Save Prompt from Sidebar

Save a prompt from the sidebar

Saving a prompt from the sidebar turns the instructions you are working with into a library asset without leaving the chat. The Save Prompt action on the Act tab opens the Add New Prompt form: title, content, target model, and tags, saved in one pass. This page covers the form field by field, variables for reusable templates, and the shortcut of saving a prompt straight from a captured turn.

Prerequisites:

• Signed in: Saving requires a signed-in account. See sign in to the extension.
• A chat page open: The sidebar runs on chatgpt.com and claude.ai. The surfaces are covered in the interface.

Open the Add New Prompt form#

1. Click the green floater dot, then click Open sidebar for more actions.
2. Open the Act tab if it is not already active.
3. Click Save Prompt. The Add New Prompt form opens in the sidebar, with a back arrow beside the heading to return without saving.

Fill in the form#

Name the prompt in the TITLE field.
• Clicking the field lists titles already in your library as suggestions. Typing a new title dismisses them.
1. Enter the prompt text in the CONTENT field. This is the exact text inserted into the chat when the prompt is reused. The field scrolls and resizes for long templates.
Optional: click Optimize to have AI rewrite the content in place before saving. The button shows its credit cost.
• Optimization needs content in the field and a specific target model. With Custom or All Models selected, the form asks you to change to a model first.
2. Choose the TARGET MODEL: Custom, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, or All Models. The model is organisational: it drives filtering and grouping in your library, and it does not block inserting the prompt anywhere.
Add tags in the TAGS field.
• Clicking the field suggests your existing tags. Selecting one turns it into a chip, with an X on the chip to remove it.
• Type a new tag and press Enter to create it. Nesting and the tag manager are covered in manage tags.
3. Click Save Prompt. The form closes, the sidebar returns to the Act actions, and a confirmation reads Prompt saved.

Make the prompt reusable with variables#

A variable is a placeholder in the content that gets filled in at insertion time. Write one as {{variable}}, or {{variable:default}} to pre-fill a default value. One prompt then serves many runs:

Write a {{tone:professional}} summary of {{topic}} in {{word_count:150}} words.

When you insert a prompt containing variables, a Fill Prompt Variables popup asks for each value and replaces every occurrence, defaults pre-filled. The insertion side is covered in insert a prompt from the sidebar.

Save straight from a captured turn#

A prompt you already sent can be saved without retyping it. In the sidebar's Collect tab, every USER card carries a Save action that sends that turn's prompt to your library. The card actions are covered in chat capture.

Related pages#

• Prompt and sequence interfaces
• Save a prompt from the main page
• Insert a prompt from the sidebar
• Manage tags
• Manage the prompt library