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> meander our way through Spotlight

By that you mean that just typing prompt into Spotlight doesn't work reliably? For me after few words "Ask Siri" is first result.

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It’s a laggy modal. For the operating system’s native-sometimes-local AI, I’d have expected something snappier.
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Cmd-space, type, done.
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I'm not sure what configuration you have, but this does not send requests to Siri a-la the "cmd-cmd <type to siri>" flow.
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It does as long as you've typed something that doesn't match an app. "Safari" and enter will open Safari. "What is safari" and enter will ask Siri the question and show the answer.
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> does as long as you've typed something that doesn't match an app

A check which, at least on my beloved 2020 M1 MacBook Pro, involves a noticeable delay.

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Maybe you could set up an Alfred workflow for that using a special hotkey? And then you could use Karabiner-Elements to invoke that when you double-tap Cmd.

Not ideal, I know, but at least something.

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I’m building a local thing with Letta. Going to bind it to that.
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