and uses a local model directly on my device, alternatively a private cloud - instead of a globally shared one.

And you can still ask Siri to ask ChatGPT if you need someone to talk to.

Also, you’d be surprised what cool things you can do when using Shortcuts with Siri. Especially now that Shortcuts can make use of LLMs (“Use model” action).

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