# Quick Assistant

Quick Assistant is a convenient tool provided by Cherry Studio that allows you to quickly access AI features in any application, enabling instant asking, translation, summarization, and explanation operations.

### Enable Quick Assistant

1. **Open Settings:** Navigate to `Settings` -> `Shortcuts` -> `Quick Assistant`.
2. **Enable switch:** Find and turn on `Quick Assistant` the corresponding button.

<figure><img src="/files/64f03b809296e20d9947f800908378390612a415" alt=""><figcaption><p>Illustration of enabling Quick Assistant</p></figcaption></figure>

3. **Set a shortcut key (optional):**
   * The default shortcut key on Windows is <kbd>with</kbd> + <kbd>E</kbd>.
   * The default shortcut key on macOS is <kbd>⌘</kbd> + <kbd>E</kbd>.
   * You can customize the shortcut key here to avoid conflicts or make it better suit your usage habits.

### Using Quick Assistant

1. **Invoke:** In any application, press the shortcut key you set (or the default shortcut key) to open Quick Assistant.
2. **Interaction:** In the Quick Assistant window, you can directly perform the following actions:
   * **Quick question:** Ask the AI any question.
   * **Text translation:** Enter the text that needs to be translated.
   * **Content summary:** Enter a long text to summarize it.
   * **Explanation:** Enter the concept or term that needs to be explained.

     <figure><img src="/files/f21534d14d2a1f2295ac555290f9519c1fa8a4cf" alt=""><figcaption><p>Illustration of the Quick Assistant interface</p></figcaption></figure>
3. **Close:** Press <kbd>ESC</kbd> key or click anywhere outside the Quick Assistant window to close it.

{% hint style="info" %}
The model used by Quick Assistant is [global default chat model](/docs/en-us/pre-basic/settings/default-models.md#mo-ren-zhu-shou-mo-xing).
{% endhint %}

### Tips and tricks

* **Shortcut conflict:** If the default shortcut key conflicts with other applications, please change the shortcut key.
* **Explore more features:** In addition to the functions mentioned in the documentation, Quick Assistant may also support other operations, such as code generation and style transformation. We recommend that you keep exploring while using it.
* **Feedback and improvement:** If you encounter any problems or have any suggestions for improvement during use, please promptly contact the Cherry Studio team [feedback](/docs/en-us/question-contact/suggestions.md).


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# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.cherry-ai.com/docs/en-us/cherry-studio/preview/kuai-jie-zhu-shou.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.