Install Sky Connector

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   Step 1: Download Sky Connector

   On the Apps page of this site, press the download button for your computer: Mac, Windows or Linux. In the web app, the AI Assistant’s own “Download Sky Connector” button gets the right file too.
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   Step 2: Install and open it

   Mac: open the .dmg file, drag Sky Connector into Applications and open it (click “Open” if macOS asks). Windows: run the installer; it is not signed yet, so if SmartScreen warns you, click “More info”, then “Run anyway”. Linux: make the AppImage executable, then open it; if it does not start, install FUSE from your system’s package manager. Sky Connector has no main window: it sits on a Mac in the menu bar, on Windows and Linux in the system tray (on Windows, look in the hidden icons next to the clock), plus a small status window on Linux. The first time, it tells you it is running.

   
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   Step 3: In the web app, turn on Enable AI access

   Open Sky Trade in your browser on the same computer and log in. Open the AI Assistant from its floating button in a bottom corner of the window, choose “Use your own AI app”, and turn on “Enable AI access”. If the page cannot reach Sky Connector, it tells you why and what to do next. Once Sky Connector has answered here, this browser remembers it: even with AI access off, the “Get Sky Connector” step then reads as done, with a small “Download again” link instead of the download button.

   
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   Step 4: Allow the pairing in Sky Connector

   Sky Connector asks in its own window, for example “Allow … to connect to Sky Connector?”, with the site’s address in the question and again under “Origin”. Check that it is the Sky Trade address you have open, then click “Allow” with the mouse: “Deny” is the default button, so pressing Enter says no. Don’t see the window? It may be behind your browser: click Sky Connector’s notification, or the first line of its menu, which ends “click to answer”. Answer within a minute. If the panel then shows “Time to allow ran out”, press “Retry connection” and click “Allow” (or choose “Allow New Pairing (60s)” in Sky Connector’s menu first). Once connected, your AI app can join as the AI guides show; for ChatGPT, the panel offers a “Connect ChatGPT” button that opens Sky Connector’s ChatGPT window (with an older Sky Connector, a line that points to “Connect ChatGPT…” in its menu). Sky Connector’s menu and dialogs are in English; only its Connect ChatGPT window follows your system’s language.

   

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