What's new in Slash.

Added

• A starter set that matches the website. New installs now come with the exact commands the site shows off — Improve Writing, Fix Spelling & Grammar, Make Shorter, Make Longer, three tone commands (Professional, Friendly, Casual), Translate, Draft a Reply, and Summarize — plus example snippets (email signature, mailing address, today's date) and /paste to open your clipboard history. Every AI command now instructs the model to return only the result, so its answer drops straight into your text with no "Here's your text:" preamble.
• Language picker for Translate — and fixed inputs. Translate now has a built-in language slot. It's set to English so it runs with no prompt; switch it to "Ask me each time" in the command editor to pick from a dropdown (any language, with type-to-filter) on each run. More broadly, any command input can hold a fixed value that runs silently or ask you each time — all set from the editor, with no token syntax to type.

Changed

• AI commands now work on text anywhere. Running an AI command on a selection now works in Electron apps (like Slack) and terminals, where the selected text lives outside the field you type into. When Slash can't replace the text in place, it copies the result instead and the button reads "Copy" so you know what will happen.
• The input pop-up matches the app. The prompt that asks for a value (like Translate's language) is restyled to match the rest of Slash, with a real dropdown for choices.
• Cleaner translation results. A translation now shows a plain before/after result instead of a misleading word-by-word "changes" count — the change highlight is kept for edits like Fix and tone, where it actually helps.

Added

• AI answer commands. AI commands can now *show you an answer* instead of replacing your text. Summarize and Explain Simply — and any command you set to "Show answer" — open the result in a panel to insert at your cursor or copy, leaving your selection untouched. Each AI command's behavior (rewrite the selection vs. show an answer) is set in the command editor; the rewrite commands (Fix, Improve, Tone, Translate…) keep the before/after review.

Fixed

• The Command Bar's command list no longer scrolls on its own as you move the mouse — hovering highlights the item under the cursor; scrolling stays with the trackpad and arrow keys.
• Entering an API key in Settings now confirms it was saved — a checkmark appears as soon as the key is stored, instead of giving no feedback.

Added

• AI rewrite review. Running an AI command on selected text now shows a before/after review in the Command Bar — your original text next to the suggestion, with the changed words highlighted and a change count — so you can see exactly what changed before applying. Apply replaces the selection in place; or Copy, Retry, or Cancel.
• Per-provider API keys. Each AI provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Groq, OpenRouter, Ollama) keeps its own key, so switching providers no longer reuses the wrong key. Provider error details now surface in the app when a request fails.

Fixed

• The Command Bar shortcut no longer types into the focused app. Previously, summoning the bar over selected text could overtype and erase the selection — it now opens without disturbing your selection, so AI commands receive the text you highlighted.
• Triggers now delete reliably in WhatsApp and other Electron apps.

First auto-updating release. If you installed 1.0, download 1.1 once from the website — 1.0's updater is dormant and can't update itself. From 1.1 onward, updates install automatically.

Added

• Expansion in Slack, Granola, and other Electron apps. Slash now wakes up Chromium's accessibility tree so triggers expand in apps that previously ignored them.

Fixed

• The Command Bar, Library, and Clipboard keyboard shortcuts can now be changed in Settings (the recorder wasn't capturing key presses).
• Opening the Library no longer also opens the Command Bar — which previously appeared stuck and couldn't be dismissed with Escape.
• The "Slash needs Accessibility access" banner no longer overlaps the sidebar.

• Initial public release: local-first slash-command text expander with a Command Bar, clipboard history, AI prompt commands, and signed/notarized distribution.