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Ask for a change

Press ⇧⌘K, or press ⌘K and choose Ask AI…. Type what you want, such as “Duck the bass under the kick”, and press Return. The answer appears in the palette, and each tool it used shows as one line.

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Set it up once

Install the ChatGPT app for Mac. The first time you open Ask AI, it says what is missing: Download ChatGPT if the app is not there, Sign In… if you are signed out. The sign-in opens in your browser; come back and the chat is ready.

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Good to know

  • Every change to the project is one undo step. ⌘Z takes it back, so those run without asking.
  • What undo cannot reach asks first: files in the Library, presets and projects on disk, app settings. Click Allow or Don’t Allow.
  • “This” and “the track” mean your selection. Select a track or clips before you ask.
  • It reaches only Gridshift. It cannot use the shell, other apps or other tools in your Codex setup.
  • It uses your ChatGPT account. What you type and what it reads from the song go to OpenAI.
  • Ask AI runs inside Gridshift: no setup beyond the sign-in.
  • Connect to ChatGPT… adds Gridshift to Codex chats in the ChatGPT app instead, where you can also work with other files.
  • Both use the same tools: What AI Assistants Can Do.
  • ChatGPT is not reachable shows the reason. Click Check Again once the ChatGPT app is installed and signed in.
  • Only ChatGPT answers Ask AI for now.
Next: Use Cases for prompts that work well.
Last modified on October 23, 2026