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General Settings
General settings
The general settings are the behaviour switches: where the extension runs, what key sends a message, whether the cloud runs, and whether the active profile attaches as prompts insert. Most live here canonically, the floater, permitted sites, the send key, and Strict Submission Mode; two are switches for behaviour that lives elsewhere, mapped with their pointers. This page covers each, and the send-key swap gets the fullest treatment, because it changes a habit as old as chat itself.
Prerequisites:
- Signed in: Settings belong to your account. See sign in to the extension.
- The two surfaces: Where settings live, and how the pop-up and the Settings tab mirror each other, is covered in settings interfaces.
Enable Floater#
Enable Floater controls whether the green dot sits at the edge of your pages: the chat sites and the wider web alike.
- On: The floater rides along everywhere it works, quick actions and captures one click away. It still hides itself while the sidebar is open; that is behaviour, not the toggle.
- Off: The floater is gone from every page. The sidebar, the pop-up, and the // shortcut carry on unaffected, so nothing else is lost.
- When off earns its keep: A page where the dot overlaps something that matters, or screen-sharing and recording, where a floating control is noise. Flip it in the pop-up, finish the work, flip it back.
The floater itself, and everything on it, is covered in the interface.
Permitted sites#
Beyond the built-in AI chat platforms, Cognardo Workbench can run on any other website added to the sites list here on the Settings tab.
- Add a site: Enable it, and the page reloads on its own about two seconds later — nothing else to click. See scratchpads on non-LLM pages for what runs once a site is enabled.
- Remove a site: Access is revoked immediately, but an already-open tab on that site keeps running until it's reloaded — the extension doesn't reload open tabs for you.
- What the list shows: Only the sites enabled this way. chatgpt.com, claude.ai, and the other built-in platforms use their own fixed permissions and never appear on it.
Replace Enter with Cmd/Ctrl + Enter to submit prompts#
The send-key swap is the deliberate-send option: with it on, Enter stops sending in the chat input, and sending becomes Cmd/Ctrl + Enter instead.
- On: Enter makes a new line, and the message goes only when you send it deliberately with Cmd/Ctrl + Enter. On a Mac that is Cmd + Enter; on Windows and Linux, Ctrl + Enter.
- Off: The platform's native behaviour stands: Enter sends, Shift + Enter makes a new line.
- Who it is for: Anyone who drafts in the chat input: multi-paragraph prompts, pasted material being trimmed, and above all the // shortcut, where a reflexive Enter mid-flow sends the trigger text as a plain message. With the swap on, that mistake stops existing: a bare Enter sends nothing.
The shortcut flows that this toggle protects are covered in insert a prompt with the shortcut and insert a scratchpad with the shortcut.
Strict Submission Mode#
Strict Submission Mode is a separate, stricter switch for the same worry: with it on, plain Enter never sends a message on its own.
- On: A message sends only when Enter is held down together with a modifier key, and any of them satisfy it — Cmd/Ctrl, Shift, or Alt all work.
- Off: Sending falls back to whatever the platform and the send-key swap above already decide.
Enable Cloud Sync & Intelligence#
The master cloud toggle has its settings home on the Settings tab: on, your content backs up to your account, follows you across devices, and the AI features run; off, everything you save lives only on the current device, marked Local. The switch is here; the canonical treatment, enabling it and what it unlocks, stays with sign in to the extension, and the device story with Cloud Sync & Data.
Use active instruction profile#
The profile switch: on, the active profile's instructions attach to prompts as they insert; off, prompts insert clean while the active selection waits unchanged. The switch is mapped here and in the pop-up; the behaviour, and the judgment of when to run clean, is canonical in use the active profile.
FAQ#
Where do I flip these switches?+
Enable Floater and Use active instruction profile live in both surfaces, the pop-up and the Settings tab. The send-key swap and Enable Cloud Sync & Intelligence live on the Settings tab. See settings interfaces.
Does the send-key swap work on both platforms?+
Yes. With it on, Enter makes a new line and Cmd/Ctrl + Enter sends, identically on chatgpt.com and claude.ai.
Why would I replace Enter as the send key?+
To make sending deliberate. Long drafts stop leaving early, and the // shortcut's one classic mistake, a reflexive Enter sending the trigger as plain text, becomes impossible.
Does turning the floater off disable anything else?+
No. The floater is one surface among four; the sidebar, the pop-up, and the // shortcut carry on unchanged.
Does turning off Cloud Sync & Intelligence delete my data?+
No. It stops backup and sync from that point; existing cloud data stays on your account, and local data stays on the device. The risk is local-only data with no backup, covered in Cloud Sync & Data.
Which keys satisfy Strict Submission Mode?+
Any modifier held with Enter — Cmd/Ctrl, Shift, or Alt all send. Plain Enter alone never does while the toggle is on.
Do I need to reload the page after adding or removing a permitted site?+
Adding one reloads the page automatically about two seconds later. Removing one revokes access right away, but an already-open tab on that site needs a manual reload to reflect it.