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Add "Ask" text selection shortcut (Assistant Mobile App)

A feature request on Kagi's feedback forum asks Kagi to add an "Ask" text-selection shortcut inside Kagi Assistant's own responses, letting users query or reply to a specific snippet without manually copying, clearing the prompt, and pasting the text back in. The request, posted to kagifeedback.org, argues the contextual action would speed up iterative research by making it trivial to quote, question, or cross-reference parts of an AI-generated answer.

by read1 min views1 publishedSep 19, 2026

Summary:

Introduce a quick-action shortcut when highlighting text directly inside Kagi Assistant's own text outputs (e.g., "Ask") to seamlessly query or reply to a specific snippet.

Current Limitation:

When reviewing a response from Kagi Assistant, if a user wants to drill down into a specific claim, sentence, or term mentioned in the model's output, they have to manually copy the text, clear or open a new prompt, and paste it back in with a follow-up question.

Impact on Workflow:

Adding a contextual action right on text selection within Assistant responses would drastically speed up iterative research, making it trivial to quote, question, or cross-reference specific parts of an AI-generated answer.

[Ratik's reply and recommendation for a new post, for reference](https://kagifeedback.org/d/11242-select-text-and-search-in-assistant/8)

**Screenshot (web, desktop)**

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