PromptBar & Quick Prompts

Free-form AI questions and one-click prompt buttons

PromptBar Overview

The PromptBar is the prompt input area on the main panel. Type any instruction, combine it with your text in one of six modes, and execute it via your configured AI connection. The result can be pasted directly, saved for later use, or shown in a floating overlay — all without leaving your current application.

The PromptBar is available when at least one AI connection is configured. An inline connection selector above the textarea lets you switch connections without opening Settings. See Connections for setup details.

PromptBar with input mode toggle and execution buttons

Input Modes

Click the input mode toggle button (the small icon to the left of the execution buttons) to cycle through six modes. Each mode controls how your typed prompt and your current text are combined before being sent to the AI. Hovering over the button shows a tooltip with the name and description of all six modes.

Mode	What the AI receives	Best for
Instruct (default)	Your prompt as the instruction; your text as the content to transform	Editing, rewriting, or transforming existing text
Supply	Your text first, then your prompt as additional context (swapped order)	When your text is the primary subject and your prompt adds supporting context
Combine	Your prompt and your text merged into one input	Combining two pieces of text for the AI to process together
Combine Reversed	Your text first, then your prompt, merged together	Same as Combine but with your text leading
Solo	Only your typed prompt; input text is excluded entirely	Standalone questions or generation tasks independent of any input text
Forward	Input text passed through without modification	Routing input text through a chained action unchanged

In Solo mode, the execution buttons are disabled when the prompt textarea is empty, since there would be nothing to send.

Execution Buttons

Four buttons to the right of the input mode toggle control what happens to the AI result. All four are disabled while a previous request or recording is in progress.

Element	Type	Description
Overlay (pop-up icon)	Button	Shows the AI result in a floating overlay window near the cursor. Nothing is pasted or copied automatically.
Clipboard (clipboard icon)	Button	Copies the AI result to the clipboard silently. Paste it anywhere with `Ctrl`+`V`.
Paste+Clipboard (clipboard with checkmark icon)	Button	Pastes the result into the active application and also copies it to clipboard for further use.
AI Paste (primary button)	Button / `Enter`	Pastes the result directly into the active application, replacing the current selection. Pressing `Enter` in the textarea triggers whichever execution mode is set as the default (configurable in Settings > General). Use `Shift`+`Enter` to insert a newline in the textarea without executing.

The default execution mode — what Enter triggers — is configurable in Settings > General under PromptBar settings. The factory default is Overlay.

Microphone Input

When an STT-capable connection is configured and set as the active STT default, a microphone button appears inside the prompt textarea area. Click it to record audio instead of typing. The recorded audio is transcribed and the result is delivered using the same execution path as typed prompts.

While recording, the textarea area shows the current state alongside inline controls:

Element	Type	Description
Microphone button (idle state)	Button	Starts a PromptBar recording session. Only visible when an STT connection is active and recording is not in progress.
Recording indicator	Label	Shows "Recording" while audio is being captured
Pause button	Button	Pauses the active recording. Audio captured so far is preserved.
Paused indicator	Label	Shows "Paused" while recording is suspended
Resume button	Button	Continues a paused recording
Stop button	Button	Stops recording and sends the audio for transcription
Processing indicator	Label	Shows "Processing" while the audio is being transcribed by the AI

For per-action STT configuration including microphone selection, languages, and audio quality settings, see Speech to Text.

Connection Selector

An inline connection selector appears above the prompt textarea when a connection is active. It displays the current connection name and model badge. Click it to open a dropdown and switch to a different AI connection for the next request.

The connection used by the PromptBar can be fixed to a specific connection via the LLM Connection Override in Settings > General. When an override is active, the inline selector reflects it.

Element	Type	Description
Connection badge (inline trigger)	Button	Shows the active connection name and model. Click to open the connection dropdown.
Connection dropdown items	List	All configured AI connections. Click any item to switch to that connection for the next prompt execution.

Quick Prompts

Quick Prompts are one-click buttons displayed above the prompt area, organized into three categories. Each button runs a pre-defined prompt with a single click, without requiring you to type anything.

