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Prompts Button

The Prompts button in the Kortex bar keeps the messages you send to AI again and again. One click puts a prompt in the Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) chat box. You can sort prompts into folders and filter them by tag.

The Prompts panel opened over a notebook, with folders on the left and prompts on the right

Why use the Prompts button?​

A prompt is the message you type to an AI. If you often ask "Summarize my sources in five bullet points", you do not need to type it every time. This panel is a recipe box for prompts.

How do I open it?​

Click the Prompts button at the right end of the Kortex bar. On any web page you can also press Cmd+Shift+P on a Mac, or Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows.

The first-run tour​

The first time you open the panel on a site, a short tour starts. It has five steps and takes about 20 seconds. You can click Skip tour at any time. To see it again, click the round ? button at the top of the panel.

Step 1 of the tour: Save a prompt once, use it anywhere
  1. Save a prompt once, use it anywhere. Click Let's go.
  2. Name it, then write it. Kortex fills in an example. Keep it or change the words.
  3. Give it a shortcut. Type the shortcut in any chat box and Kortex offers this prompt.
  4. Save it. Click Save prompt.
  5. Now use it. Click Insert, or type the shortcut in any chat box.
Step 3 of the tour, pointing at the Shortcut box

If you have no prompts yet, the panel opens empty with a way to write your first one.

The panel before any prompt is saved

How to use a prompt​

  1. Open the panel.
  2. Find your prompt. Type in Search prompts, or click a folder on the left.
  3. Click Insert. The prompt goes into the chat box.
  4. Press Enter in the chat box to send it.

The small copy button beside a prompt copies it instead. The star marks a favourite. Click Favorites to see only those.

A prompt's menu​

Move your mouse over a prompt. Three dots appear. Click them to see Preview, Edit and Delete.

The three-dot menu on a prompt: Preview, Edit and Delete

Preview a prompt​

Preview shows the whole prompt, with a button to copy it, before you insert it.

A prompt shown in full with a copy button

Write or edit a prompt​

  1. Click the blue New prompt button. To change one you have, choose Edit from its menu.
  2. Fill in the Title and the Prompt.
  3. Pick a Folder, add Tags, and, if you like, a Shortcut.
  4. Click Save prompt (or Save changes). Pressing Cmd+Enter or Ctrl+Enter also saves.
The Edit prompt page with title, text, folder, tags and shortcut

A blank in a prompt is a gap you fill in each time. Write it in double curly brackets, like {{topic}}. Kortex asks for it in a small form when you insert the prompt.

A small form above the chat box asking for the blanks of a prompt

Folders​

Folders sit on the left. All prompts shows everything, and the number is how many prompts there are.

  1. Click the + beside Folders.
  2. Type a name and save it.
  3. To rename or delete a folder, use the more button beside it.
Making a new prompt folder The menu of a folder with Rename and Delete

Filter by tag​

Tags are little labels, like "study" or "grant". Click Tags, then pick one to see only the prompts that carry it. You can type in Search tags… to find a tag.

The Tags list with study, grant, thesis and code
Good to know
  • The free plan keeps 10 prompts and 5 prompt folders. Kortex Pro has no limit and keeps them on all your computers. See pricing. Delete a prompt and you get its slot back.
  • The same prompts show in the side panel, the Library and the dashboard. See Prompts everywhere.

Related: Prompt shortcuts, Prompt blanks, The Kortex notebook bar.