{"slug": "i-built-a-free-chrome-extension-that-drops-your-saved-prompts-into-any-text-box", "title": "I built a free Chrome extension that drops your saved prompts into any text box with //", "summary": "A designer built Promptbar, a free Chrome extension that lets users save prompts and insert them into any text box on any page by typing \"//\". The tool supports {{variables}} for reusable templates and stores everything locally with no account, cloud, or AI service of its own, though it requires broad host permissions to trigger on any page.", "body_md": "I found myself typing the same prompts into ChatGPT and Claude over and over. Rewording them slightly each time. Losing track of which version worked.\n\nSo I built Promptbar — a Chrome extension that lets you save your own prompts and insert any of them into any text box on any page by typing `//`.\n\nHow it works:\n\n`//` in any text box (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, a support ticket, anywhere)\nYou can use `{{variables}}` inside a prompt, so one saved template covers many variations without editing it each time.\n\nEverything is stored locally. No account, no sign-up, no cloud, no AI service of its own — it only inserts text you wrote.\n\nOne thing to know upfront: it needs broad host permissions to make the `//` trigger work on any page. That's a real trade-off. Nothing is collected or transmitted — the data never leaves your browser — but I know that's the first question, so I'm answering it here.\n\nIt's free. No paid tier exists today.\n\nI'm a designer, not an engineer — this was built with a lot of AI help. Happy to answer anything about what it does or why it works the way it does.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-a-free-chrome-extension-that-drops-your-saved-prompts-into-any-text-box", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/madebypoint/i-built-a-free-chrome-extension-that-drops-your-saved-prompts-into-any-text-box-with--4kn2", "published_at": "2026-09-21 13:17:15+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-21 13:27:10.739648+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "ai-products", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Promptbar", "Chrome", "ChatGPT", "Claude", "Gemini"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-a-free-chrome-extension-that-drops-your-saved-prompts-into-any-text-box", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-a-free-chrome-extension-that-drops-your-saved-prompts-into-any-text-box.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-a-free-chrome-extension-that-drops-your-saved-prompts-into-any-text-box.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-a-free-chrome-extension-that-drops-your-saved-prompts-into-any-text-box.jsonld"}}