How search finds and ranks your prompts

You don't need to remember a prompt's exact title. Type a few letters in the order they appear and ThatPrompt finds it. Among the matches, the prompts you use often and recently come first.

Matching: letters in order, not side by side

ThatPrompt looks for the letters you type, in that order, anywhere in a prompt's title or its text. They don't have to be next to each other. So crt finds Code Review Template, and so does rev.

Some matches count for more than others:

• Letters that start a word, like the C, R and T in Code Review Template.
• Letters typed in a run that also appear in a run.
• Matches near the start.
• Shorter titles, when two prompts match equally well.

Capital letters don't matter. ThatPrompt scores the title and the text separately and keeps whichever matched better.

Ranking: often and recently

Every time you use a prompt, ThatPrompt counts it and notes when. A prompt's rank combines the two. Recent use counts for a lot, and that boost halves every 24 hours, so a prompt you used this morning outranks one you used last week, even if the older one has more uses in total.

With an empty search box, the list is in that order. Once you type, how well a prompt matches counts far more than how often you use it. Your usage history only breaks ties between similar matches, so the right prompt still comes first.

Folders

If you've opened a folder, search only looks inside it. Folder names match the same way, so typing part of a folder's name shows the folder too.

What counts as using a prompt

Using it: pressing Enter on it in the list, choosing Copy in its preview, or picking it from Recent Prompts in the tray menu. Clicking a row only opens its preview, and previewing or editing a prompt doesn't count.