Optimize

Optimize rewrites and improves your text — for clarity, grammar, tone, and more — using a template. The window is titled Text Optimization.

Note

Optimize needs an AI provider set up first. See AI Providers.

Optimizing Text in the App

1. Type, paste, or dictate your text
2. Pick a Template (the default is Clarity & Grammar)
3. Choose your Output language
4. Click Optimize (or press Ctrl+Enter)
5. Compare the Original and Optimized panels
6. Choose what to do with the result:
   • Accept — apply the result
   • Reject — discard it
   • Copy — copy it to your clipboard
   • Send to… — send it to the Assistant

You can also attach a file or record your voice as input. See the Attachments and Speech guides.

Fast Path: Optimize From Any App

A global keyboard shortcut lets you optimize text from any app in one keystroke.

1. Open Settings and look for Fast Path (“Capture, optimize and apply in one keystroke”)
2. Set your shortcut
3. In any app, select some text
4. Press the shortcut

Pia captures the selection, optimizes it, and applies it back.

Tip

If nothing is selected, you’ll see: “Nothing to optimize. Select text first, then press the fast-path hotkey.”

What Accept Does

What Accept does is set by your output action in Settings:

• Copy to clipboard
• Paste into the previous window
• Auto-type

If pasting fails, the text is copied to your clipboard instead.

Templates Shape the Result

Templates tell Optimize how to improve your text. Pia comes with built-in templates — Clarity & Grammar is the default — and you can create your own.

The default template can’t be deleted. To make your own, see the Templates guide.

History

Your past optimizations are saved and searchable, so you can find an earlier result whenever you need it.

Next Steps

Want to fine-tune how Optimize rewrites your text? Head to Templates to create your own.