Create and/or apply a custom command to selected text | Voters

Create and/or apply a custom command to selected text

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Melik Arslan

I would like to perform prompts on selected text without having to copy and paste it into the chat interface. 
It would also be great to be able to save this custom prompt as a new command. 
This is the only reason I'm not switching from the Elephas app to BoltAI completely.

April 26, 2024

Luka Crnkovic-Friis

It would also IMO be far more useful if:
1) The changes could be done in place rather than opening a new chat window
2) You could get some surrounding context (not sure if this is possible or if you only have access to the selected bit)
Basically having a similar functionality to Gemini where you can select an arbitrary portion of text and ask it to do a refine it in some user specified way. The great thing there is that the surrounding text is part of the context so the refinement can be applied in a smart way.

Daniel Nguyen

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This is supported in BoltAI (called Instance Command) but it's still pretty limited. To confirm, is this the workflow you want:

Highlight text
Press a trigger shortcut (Control Space)
Type your prompt and choose the command

Did you try this?

Melik Arslan

Daniel Nguyen I didn't know I could do that! Yes, this is what I want. 
The reason I missed it is because there is no hint on the UI. I would suggest you to add information that the app can execute custom command. 
I share two examples for your inspiration, one from Elephas and the other from OmniFocus.

Melik Arslan

It would be great if you list recently used "instant command" after pressing control space with the option to save it as a new command.