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kaizen-commits/contextual-intelligence — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-05-18

1PythonAudience · writerComplexity · 3/5Setup · moderate

TL;DR

A Windows tool that explains selected text in context and rewrites copied text, using a local AI model instead of the cloud.

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  root((Contextual Intelligence))
    What it does
      Explains selected text
      Transforms clipboard text
      Shows preview before copy
    Tech stack
      Python
      PySide6
      LM Studio
    Use cases
      Local word lookup
      Text format conversion
      Privacy conscious writing
    Audience
      Writers
      Developers
      Researchers
    Notes
      Windows only
      Developer preview

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Select an unfamiliar word or phrase anywhere in Windows and get an explanation based on its context.

REASON 2

Copy a paragraph of text and transform it into Markdown, a table, JSON, or an action list before pasting.

REASON 3

Use AI assisted writing tools locally without sending clipboard or selected text to a cloud service.

What's in the stack?

PythonPySide6LM StudioWindows

How it stacks up

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LanguagePythonPythonPython
Setup difficultymoderatehardhard
Complexity3/54/54/5
Audiencewriterdeveloperresearcher

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires running LM Studio locally on Windows, does not work under WSL.

No license information was found in the README.

Wtf does this do

Contextual Intelligence is a Windows only tool that helps you understand or rewrite text anywhere on your computer without sending anything to the cloud. It has two main features. The first, Contextual Lookup, lets you select a word or short phrase in any Windows app, press a hotkey, and get a small popup explaining what that word means in the specific context you selected it from, rather than a generic dictionary definition. The second, Smart Paste, takes whatever text you have copied, lets you choose a format such as plain text, Markdown, a Markdown table, JSON, or an action item list, and shows you a preview of the transformed result before you decide to copy it. The key idea behind the project is that it runs entirely on your own machine using a program called LM Studio, which lets you run AI language models locally instead of relying on an online service. Text you select or copy is only sent to this local model running on your own computer, and there is no cloud option turned on by default. The app is careful never to change your clipboard content automatically. Nothing is copied to your clipboard until you click Copy yourself. The tool relies mainly on Windows built in accessibility features to read selected text, and only falls back to a temporary clipboard based method if that fails, a feature that is turned off unless you turn it on yourself in a settings file. When that fallback is used, the app is upfront about the fact that your clipboard is briefly changed and then restored, and it explains the specific edge cases where this could still be visible to other clipboard tools on your system. This is described as a developer preview you run from source code rather than a finished packaged application, aimed at writers, developers, researchers, and anyone comfortable running LM Studio locally. It explicitly avoids working with password fields or other sensitive input, and does not run inside WSL.

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Prompt 1
Walk me through installing Contextual Intelligence and connecting it to LM Studio.
Prompt 2
Explain how Smart Paste's preview-first workflow protects my clipboard.
Prompt 3
What is the difference between Contextual Lookup and Smart Paste in this app?
Prompt 4
How do I safely enable the clipboard fallback feature and what are its limits?

Frequently asked questions

wtf is contextual-intelligence?

A Windows tool that explains selected text in context and rewrites copied text, using a local AI model instead of the cloud.

What language is contextual-intelligence written in?

Mainly Python. The stack also includes Python, PySide6, LM Studio.

What license does contextual-intelligence use?

No license information was found in the README.

How hard is contextual-intelligence to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is contextual-intelligence for?

Mainly writer.

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