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Bring a prompt back from any app
Last updated 9 October 2026
Click where you want the prompt to go, press Ctrl+Shift+P (⌃⇧P on a Mac), type a few letters of it, and press Enter. ThatPrompt pastes it where you were typing and gets out of the way.
Use a prompt
- In any app, click where you want the prompt, such as a chat box.
- Press Ctrl+Shift+P. ThatPrompt opens with your prompts, most used first.
- Type a few letters from its title or text. They don't need to be next to each other:
crtfinds Code review template. See How search finds and ranks your prompts. - Use ↑ and ↓ to pick a different match.
- Press Enter. ThatPrompt pastes the prompt into the app you were in and hides. The prompt stays on your clipboard too.
Pressing the shortcut again, or Esc, closes ThatPrompt without doing anything.
Look before you paste
Press → or click a prompt to preview it. From the preview, Copy (or Enter) pastes it, Edit changes it and Delete removes it. ← goes back to the list.
Copy without pasting
Each prompt in the list has a copy button on the right. It puts the prompt on your clipboard and shows Prompt is available on the clipboard, without switching apps.
From the tray menu
Click the ThatPrompt icon in the menu bar or system tray. Recent Prompts lists the last five you used. Pick one to paste it.
If nothing is pasted
- On a Mac, ThatPrompt needs Accessibility permission to paste. Without it you'll see "Please grant accessibility permission in System Preferences". See macOS keeps asking for Accessibility permission.
- Some apps ignore pasted text in certain fields. The prompt is still on your clipboard, so paste it yourself with Cmd+V or Ctrl+V.