SlyPilot Documentation Hub

Welcome to the official documentation for SlyPilot Desktop Helpers. Here you will find comprehensive guides covering installation, hardware optimization, keyboard and touch shortcuts, voice command catalogs, INI configuration, and automated diagnostic troubleshooting. SlyPilot itself is free. SlyPilot Pro is an optional one-time purchase (US$39) that adds AI dictation, the phone remote, natural voices and meeting notes; the pages and steps that need it are marked "SlyPilot Pro".

📚 Documentation Directory

🚀 Getting Started & Setup

Getting Started & Installation: Installation options (Installer .exe and Portable .zip), the first-run Welcome window, and baseline requirements.
AI Actions Guide: Set up AI on selected text with the built-in model, your own server, Ollama or OpenRouter; your own actions; troubleshooting.
Command Line & Stream Deck: Every switch, /say, the fast SlyCtl client, and ready examples for Stream Deck, scripts and Task Scheduler.
Phone Remote Guide (SlyPilot Pro): Pair an Android phone, a tour of every tab (trackpad, talk, windows, screen, AI, tools), permissions, safety, and troubleshooting.
Home Link Guide (SlyPilot Pro, preview): Pair Google Home, Alexa or Apple Home, choose and name the devices, your own commands, routines for sentences of your own, the locked PC, troubleshooting.
Screenshots Guide: Take, keep, pin and redact screenshots (free); the editor, screen recording, scrolling screenshots and step-by-step guides (SlyPilot Pro); settings, privacy and troubleshooting.
Magnifier Guide: The Windows Magnifier, SlyPilot's glass, typing glass, strip and pixel loupe, watched areas, profiles, several monitors, freeze and copy; the panel for touch and pen. Free, with a few extras in SlyPilot Pro.
Presenting Guide: Set up a talk: Presenting mode, the countdown, the shortcut display, the spotlight, read here, several monitors, the cheat sheet and the voice words.
Drawing Board Guide: Draw on the screen with a pen, a finger or the mouse: tools, colours, pages, boards, tidy shapes, voice words, saving and resuming.
Automations and Modes Guide: Templates, making an automation (when, only if, do, options), the card for risky steps, modes (start, make your own, several at once), pause and the log.
AI Assistant Guide: Connect Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Gemini CLI and others (MCP or command line), the 21 tools, prompts, and how assistants point, draw and present, with your approval.
Hardware Setup & Acceleration: Configuring Microsoft Surface Pen, Surface Dial tools, multi-monitor docking, and local GPU acceleration (NVIDIA CUDA & Vulkan).
Migration Guides: Switching to SlyPilot: Move over from cloud dictation tools such as Wispr Flow (AI dictation is SlyPilot Pro), Dragon, VoiceAttack, PowerToys FancyZones, DisplayFusion, and legacy AutoHotkey v1 scripts.

Sound Themer Guide: New sounds for Windows step by step: packs, mixing your own, shortening or fading one sound, packs that leave events out, volume, quiet hours, modes and matching pointer-and-sound sets, SlyPilot's own sounds, making a pack from a style or a folder (the .slysound format), and what to do when a sound does not play. Free.
Cursor Themer Guide: New mouse pointers step by step: packs (no administrator rights), favourites and a pack a day, the 94-pack gallery with its filter and search, making your own (sixteen styles, busy pointers, themes, left-handed, any colour, live preview), matching pointer-and-sound sets, mixing, the size, modes and presenting, sharing, and what to do when a pointer is not what you expected. Free.
Head Mouse Guide: Move the pointer with your head through your camera: switching it on, calibrating, clicking by holding still, the click bar, voice clicks, settings and what to do when it can't see you.

