Strata for macOS · System-wide AI

Your AI, anywhere on your Mac.

Select text in any app. Press ⌘⌥E. Strata rewrites it in place — no tab, no paste, no lost thread.

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§ Strata · 01 The problem

The tool is always in another tab.

The AI is genuinely good now. That was never the issue. The issue is where it lives. It sits in a browser tab, behind a login, in a window that isn't the one you're working in. You're mid-sentence in an email. You stop, switch windows, and re-type the context you just walked away from. You paste, you wait, you copy the answer back, you fix the formatting. Then twenty minutes later you do the whole thing again. None of it is hard. It just never stops.

The loop you already know

  1. Leave the app you’re in
  2. Re-explain the context
  3. Paste the text
  4. Wait for the answer
  5. Copy it back, fix formatting
  6. Find your place again

Six steps to do one small thing — and the AI was supposed to be the shortcut.

§ Strata · 02 What that costs

The cost isn't the seconds. It's the thread.

A context-switch is cheap to measure and expensive to live. The few seconds aren't the damage — the broken focus is.

Each detour is small. You take dozens a day. Together, they're the work.

And it compounds. A tab for writing. A tab for code. A tab for translation. A tab for summaries. Each one promised to save you time, and each one lives somewhere that isn't where your cursor is. The intelligence is everywhere — just never in the document you're actually in.

You don't feel one switch. You feel the end of the day, when the deep work never happened because it kept getting interrupted by the tool that was meant to help.
§ Strata · 03 The turn

What if the tool came to the text?

No new window. No tab to return from. No context to re-explain. The AI stops living somewhere else — and shows up exactly where you already are.

One keypress, in place Select the text. Press ⌘⌥E.

Strata runs your AI on the selection and writes the result back exactly where your cursor sits — inside Mail, Slack, Notes, VS Code, Safari, Arc. The window you would have opened never opens. The loop above never starts. The thought you were holding stays whole.

Mail
Slack
Notes · Translate

Vietnamese: chắc chắn rồi, tớ sẽ gửi nó vào tối nay

TRANSLATOR: Sure thing — I'll send it over tonight.

Translation explanation. TIP · CLICK OUTSIDE THIS WINDOW TO CLOSE

  1. Tone — "chắc chắn rồi" is casual assurance → "Sure thing" keeps the friendly register.
  2. Tense — "sẽ gửi ... tối nay" → English future "I'll send it over tonight".
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§ Strata · 04 Modes

One keypress. Any job. You decide what it means.

The shortcut never changes. What it does is a mode — a saved system prompt you write once. Name a mode, pick a provider and model, describe what it should do. That mode is now one keypress away in every app. Browse ready-made ones in the community Mode Library, or build your own.

A mode is a saved prompt Write the behavior once. Trigger it anywhere.

  • Executive Tone

    Strip the heat from a draft — every point kept, sent in 90 seconds.

  • Dev Commenter

    Turn rough notes into a precise inline comment, in your team’s format.

  • Research Brief

    Compress a dense paper into the three points you need.

Correct Me, Enhance Prompt, and Translate come built in — on every plan.

§ Strata · 05 Your keys

Your providers. Your keys. Your rules.

Built-in AI that just works, with included requests every month. And when you want full control, Pro lets you bring your own.

  • Zero-setup built-in AI. Every plan includes monthly AI requests — no API key required.

  • Bring your own key (Pro). Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, xAI Grok — or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint.

  • Keys stay in the Keychain. Custom provider keys live in the macOS Keychain and talk to your provider directly. Never on our servers.

  • Attachments (Pro). Send images and PDFs to providers that support them.

Local settings · Keys in Keychain · Transient AI requests · No workspace sync

§ Strata · 07 Pricing

Start free. Upgrade for more.

Upgrade for more monthly AI, custom providers and modes, and attachments — or choose lifetime access.

⌘⌥E Signature feature

Inline Enhance — included in every plan. Select text in the app you're using. Press the shortcut. Strata rewrites it in place — or opens Enhance Me when direct replacement isn't available.

Free

$0forever

150 AI requests/mo

  • Enhance Me panel
  • System-wide Inline Enhance
  • Correct Me, Enhance Prompt & Translate
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SAVE 33%

$39.99/ year — $3.33/month billed yearly. Monthly at $4.99.

3,000 AI requests/mo

  • Everything in Free
  • Custom AI providers
  • Custom AI modes
  • Image & PDF attachments (supported providers)
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$99.99one-time — pay once

3,000 AI requests/mo

  • Everything in Pro
  • Lifetime access & updates
  • Priority support
  • Early access to new features
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Pro monthly also available at $4.99 · Free — no credit card · macOS 26+ · Universal app (Apple silicon + Intel) · Developer ID distribution · Payments by DodoPayments

§ Strata · 08 FAQ

The doubts before you switch.

01Does it really work in every app?

In the apps where you do most of your writing, yes — Mail, Slack, Notes, VS Code, Safari, Arc. Strata reaches into the text field and replaces your selection where it sits.

02What about apps that block inline edits?

A few apps lock their text fields. There, the Enhance Me panel opens with ⌘⇧E instead. You paste or drag the text in, run your mode, and copy the result back in one move.

03Isn't this just autocomplete or Grammarly?

Not quite. Autocomplete predicts what comes next. A Grammarly-like editor can be just one of many Strata modes — and you set the rules. Fix grammar without flattening your voice, tighten your writing, or match your brand style: build the version that sounds like you, then call it with one shortcut anywhere you type.

04Do I need an API key, and how is my data handled?

You don't need an API key to start — every plan includes monthly AI requests. With Pro, you can use your own provider API key, stored in the macOS Keychain. Strata connects directly to that provider, so requests do not pass through Strata's servers. Configuration stays local, AI requests are not logged, and your data stays on your device.

05Do I need an account?

One email, one-time code — no password to create or leak. Your plan and included monthly requests follow your account.

§ Strata · 09 Close the loop

Stop leaving the app. Bring the tool to the text.

Download Strata for macOS 26 or later, browse the Mode Library, and see what happens when the AI finally shows up where your cursor is.

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