Insert a Scratchpad with the Shortcut

Insert a scratchpad with the shortcut

The // shortcut brings collected material back into the conversation without leaving the keyboard. Type // in the chat input, choose //scratchpad, pick a scratchpad, and its content lands in the input as editable text, nothing sent. It is the fast route from collection to conversation: research gathered across chats and pages, dropped into the next prompt in a few keystrokes. This page covers the scratchpad command end to end. The full key-by-key reference for the shortcut menu is canonical on insert a prompt with the shortcut.

Prerequisites:

• Signed in: The shortcut runs on a signed-in account. See sign in to the extension.
• Something collected: The command inserts from your scratchpads. See save the last response.
• A chat page open: chatgpt.com or claude.ai, with the cursor in the chat input.

Open the shortcut menu#

1. Click into the chat input.
2. Type //. The shortcut menu opens above the input with its three commands: //prompt, //pin, and //scratchpad.
Choose //scratchpad:
1. Keep typing to narrow the commands, or move the highlight with the up and down arrow keys.
2. Press Tab to choose it. The menu switches to your scratchpads.

Insert the content#

1. Find the scratchpad in the list. The active scratchpad sits first, your saved scratchpads follow, and typing filters the list by name.
2. Move the highlight to the one you want with the arrow keys.
3. Press Tab. The scratchpad's content replaces the // trigger text in the chat input, and a confirmation reads Scratchpad inserted.
4. The text is editable and nothing is sent. Trim it to what the prompt needs, add your instruction around it, then send it yourself.

The content arrives as it stands#

• The whole scratchpad, current version: Insertion takes the full content as it reads right now, edits included, so an edit pass before inserting is how a raw collection becomes a clean insert. See edit a scratchpad on the main page.
• A copy, not a link: What lands in the input is a copy. Editing it there, or sending it, never changes the scratchpad itself.

Related pages#

• Insert from the sidebar
• Insert a prompt with the shortcut
• Edit a scratchpad on the main page
• The active scratchpad
• Save a selected response