⌨️ Reference Guides & Cheat Sheets

Keyboard & Gestures Cheat Sheet: Complete index of global keyboard hotkeys, Touch Bar gestures, Surface Dial wheel tools, and mouse shortcuts.
Voice Command Reference Catalog: Categorized dictionary of all 550+ voice commands, conversational phrasing, synonym variants, and risk confirmation rules.
Dictation & Speech Guide (SlyPilot Pro): In-depth guide to Push-to-Talk (PTT), hands-free latching, spoken punctuation syntax, verbal edits ("scratch that"), and custom vocabulary learning.

⚙️ Deep Configuration, Troubleshooting & FAQ

Configuration Guide (SlyPilot.ini): Advanced configuration file options, custom snap zones ([SnapCustomZones]), per-application touch buttons, and auto-routing rules.
Troubleshooting & Setup Doctor: Running automated diagnostic audits, resolving Windows privacy/microphone locks, and inspecting diagnostic logs.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): Clear answers regarding performance, privacy, hardware requirements, Windows update compatibility, and AI agent safety.

💡 Quick Tips for New Users

Summon the Command Palette: Press Ctrl+Alt+Space anytime to search and trigger any voice command or window jump without speaking.
Double-Tap the Touch Bar Handle: Quickly tucks the Touch Bar into the edge Peek Pill drawer when you need a distraction-free screen.
Hold Right Ctrl to Dictate (SlyPilot Pro): With SlyPilot Pro, after you enable AI dictation (tray menu → Voice Commands → Dictation Settings...), hold the key, speak a sentence, and let go. Your words are typed into the application you were in. The free program opens Windows Voice Typing instead (from the dictation button or the "dictate" command).
Use Your Android Phone as a Remote (SlyPilot Pro): Tray menu → Utilities → Phone Remote → Pair a Phone..., scan the code with your phone camera, and open the page in Chrome on Android. Details in the Phone Remote Guide.
Talk to Your PC Through Your Smart Speaker (SlyPilot Pro, preview): Tray menu → Utilities → Home Link (Google, Alexa, Apple) → Home Link Settings..., turn it on and scan the code with your smart home app. Then: “Hey Google, turn off computer display.” Details in the Home Link Guide.
Take a Screenshot by Voice: say "take a screenshot": the screen stands still while you drag over what you want, and the picture is on your clipboard and in Pictures\Screenshots. With SlyPilot Pro, say "record a guide" to turn a task into numbered steps with pictures. Details in the Screenshots Guide.

📚 Documentation Directory

🚀 Getting Started & Setup

Getting Started & Installation: Installation options (Installer .exe and Portable .zip), the first-run Welcome window, and baseline requirements.

AI Actions Guide: Set up AI on selected text with the built-in model, your own server, Ollama or OpenRouter; your own actions; troubleshooting.

Command Line & Stream Deck: Every switch, /say, the fast SlyCtl client, and ready examples for Stream Deck, scripts and Task Scheduler.

Phone Remote Guide (SlyPilot Pro): Pair an Android phone, a tour of every tab (trackpad, talk, windows, screen, AI, tools), permissions, safety, and troubleshooting.

Home Link Guide (SlyPilot Pro, preview): Pair Google Home, Alexa or Apple Home, choose and name the devices, your own commands, routines for sentences of your own, the locked PC, troubleshooting.

Screenshots Guide: Take, keep, pin and redact screenshots (free); the editor, screen recording, scrolling screenshots and step-by-step guides (SlyPilot Pro); settings, privacy and troubleshooting.

Magnifier Guide: The Windows Magnifier, SlyPilot's glass, typing glass, strip and pixel loupe, watched areas, profiles, several monitors, freeze and copy; the panel for touch and pen. Free, with a few extras in SlyPilot Pro.

Presenting Guide: Set up a talk: Presenting mode, the countdown, the shortcut display, the spotlight, read here, several monitors, the cheat sheet and the voice words.

Drawing Board Guide: Draw on the screen with a pen, a finger or the mouse: tools, colours, pages, boards, tidy shapes, voice words, saving and resuming.

Automations and Modes Guide: Templates, making an automation (when, only if, do, options), the card for risky steps, modes (start, make your own, several at once), pause and the log.

