# Save Prompts and Use Them in Any AI Chat


Kortex lets you save a prompt once and use it in any AI chat box. A prompt is the message you type to an AI. Type a semicolon, press a key combination, or open the side panel, and Kortex puts the prompt in for you.

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-ai-sites-claude-shortcut-menu.webp" alt="Typing a semicolon in a chat box opens a menu of your saved prompts" width="560" />

## Why save your prompts?

- It is like a recipe box. You write the recipe once and use it again and again.
- You stop retyping the same long message. You stop hunting through old chats to copy it.
- The same prompts work on every AI site, so you do not need a separate list for each one.

## Where are my prompts kept?

Your prompts are the same in every place. Change one, and it changes everywhere.

- **The Library's Prompts view.** This is where you write and tidy your prompts. See [Prompts in the Library](/docs/library-prompts).
- **The dashboard's Prompts page.** It shows the same list. See [Prompts library](/docs/prompts-library).
- **The side panel's Prompts tab.** Click a prompt to put it in the chat box beside the panel. Where there is no chat box, it is copied. See [Prompts in the side panel](/docs/side-panel-prompts).
- **The prompt panel.** Press `Ctrl+Shift+P` (`⌘⇧P` on a Mac) on almost any website. On Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) the **Prompts** button at the end of the Kortex bar opens it too.

<img src="/docs/img/docs/shot-ai-sites-notebooklm-prompts.webp" alt="The Prompts button in the Kortex bar opens your saved prompts over the notebook" width="720" />

## How do I use a saved prompt?

1. Type `;` in a chat box and pick one. See [Prompt shortcuts](/docs/prompt-shortcuts).
1. Fill in a small form for prompts with blanks. See [Prompts with blanks](/docs/prompt-blanks).
1. Let Kortex offer a prompt while you type. See [Prompt suggestions](/docs/prompt-suggestions).
1. Use the other `;` commands, such as `;ref` and `;ask`. See [The ; commands](/docs/semicolon-commands).
1. Open the prompt panel or right-click on any website. See [Prompts on any website](/docs/prompts-anywhere).

:::tip Good to know

- The free plan keeps 10 prompts and 5 prompt folders. Kortex Pro has no limit. See [Plans](/docs/plans).
- On the free plan your prompts stay on this computer. On Pro they sync across your computers.
- Editing a prompt keeps the older version, up to 10 per prompt.

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