Thread by @JeremyNguyenPhD

Tired of typing the same prompts into ChatGPT?

Why not create a prompt menu that pops up when you need it—for free.

Here’s how:👇

2/ Espanso is a free and open source tool.

Let's thank @terzi_federico for sharing it with the world.

It runs on Mac, Windows, Linux.

3/ You set up shortcuts, like typing:

;copy

and Espanso replaces it with whatever you want

eg, “You are an expert copywriter…”

4/ But the really cool part is being able to trigger menus.

Espanso calls these “Choice Extensions”

Type a shortcut, and a menu pops up, with whatever prompts you've saved.

5/ In this example, when I type `;ci` (CI for Code Interpreter):

I get a menu of prompts I've saved for Code Interpreter.

6/ To set it up, just install from the website.

The next bit is a tiny bit more complicated.

But don’t worry. Find a file called `base.yml`. Open it in a text editor like Notepad or TextEdit.

You can find the path for base.yml in the documentation:

7/ Then copy the menu code (Choice Extension) into the `base.yml` text file.

8/ Change “trigger” to be whatever you want to type to make the menu pop-up.

You can have as many different menus as you want, eg:

- ;ci for Code Interpreter
- ;gp for ChatGPT
- ;fo for Format of Output

You really can go wild.

9/ If you have any problems:

- Let me know. I'll try to help.
- Or: upload your yml file to Code Interpreter, with some of the Espanso documentation. Ask Code Interpreter to modify your yml file.

There you have it! You've got a prompt library that pops up when you need it.

Hope you found this helpful. What have you been using to save your prompts?

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