# WritingTools System-Wide AI Grammar Assistant for Windows Linux and macOS

> WritingTools is an open-source, Apple Intelligence-inspired writing assistant that works system-wide on Windows, Linux, and macOS. With a single hotkey, it fixes grammar, rewrites text, summarizes content, and more using cloud or local LLMs.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/writingtools-system-wide-ai-grammar-assistant-for-windows-li` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/writingtools-system-wide-ai-grammar-assistant-for-windows-li`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/writingtools-system-wide-ai-grammar-assistant-for-windows-li/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/writingtools-system-wide-ai-grammar-assistant-for-windows-li

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# WritingTools System-Wide AI Grammar Assistant for Windows Linux and macOS

WritingTools is an open-source, Apple Intelligence-inspired writing assistant that works system-wide on Windows, Linux, and macOS. With a single hotkey, it fixes grammar, rewrites text, summarizes content, and more using cloud or local LLMs.

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- *Note: Writing Tools is a portable app. If you extract it into a protected folder (e.g., Program Files), you must run it as administrator at least on first launch so it can create/edit its config files (in the same fo...

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- Extract it to your desired location (recommended: Documents or App Data/Local), run Writing Tools.exe, and enjoy! :D
- [Run it from the source code](https://github.com/theJayTea/WritingTools/blob/main/README's%20Linked%20Content/To%20Run%20Writing%20Tools%20Directly%20from%20the%20Source%20Code.md)
- Run ollama pull llama3.1:8b in your terminal to download it.

- Source: https://github.com/theJayTea/WritingTools
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/theJayTea/WritingTools/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/writingtools-system-wide-ai-grammar-assistant/)