Effortless ChatGPT Integration on Mac: Zero Software Required
Enhance your Mac productivity by integrating OpenAI with a simple workflow! This guide shows you how to create a custom shortcut that lets you rephrase, summarize, or translate text with ease. Import the shortcut, add your API key, and unleash the power of AI directly from any application—no cost...
There are dozens of tools that help you use ChatGPT on your Mac, whether for translation, text correction, etc. But they all have one drawback: they either cost money or collect a lot of sensitive data before sending your data to OpenAI or any other provider.
With this approach, you can simply send your text or whatever you want to be processed immediately to OpenAI, Mistral, or any other even open-source model.
How This Works?
We simply create a shortcut workflow that you can call in any application where you have text, notepad, browser, or anything else. You just right-click and your text is passed to the workflow, and the workflow will create the prompt and send it to OpenAI. The response will then replace your text. If you want only to analyze the text, say summarize, you can also do that by defining a separate workflow that has a simple prompt like “summarize the given text,” for example.
Here is How You Can Integrate OpenAI in Three Simple Steps:
- Import the Shortcut Workflow
Download and click the the shortcut workflow from the link provided below and open it. - Add Your API Key and Customize the Prompt
After importing the workflow, you will be prompted to enter your OpenAI API key. Make sure to replace "YOUR_API_KEY" with your actual API key from OpenAI. You can also customize the prompt. The default prompt is set to rephrase text, but you can change it to "summarize the following text" or any other instruction you prefer. - Run from Anywhere
Once your shortcut is set up, you can run it from any application. Highlight the text you want to process, right-click, select "Services", and choose your shortcut. The text will be sent to OpenAI and replaced with the response.
Screenshot: API Key and Prompt
Screenshot: Calling the Shortcut
Screenshot: Result of the Shortcut
You can do the same for other things like summarizing, translation, etc., by just replacing the prompt and creating appropriate keyboard shortcuts.
Creating Workflows for Other Tasks
Aside from rephrasing, you can create workflows for various tasks. For instance, to summarize text, create a new shortcut with the same steps but change the prompt to "summarize the following text". Similarly, you can set up workflows for translation by changing the prompt to "translate the following text to [language]". The possibilities are endless.
Customizing and Optimizing Your Workflow
To enhance your workflow, consider adding conditions and error handling. For example, if the API request fails, you can set a notification to alert you. You can also add different prompts based on user input, making your workflow versatile and adaptable to different needs.
Conclusion
Integrating ChatGPT or any other language model into your Mac workflow can greatly enhance your productivity. With a few simple steps, you can create a powerful tool that can rephrase, summarize, translate, and more, all without installing any additional software. Try it out and see how it can improve your daily tasks.