AI Assistant Guide: Connect Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Gemini CLI and others (MCP or command line), the 21 tools, prompts, and how assistants point, draw and present, with your approval.

Hardware Setup & Acceleration: Configuring Microsoft Surface Pen, Surface Dial tools, multi-monitor docking, and local GPU acceleration (NVIDIA CUDA & Vulkan).

Migration Guides: Switching to SlyPilot: Move over from cloud dictation tools such as Wispr Flow (AI dictation is SlyPilot Pro), Dragon, VoiceAttack, PowerToys FancyZones, DisplayFusion, and legacy AutoHotkey v1 scripts.

Sound Themer Guide: New sounds for Windows step by step: packs, mixing your own, shortening or fading one sound, packs that leave events out, volume, quiet hours, modes and matching pointer-and-sound sets, SlyPilot's own sounds, making a pack from a style or a folder (the .slysound format), and what to do when a sound does not play. Free.

Cursor Themer Guide: New mouse pointers step by step: packs (no administrator rights), favourites and a pack a day, the 94-pack gallery with its filter and search, making your own (sixteen styles, busy pointers, themes, left-handed, any colour, live preview), matching pointer-and-sound sets, mixing, the size, modes and presenting, sharing, and what to do when a pointer is not what you expected. Free.

Head Mouse Guide: Move the pointer with your head through your camera: switching it on, calibrating, clicking by holding still, the click bar, voice clicks, settings and what to do when it can't see you.

⌨️ Reference Guides & Cheat Sheets

Keyboard & Gestures Cheat Sheet: Complete index of global keyboard hotkeys, Touch Bar gestures, Surface Dial wheel tools, and mouse shortcuts.

Voice Command Reference Catalog: Categorized dictionary of all 550+ voice commands, conversational phrasing, synonym variants, and risk confirmation rules.

Dictation & Speech Guide (SlyPilot Pro): In-depth guide to Push-to-Talk (PTT), hands-free latching, spoken punctuation syntax, verbal edits ("scratch that"), and custom vocabulary learning.

⚙️ Deep Configuration, Troubleshooting & FAQ

Configuration Guide (SlyPilot.ini): Advanced configuration file options, custom snap zones ([SnapCustomZones]), per-application touch buttons, and auto-routing rules.

Troubleshooting & Setup Doctor: Running automated diagnostic audits, resolving Windows privacy/microphone locks, and inspecting diagnostic logs.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): Clear answers regarding performance, privacy, hardware requirements, Windows update compatibility, and AI agent safety.

💡 Quick Tips for New Users

Summon the Command Palette: Press Ctrl+Alt+Space anytime to search and trigger any voice command or window jump without speaking.

Double-Tap the Touch Bar Handle: Quickly tucks the Touch Bar into the edge Peek Pill drawer when you need a distraction-free screen.

Hold Right Ctrl to Dictate (SlyPilot Pro): With SlyPilot Pro, after you enable AI dictation (tray menu → Voice Commands → Dictation Settings...), hold the key, speak a sentence, and let go. Your words are typed into the application you were in. The free program opens Windows Voice Typing instead (from the dictation button or the "dictate" command).

Use Your Android Phone as a Remote (SlyPilot Pro): Tray menu → Utilities → Phone Remote → Pair a Phone..., scan the code with your phone camera, and open the page in Chrome on Android. Details in the Phone Remote Guide.

Talk to Your PC Through Your Smart Speaker (SlyPilot Pro, preview): Tray menu → Utilities → Home Link (Google, Alexa, Apple) → Home Link Settings..., turn it on and scan the code with your smart home app. Then: “Hey Google, turn off computer display.” Details in the Home Link Guide.

Take a Screenshot by Voice: say "take a screenshot": the screen stands still while you drag over what you want, and the picture is on your clipboard and in Pictures\Screenshots. With SlyPilot Pro, say "record a guide" to turn a task into numbered steps with pictures. Details in the Screenshots Guide.