I built my own prompt management system. It’s similar to a cms except there’s connections and taxonomic relationships between prompts and generated replies. Haven’t seen anything like it yet. Too busy to put up online for others to use.
Ask HN: How do you manage your prompts in ChatGPT?
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#12I use gpt through the api hooked up to a Telegram bot
I save common prompts with
/create blahbot you always blah
/blahbot tell me about blah
Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your prompts in ChatGPT?
#13I built my own prompt management system. It’s similar to a cms except there’s connections and taxonomic relationships between prompts and generated replies. Haven’t seen anything like it yet. Too busy to put up online for others to use.
I have a similar webapp front for the APIs. And it stores the conversation thread like the Chat UI.
And I add some meta data to the prompt: tags, notes, links (just Markdown)
Wouldn't mind getting integrated into my NextCloud.
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#14I tried it when it was new and found it impressive and cute as a gimmick and intriguing from a technical/scientific point of view. Since then I haven't found any uses for it and stopped using it altogether.
Hah! This resonated with me. Maybe I'm just "getting old", but I fail to understand the value of 99% of this stuff...
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#15I do a frequent data-export and then keep that text open in an adjacent tab to search.
The feature is kinda hidden: preferences (upper-right corner) > Settings > Data controls > Export data. You then get email and download it from that. Unzip and open chat.html.
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#16I have trello cards where I paste a link to the chatgpt4 session so I can reuse the context weeks or months later without having to spend time searching for it.
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#17in the native apps you can search past conversations
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#18I'm using Raycast, not ChatGPT, but I think you can simply create custom GPTs for each use case (with prompt as a system instruction) and then use @ in the default new chat to quickly switch to the desired bot.
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#19I tried it when it was new and found it impressive and cute as a gimmick and intriguing from a technical/scientific point of view. Since then I haven't found any uses for it and stopped using it altogether.
Hah! This resonated with me. Maybe I'm just "getting old", but I fail to understand the value of 99% of this stuff...
LLMs are tools that allow us quick access to stochastic text. They are dream machines that snatch what might be and other maybes' from the ether. They are filtered monekys on typewriters and they are wonderful in a pinch.
Also to answer the question of what I use for managing prompts and other short blobs of text I need quick access to: Espanso.
Re: Ask HN: How do you manage your prompts in ChatGPT?
#20Simple. If you're using an Apple device, go to Settings → Keyboard → Text Replacement → Add Your Prompt.
For example,
Replace: !rw
With: "Rewrite this using simple words: {your_content}"
So, whenever I type "!rw", it replaces the text with "Rewrite this using simple words: {your_content}".
You don't need to switch between multiple tabs, use an extension, or refer to the documentation again and again.