Features
The full toolbox — everything below ships in the current release, on macOS, Windows, and Linux alike.
Compose like it matters
A real editor
Multi-line Markdown with undo/redo, selections, find & replace, smart lists — not a chat box.
Live preview
Your structure rendered beside you as you type: headings, lists, code fences, tables.
Markdown legend
A toggleable cheat sheet pane — syntax on the left, its rendered form on the right.
Paste, three ways
As-is, plain text (strips formatting), or Markdown-smart: • becomes -, ☐ becomes a checkbox.
Paste chips
Drop in a huge block and it collapses to a clickable [Pasted text +120 lines] chip — compose stays readable, click to expand. Native-editor feel.
Copy from anywhere
Mouse-select in compose, preview, or the provider pane — even CLI scrollback — and capture exactly the piece of a reply you need.
Send it anywhere
AI coding CLIs
Run the real CLI inside Quill's provider pane — your logins, your slash commands, full sessions. Your prompt is handed over exactly as written.
Direct APIs
Anthropic and OpenAI, streaming replies with token usage and cost estimates. Zero extra installs.
Your shell
A fifth target that runs your shell in the pane and sends compose text verbatim.
The launch bar
Every CLI launch asks which directory (which repo) and what extra flags — or set defaults once.
Speed, memory, reuse
Skills popup
Type / and your CLI's real skills and commands autocomplete; exact matches get highlighted in the preview.
Templates
Built-in starting points plus your own, one keystroke away.
History
Every prompt you send is saved locally — searchable, reloadable.
Session resume
CLI conversations are tracked per directory and resumable, even across Quill restarts.
Trustworthy by construction
Keys in the OS keychain
macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Manager, or Linux Secret Service — never in files or logs.
Sanitized subprocesses
CLI sessions run with API-key environment variables removed.
Local-first
History, templates, and drafts live on your machine. The only network calls are the ones you send.
One small binary
No runtimes, no dependencies, no installers doing mystery work.
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