Prompt Selected

Prompt Selected is a versatile and powerful AI-powered text assistant designed as a browser extension. It seamlessly integrates into your daily workflow, allowing you to leverage the full potential of large language models like ChatGPT on any text you find online. By simply selecting a piece of text on a webpage, you can instantly apply custom or pre-built prompts to perform a wide range of actions, from simple grammar fixes to complex content generation. This tool is built for users who want ultimate control and flexibility over their AI interactions, all within the convenience of their browser.

The core philosophy of Prompt Selected is customization and privacy. It operates on a "Bring-Your-Own-API-Key" (BYOAK) model, which means you connect your own OpenAI API key. This approach ensures that your data and interactions are private, with no tracking from the extension's developers. It also gives you direct control over your usage costs, paying only for what you use through the API provider. The extension is designed to be your all-in-one tool for any text-based AI task, eliminating the need to switch between multiple tabs or applications.

How to use Prompt Selected

Getting started with Prompt Selected is incredibly straightforward and designed for immediate productivity. The process can be broken down into a few simple steps:

1. Installation: First, install the Prompt Selected extension from the Chrome Web Store. It's a quick and easy one-click installation.
2. API Key Setup: After installation, open the extension's settings. Here, you will need to enter your personal OpenAI API key. If you don't have one, the extension provides guidance on how to obtain it from the OpenAI platform. This one-time setup connects the extension to the power of GPT models.
3. Select Text: Browse the web as you normally would. When you encounter any text you want to work with—be it a paragraph, a sentence, or a code snippet—simply highlight it with your mouse.
4. Activate and Choose a Prompt: With the text selected, open the Prompt Selected extension. You will see a list of pre-built prompts (like 'Summarize', 'Translate to Spanish', 'Fix Grammar') and any custom prompts you have created.
5. Get Instant Results: Click on the desired prompt. The extension will send the selected text and the prompt to the AI, and the generated result will appear directly in the extension's window almost instantly. You can then copy the result to your clipboard and use it wherever you need.
6. Create Custom Prompts: To truly unlock its power, go to the settings and create your own prompts. You can define a prompt for any repetitive task, such as 'Rephrase this for a 5th-grade reading level', 'Generate 5 Twitter post ideas from this text', or 'Explain this code snippet'.

Core Features of Prompt Selected

• Unlimited Custom Prompts: Tailor the AI to your exact needs. There are no limits on the number of custom prompts you can create and save, making it a truly personalized tool.
• Prebuilt Prompt Examples: Comes with a set of useful, ready-to-use prompts for common tasks like summarization, translation, and simplification, allowing new users to be productive immediately.
• Latest GPT Model Support: The extension is designed to work with the latest and most powerful GPT models available through the OpenAI API, ensuring you get high-quality, coherent, and context-aware responses.
• Prompt History: Easily access a history of your recent prompts and results. This feature is perfect for reusing successful prompts or referencing past work without starting over.
• Privacy-Focused (No Data Tracking): Your privacy is paramount. The extension does not track, store, or analyze your selected text or prompt history. All processing happens between your browser and the OpenAI API.
• Bring-Your-Own-API-Key (BYOAK): You have full control over your API usage and costs. The extension itself is free, and you only pay for the API calls you make, directly to the API provider.

Use Cases for Prompt Selected

The flexibility of Prompt Selected makes it invaluable for a wide variety of users and scenarios:

• Students and Researchers: Quickly summarize lengthy articles or academic papers, explain complex scientific concepts in simple terms, rephrase sentences for essays, and translate research from other languages.
• Writers and Content Creators: Overcome writer's block by generating ideas, create social media posts from an article, check and improve grammar and style, rewrite content for different audiences, and draft email responses.
• Developers and Programmers: Select a block of code to have it explained, debugged, or optimized. Generate boilerplate code, translate code snippets between different programming languages, or write documentation.
• Marketers and SEO Specialists: Brainstorm ad copy, generate meta descriptions, create compelling product descriptions from a list of features, and rewrite text to include specific keywords.
• General Users: Translate foreign language text on the fly, simplify technical jargon, get quick explanations for unfamiliar terms, or draft personal communications.

Advantages of Prompt Selected

Prompt Selected stands out from other AI tools due to several key advantages. Its primary strength is the seamless integration into the user's existing workflow, eliminating context switching. The ability to create unlimited custom prompts provides unparalleled flexibility, turning a general AI into a specialized personal assistant. The BYOAK model is a significant benefit for privacy-conscious users and those who want to manage their expenses directly. Finally, by being a lightweight browser extension, it offers powerful functionality without consuming significant system resources.

Pricing and Plans

Prompt Selected is **completely free** to download and use from the Chrome Web Store. There are no subscription fees, hidden costs, or premium versions of the extension itself.

The tool operates on a Bring-Your-Own-API-Key (BYOAK) model. This means that users are responsible for the costs associated with the use of the OpenAI API. You connect your personal API key, and your usage is billed directly by OpenAI based on their pay-as-you-go pricing for the specific GPT models you use. This model provides full transparency and control over your spending, as you only pay for what you actually use.