Raycast Extension

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Pieces for Raycast Extension

The Pieces for Developers Raycast Extension provides powerful features that allow you to streamline your workflow and boost productivity.

With just a few keystrokes, you can capture, search, and manage code snippets from anywhere on your desktop—without switching context.

Prerequisites

• PiecesOS must be installed and running

• Raycast must be installed on your Mac

PiecesOS Installation Guide

Before using the Pieces for Raycast Extension, you must install PiecesOS on your macOS device.

PiecesOS powers all of Pieces' core functionalities, including snippet saving, enrichment, and integration handling.

Download the standalone PiecesOS file for your macOS system’s ARM or Intel-based architecture to start the installation process.

Your device must be updated to macOS 13.0 (Ventura) or higher.

1. Download the correct PiecesOS file for your system’s architecture.

2. From your Downloads folder, double-click the installed PiecesOS file to open it.

3. Drag PiecesOS into the application folder if prompted, then open PiecesOS.

Configuring Permissions

Two permission prompts will pop up on your screen when installing PiecesOS.

CopyPiecesOS is an app downloaded from the internet. Are you sure you want to open it?

Click Open to continue with the installation.

Then, you’ll see a second permissions pop-up message:

CopyPiecesOS is requesting to bypass the system private window picker and directly access your screen and audio. This will allow PiecesOS to record your screen and system audio, including personal or sensitive information that may be visible or audible.

Click Allow.

These permissions are required for PiecesOS to power the Long-Term Memory Engine (LTM-2).

PiecesOS will automatically open in your toolbar and pop up a Notification preferences modal in the upper right corner of your screen.

Enabling the LTM-2 Engine

To do this, open the PiecesOS Quick Menu and click Enable Long-Term Memory Engine.

Install the Pieces for Raycast Extension

If this is your first time installing a Raycast extension, refer to Raycast’s extension install guide.

To install the Pieces Extension:

1. Open Raycast

2. Navigate to the Raycast Store

3. Search for “Pieces for Raycast”

4. Click Install

Launch and Use the Extension

Once the extension is installed on your device:

1. Open Raycast

2. Search for the command: Search Saved Snippets

3. Use this command to browse and reuse your saved code

Features

The Raycast Extension lets you capture code snippets and other developer materials from multiple sources, reuse them on the fly, and manage your account without switching applications.

Pieces Drive

Pieces Drive is your personal, intelligent snippet library—automatically curated and enriched as you work.

In the Raycast Extension, Pieces Drive serves as the backend engine that stores, indexes, and organizes the content you capture through various commands.

By integrating tightly with PiecesOS, Pieces Drive ensures your saved materials are enriched with metadata like language, source, and context. This makes your content instantly searchable and more valuable over time as your snippet collection grows.

Search Saved Materials

Quickly search across all of your saved code snippets using Raycast’s minimal interface.

This command surfaces results enriched with metadata such as title, language, tags, and source (e.g., clipboard, browser, editor). It’s a fast way to rediscover useful context you’ve captured in the past, without digging through files, emails, or browser tabs.

Use this feature when:

• You want to reuse a snippet you saved earlier

• You don’t remember exactly where you used it but recall its purpose

• You want to avoid rewriting boilerplate or repeatedly googling common code

Save Clipboard History

This command displays a timeline of your clipboard history—enriched with metadata and usage context.

You can scroll through recently copied content and selectively save high-value items as persistent snippets. Each saved snippet includes its origin, content type, and timestamp, helping you retain the most relevant fragments of your workday.

Save Clipboard to Pieces

You can quickly save the current content in your clipboard to Pieces.

This command is perfect for moments when you quickly copy a block of code, a command, or a snippet of text and want to ensure its preservation.

Save Browser History to Pieces

This command allows you to surface code snippets that you recently interacted with in your browser, such as on Stack Overflow, GitHub, or blog posts.

Pieces identifies these snippets in your browser activity and gives you the option to save them with proper enrichment and metadata.

Save Finder Selection

Select one or more files in macOS Finder and save them to Pieces with a single command.

Files are stored as artifacts in your Pieces Library and enriched with metadata like filename, extension, and path.

Save Selection in Any App

Highlight any text in the currently active (frontmost) application—like VS Code, Terminal, Safari, or Slack—and instantly save it to Pieces.

This command enables frictionless, cross-app snippet capture without copy/paste.

Account Access

Connecting your Pieces account allows you to unlock the full potential of the ecosystem, including cloud sync, cross-device access, and personalized context enrichment.

From within Raycast, you can quickly authenticate or sign out of your account to manage how your data is stored and accessed.

Sign-in to Pieces

This command securely authenticates your Pieces account from within Raycast, enabling cloud sync, cross-device access, and personalization features.

Once signed in, your saved snippets are backed up and available wherever Pieces is installed.

Sign out of Pieces

Log out of your Pieces account from Raycast.

Configuration

While most of the configuration happens automatically, here are some helpful notes:

• PiecesOS must be running for the Raycast Extension to function.

• If you’re not signed in, use the Sign into Pieces command to authenticate.

• Advanced features like auto-enrichment and snippet metadata rely on PiecesOS settings, which can be adjusted via the Pieces Desktop App or the PiecesOS Toolbar.

Troubleshooting

Use this section to diagnose problems, follow step-by-step fixes, and understand when to escalate an issue to the support team.

Pieces for Developers is built with resilience, but we know bugs can happen, and we’re here to help when they do.

Node.js Installation Screen Appears

When you first use a Pieces command in Raycast, you may see a prompt to install Node.js. In some cases, this installation might fail or not complete.

Data Privacy & Security

All data captured by the Raycast Extension is saved locally by default and never shared externally unless you explicitly enable cloud sync.

Your clipboard contents, browser-captured snippets, and Finder selections are handled securely through PiecesOS.

Learn more in our Privacy Policy and Security Documentation.