How to pin important ChatGPT messages

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Install Kortex and open a ChatGPT chat. Select the words you want to keep in an answer and click Pin in the small bar that appears. The passage is saved with the chat. Find it in the Kortex tab, or in the Library's Pinned view with every other pin.

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How to pin important ChatGPT messages
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Here's how to pin the ChatGPT answers you want to keep with Kortex, and find every pin again in your Library. Open the chat in ChatGPT, and select the words you want to keep in an answer. A small bar appears above them, with three buttons: Pin, Highlight and Remember.

Click Pin. It keeps the passage with the chat. Pin works the same on Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok.

Then click the small Kortex tab on the right edge of the page. Your pins sit under Pinned, each with a note you can add. Under What you asked, click a question to jump to it, or pin its answer.

To see every pin, open the Library from the side panel's Chats tab, and click Pinned in the left column. It lists every message you pinned, in every chat, with your note on it. Click one to open the chat at that answer.

When you choose Continue in another AI on a chat, your pins go into the handoff pack. That way, the answers you marked are the ones the next AI sees. Your pins are stored on your computer, with the rest of your Library.

  1. Select the words in the answer

    Open the chat in ChatGPT and select the words you want to keep in an answer. A small bar appears above them with three buttons: Pin, Highlight and Remember.

    Selected words in an AI's answer about a bus between two palaces, with a small dark bar above them holding the buttons Pin, Highlight and Remember.
    Select text in any answer to pin, highlight or remember it.
  2. Click Pin

    Pin keeps the passage with the chat. It works the same on Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok.

  3. Open the Kortex tab to see your pins

    Click the small Kortex tab on the right edge of the page. Your pins sit under Pinned, each with a note you can add. Under What you asked, click a question to jump to it, or pin its answer.

    The Kortex tab beside a ChatGPT chat. A Pinned section shows one pinned answer with the note The version we send to the board, and an Edit note link.
    The Kortex tab keeps your note, pins and related chats next to the chat.
  4. Find every pin in the Library

    Open the Library from the side panel's Chats tab and click Pinned in the left column. It lists every message you pinned, in every chat, with your note on it. Click one to open the chat at that answer.

    The Library's left column listing its views: All chats, Videos, Folders, Prompts, Timeline, Pinned, Highlights, Notes, Memory, Asked twice, Archive and Privacy.
    All chats lists every saved chat by day. Open one to read it in full beside the list.
  5. Let your pins travel with the chat

    When you choose Continue in another AI… on a chat, your pins go into the handoff pack. A folder's project pack carries its pins too. That way the answers you marked are the ones the next AI sees.

If it doesn’t work

The bar with Pin does not appear
Select words inside an AI's answer, then wait a moment. If nothing shows, reload the page once and select again. Kortex works on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok.
I cannot find my pin in the Library
Open the Pinned view and look for the chat's title. A chat you archived leaves every view except Archive, so check there too. A pin always stays with its chat.
I pinned the wrong passage
Open the Kortex tab on the chat. Your pinned passage is listed there, and you can remove it from that list.

Questions people ask

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What is the difference between Pin, Highlight and Remember?

Pin keeps a passage with the chat. Highlight marks it in a colour on the page. Remember adds it to your Kortex Memory as a fact about you. See how to highlight ChatGPT answers.

Can I add a note to a pin?

Yes. Every pinned answer in the Kortex tab has an Edit note link. The note shows with the pin in the Library's Pinned view.

Where are my pins stored?

On your computer, with the rest of your Library, in a database inside Chrome. Nothing is sent anywhere unless you send it.

Can I pin messages in Claude or Gemini too?

Yes. The Pin bar and the Pinned view cover every chat the Library saves, from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok.

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