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Get set up in 2 minutes. Save prompts once, use them anywhere — stored in your Google Drive.

Works on Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Comet, Brave, and Opera. Some pages (like chrome://) can't run extensions.

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Most people are up and running in under 2 minutes.

1

Install

  • • Install CloudPrompt from the Chrome Web Store.
  • • Works on Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Comet, Brave, and Opera.
  • • Pin it to your toolbar (optional, but handy).
2

Connect Google Drive

  • • Open CloudPrompt → click Connect Google Drive
  • • This creates a CloudPrompt folder in your Drive.
  • • On Edge, Comet, or Brave, a sign-in tab opens — complete sign-in and the tab closes automatically.
3

Open anywhere

  • • Press Ctrl+Shift+Y (Win/Linux) or Cmd+Shift+Y (Mac)
  • • Search → click a prompt to copy → paste anywhere.
  • • Or right-click any text field → Insert CloudPrompt.

💡 Tip: If the shortcut doesn't work, jump to "Troubleshooting → Keyboard shortcut".

What CloudPrompt does

  • Save your best prompts so you don't rewrite them.
  • Organize with folders (categories) + tags. Drag and drop to reorder your library the way you want it.
  • Find anything instantly with search.
  • Insert prompts directly by right-clicking any text field — no copy-paste required.
  • Copy prompts from any page with one keyboard shortcut.
  • Keep your data private: prompts are stored in your Google Drive, not our servers.

How to use CloudPrompt day-to-day

Save a prompt

  1. Open CloudPrompt (extension popup or Library page)
  2. Click New Prompt
  3. Add Title + Prompt
  4. Choose a Folder (category) and optional Tags
  5. Click Save

📝 Titles are limited to 100 characters. Prompts support long text (up to 30,000 characters).

Find and use a prompt (fastest way)

  1. Press Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + Y
  2. Type a keyword (title, content, tags all work)
  3. Click the prompt to copy
  4. Paste into ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini / email / docs — anywhere

Insert a prompt via right-click New in v1.2.0

  1. Right-click any text field on any page — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or anywhere else
  2. Select Insert CloudPrompt from the context menu
  3. Pick the prompt you want from the list
  4. The prompt is inserted directly into the text field — no copy-paste needed

💡 This is the fastest way to use a prompt. No other prompt manager offers right-click insert.

Organize with folders + tags

  • Folders: Best for big buckets like "Writing", "Coding", "Marketing"
  • Tags: Best for cross-cutting labels like "seo", "email", "cold-outreach"
  • Drag & drop: Reorder prompts within your library by dragging them into the position you want.

💡 Tip: Keep tags consistent (e.g., pick cold-email or cold outreach, not both).

Power features (still simple)

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Pin your top prompts

  • • Pin up to 3 prompts total.
  • • Pinned prompts always appear at the top — great for "daily drivers" you reuse constantly.
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Use Templates (with variables)

  • • Templates let you fill in blanks quickly.
  • • Free tier: up to 5 templates, up to 5 variables per template.
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Drag-and-drop organization New

  • • Drag any prompt to reorder your library exactly how you want it.
  • • Works in the Library and popup views.
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Full keyboard navigation New

  • • Browse, select, and use prompts without touching the mouse.
  • • Arrow keys to navigate, Enter to select, Escape to close.

Example template:

"Write a LinkedIn post about [TOPIC] for [AUDIENCE] in the tone of [STYLE]."

How it works:

  1. Mark a prompt as a Template
  2. Use variables like [TOPIC]
  3. When you use the template, CloudPrompt asks for the values and builds the final prompt

Smart Features

CloudPrompt gets smarter the more you use it.

Context-Aware Prompts

CloudPrompt detects which AI tool you're using and surfaces your most relevant prompts automatically.

chatgpt.com → your ChatGPT folder appears first
claude.ai → your Claude folder appears first
gemini.google.com → your Gemini folder appears first
copilot.microsoft.com → your Coding folder appears first
any other site → define your own custom mapping in Settings

⚙️ How to turn it on or off:
Go to Settings → Smart Features → Context-Aware Prompts toggle. It's on by default.

🗺️ Custom platform mappings New in v1.2.0

You can map any website to any folder. For example, link notion.com to your Writing folder, or github.com to your Coding folder. Set this up in Settings → Smart Features → Custom Mappings.

Sync across devices

Without slowdowns

  • CloudPrompt loads fast using local caching.
  • Your library syncs to Google Drive in the background.
  • Offline? You can still access cached prompts (read-only) until you're back online.

💡 Need to force sync? Go to Settings → Sync Now

Privacy-first by design

Your Data, Your Control

  • Your prompts are stored in your Google Drive (CloudPrompt folder).
  • CloudPrompt uses minimal permissions — only the Drive files it creates, and context menu access for right-click insert.
  • We don't host your prompt content on our servers.

📁 Where is my data exactly?
Google Drive → CloudPrompt → prompts.json

Troubleshooting

  1. Open your browser → Extensions → Keyboard shortcuts
  2. Find CloudPrompt and set "Open prompt selector"
  3. Try again with your new shortcut

Some pages don't allow extensions:

  • chrome:// pages
  • Chrome Web Store pages
  • Some browser internal pages

Solution: Try on a normal website tab.

  • Make sure you're signed into the right Google account in Chrome
  • Disable ad/script blockers briefly and retry
  • If it persists, contact support with the error message

On Edge, Comet, and Brave, sign-in works differently — CloudPrompt opens a Google sign-in tab instead of a popup.

  1. Click Connect Google Drive — a Google sign-in tab will open
  2. Complete the sign-in and click Allow
  3. The tab closes automatically when done

If the tab doesn't close or sign-in fails:

  • Check that pop-ups are not blocked in your browser settings for cloudprompt.app
  • Try clearing the extension cache: go to Settings → Disconnect → reconnect
  • Still stuck? Contact support and mention which browser you're using

The right-click insert option appears only on editable text fields (input boxes, textareas, rich text editors). It won't appear on images, links, or read-only text.

  • Make sure you're right-clicking inside a text input or chat box
  • If it's missing entirely, try disabling and re-enabling the extension in your browser's extension manager
  • Still not showing? Contact support and tell us which site and browser you're using
  1. Confirm you connected the same Google Drive account
  2. Open Settings → click Sync Now
  3. Check Google Drive for the CloudPrompt folder
  • Go to Settings → Backup & Restore
  • Export JSON for full fidelity; export CSV for spreadsheets
  • Import supports JSON with validation (duplicates are skipped)

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes — because it works on any website. Use the keyboard shortcut to copy a prompt and paste it anywhere, or right-click any text field and select Insert CloudPrompt to insert it directly.

Both let you access your prompts instantly. The keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+Y) opens a full search panel where you can browse and copy a prompt to your clipboard. Right-click insert goes one step further — it places the prompt directly into the text field you clicked on, skipping the copy-paste step entirely.

Yes. Go to Settings → Smart Features → Custom Mappings and add any website-to-folder pair you like. For example, you can map notion.com to your Writing folder, or github.com to your Coding folder.

No separate CloudPrompt account. Google Drive connection is used for storage + sync.

Yes. Core features stay free forever.

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Email us and we'll help you get unblocked.

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