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Quick Ask widget for Windows

The question you would otherwise open a browser tab for: a unit conversion, what an error code means, the word you cannot remember. Type it, press Enter, get two sentences back. It remembers the last couple of turns so a follow-up like "and in kilometres?" works, keeps a short history you can copy from, and talks to whichever AI integration you connected, including Ollama running on your own machine for free. Turn on "Include dashboard data" and it can also see your open todos, upcoming reminders and birthdays, countdowns, today's habits, goals and notes, so "what do I have on this week?" gets a real answer. It is off by default, and the Secrets widget is never included.

Free · Windows 10 and 11 · No account required

Quick Ask
Ask anything…

How many tablespoons in 50 ml?

About 3⅓ tablespoons (1 tbsp ≈ 15 ml).

What does HTTP 422 mean?

Unprocessable Content: the request was well-formed but failed validation.

Ollama · llama3.1Clear

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What it’s for

What Quick Ask is good for

The everyday jobs this widget was built to handle.

Quick facts and conversions without leaving what you are doing

Decode an error message or acronym in one line

Ask "what's due this week?" or "whose birthday is next?" with dashboard data turned on

Keep it fully local and free by pointing it at Ollama

Settings

Every Quick Ask setting

5 options, set per widget - so two copies of Quick Ask on the same dashboard can behave completely differently. Highlighted values are the defaults.

AI enabled

OnOff

AI integration ID

Any value you like

Style

concisedetailed

Keep history

OnOff

Include dashboard data

OnOff
Setup

Getting Quick Ask on your desktop

  1. 01

    Install

    Download and run the installer. No account, no sign-in.

  2. 02

    Add the widget

    Hit Add Widget, or press Ctrl+K and search for it by name.

  3. 03

    Make it yours

    Drag it where you want, resize it, and set the options below.

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