Category	Purpose
Image	Vision-related prompts such as describing an image, OCR, and visual analysis of screenshots
Text — Language	Translation and language-specific tasks such as translating to another language or grammar correction
Text — General	General-purpose text tasks such as rewriting, summarizing, or formatting text

Each Quick Prompt button has two independently configurable click actions:

Left-click: Triggers the primary action (fill, execute+copy, or execute+paste)
Right-click arrow (►): Triggers the secondary action, configured separately from the left-click action

The three possible click actions are:

Action	Description
Fill	Inserts the prompt text into the PromptBar textarea without executing. You can review or edit it before sending.
Execute + Copy	Executes the prompt immediately and copies the result to clipboard
Execute + Paste	Executes the prompt immediately and pastes the result into the active application

Each Quick Prompt category can be toggled on or off independently. Disabled categories are hidden from the main panel entirely.

Quick Prompts Settings

Manage Quick Prompts in Settings > Quick Prompts tab.

Element	Type	Description
Category header toggle	Toggle	Show or hide an entire Quick Prompt category on the main panel. Independent from per-QP enable toggles.
Category collapse arrow	Button	Expand or collapse a category section in the settings list for easier browsing
Per-QP enable toggle	Toggle	Enable or disable individual Quick Prompts within a category without deleting them
Move Up / Move Down buttons	Buttons	Reorder Quick Prompts within their category. Order in settings matches order on the main panel.
Edit button	Button	Opens inline edit mode for a Quick Prompt. Fields auto-save as you type.
Delete button	Button (danger)	Permanently removes the Quick Prompt after a confirmation dialog
Add Quick Prompt button	Button	Creates a new Quick Prompt and immediately opens it in inline edit mode
Restore Defaults button	Button	Resets all Quick Prompts to the factory-provided set after confirmation. All customizations are removed.
Prompt Library link (edit mode)	Link	Opens the Prompt Library inline while editing a Quick Prompt, so you can browse and insert saved prompts as the QP text

Each Quick Prompt has five editable fields when in inline edit mode:

Label: The button text displayed on the main panel
Prompt Text: The prompt sent to the AI when the button is clicked
Content Type: Which category the QP belongs to (Image, Text — Language, Text — General). Changing this moves the QP to the appropriate section.
Left-click action: Fill, Execute+Copy, or Execute+Paste
Right-click action: Fill, Execute+Copy, or Execute+Paste (independent of left-click)

PromptBar Settings

Configure PromptBar behavior in Settings > General. The following options are available:

Default Execution Mode: Which output mode runs when you press Enter or click the AI Paste button. Options: Overlay, Clipboard, Paste+Clipboard, Paste. Default: Overlay.
Auto-Enter: Automatically presses Enter in the target application after pasting the result. Useful for chat inputs and search bars. Default: off.
LLM Connection Override: Pin the PromptBar to a specific AI connection instead of following the active model selector choice.
Chain Action: Feed the PromptBar result as input into another configured action. See Actions for details on chaining.
Overlay Mode: When the Overlay execution mode is used, controls the result overlay display mode (Always, HotkeyOnly, Off).
Overlay Position: Where the result overlay appears (near cursor or a fixed screen position).
Overlay Duration: How long the result overlay stays visible before auto-dismissing (in seconds).

Auto-Enter presses Enter after delivering the result. Only enable it when the target application uses Enter to submit input (chat boxes, search bars). Do not enable it in text editors or word processors.

Footer Area

A footer row below the PromptBar contains four elements:

Element	Type	Description
Prompt Library trigger link	Link	Opens the Prompt Library popup, which aggregates saved user prompts, action prompts, and connection system prompts. Selecting a prompt fills the PromptBar textarea with it. See Prompt Library.
AI disclaimer	Text	Displayed when connected. Reminds you that AI-generated output may not always be accurate.
Help button	Link (conditional)	Starts the interactive Help Tour, which guides you through the main UI elements with step-by-step annotations. Only shown when the Help button is enabled in settings.
History button	Link	Opens the history sidebar, showing recent entries you can click to restore. See Main Window.