Selection Prompt
Pro
Watch the videoSelection Prompts
The fastest path from "this text is wrong" to "this text is right".
- Highlight text in any app.
- Trigger the prompt: type its abbreviation, or press the global shortcut you gave it.
- The result replaces your selection.
Selected
we should probably maybe consider possibly moving the meeting
→
After "Rewrite concisely"
Let's move the meeting.
The starter prompts
TypeFire seeds a Selection Prompts collection on first launch:
| Prompt | Abbreviation | Does |
|---|---|---|
| Rewrite concisely | srewrite |
Tightens without changing meaning |
| Fix grammar | sfix |
Corrects errors, leaves your wording |
| Translate to English | sen |
Preserves tone and formatting |
| Explain code | sexplain |
Two or three sentences for a developer |
| Summarize in 3 bullets | ssum |
Exactly three bullets |
| Formal tone | sformal |
Business correspondence register |
| Friendly tone | sfriendly |
Warm and conversational |
| Convert to bullet list | sbullets |
One idea per bullet |
These are ordinary snippets. Edit them, delete them, or write your own.
Writing your own
A selection prompt is a snippet whose body uses {{selection}} where the highlighted text should go:
Rewrite the following as a changelog entry. One line, past tense,
no marketing language. Output only the line.
{{selection}}
Save it into the Selection Prompts collection, then give it an abbreviation or a shortcut to trigger it.
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Be explicit about output. Models like to add preamble. Ending the prompt with "Output ONLY the rewritten text" is why the starters replace your selection cleanly instead of pasting "Sure! Here's a revised version:".
Documentation for TypeFire 5.1.0. Updated 2026-09-15.