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Well, not a dev here, so my primitive setup is to have an alias in my .bashrc that launches firefox with the prompt added to the Google AI mode, so all I have to do is Super+T (terminal), type 'ai' followed by my query. For laughs, this also allows to bake in response styles:

  query=&quot;$*&quot;
  base=&quot;Respond like Dr. House, do not hold back the profanities; &quot;

I also have an even shorter alias for '?' using fabric that answers right in the same terminal, that I learned from Mischa Vandenburg:

  echo &quot;$*&quot; | fabric --model gemini-2.5-flash --pattern ask_ai

that one I use my own API key so it costs some small amount per use.