You can turn a prompt into a one-click tool.

Save a prompt you use often, then run it with one click. Select a paragraph, click "Tighten this," and the answer shows up where you want it.

The Workbench with a document open and the Prompts tab open on the right. It lists saved Smart Prompts in a folder: Proofread this, Make this concrete, What a skeptical reader asks, and Turn this draft into a short post, each with a short description and a run button. View full screenshot
Authentic screenshot. The Prompts tab next to an open document. Your saved Smart Prompts are listed here, ready to run. Tags like File and Note show where the answer goes.

The Prompts tab next to an open document. Your saved Smart Prompts are listed here, ready to run. Tags like File and Note show where the answer goes.

The Workbench with a document open and the Prompts tab open on the right. It lists saved Smart Prompts in a folder: Proofread this, Make this concrete, What a skeptical reader asks, and Turn this draft into a short post, each with a short description and a run button.

Stop pasting the same prompt.

Most people keep their best prompts in a notes app. Then every time: copy the prompt, paste it into a chat, paste in the text, wait, copy the answer, paste it back into the draft.

A Koubou termSmart PromptA saved instruction you run with one click. It can bring a Role with it, and variables that pull in your selected text or the whole document. does all of that with one click. You write the prompt once, test it, and fix it once. Every run after that uses the fixed version.

How it works in Koubou.

  1. Write the prompt once

    Write your instruction and add Koubou termVariableA name in double curly braces, like {{selectedText}}. Koubou swaps in the real content right before the prompt is sent. where your content goes, like {{selectedText}} for the text you highlight or {{wholeDocument}} for the whole draft.

  2. Add a Role and a Blueprint if you want

    Attach a Koubou termRoleWho the AI should be for a task. It holds a voice, rules, good and bad examples, attached knowledge, and, if you want, its own model. for voice and rules, and a Koubou termBlueprintA saved format for AI output, like the sections of a case study or a product update. for the output format. They come along every time the prompt runs.

  3. Choose where the answer goes

    The Koubou termResultsThe panel where AI answers show up so you can read them before using them. panel, your document at the cursor, a new note, or a note you already have.

  4. Test it before you rely on it

    Run it on sample text in the Smart Prompt editor and see the result, how long it took, and what it cost.

  5. Run it with one click

    Your Smart Prompts sit in the Prompts tab next to your document. You can also run them from the command palette.

Compared with ChatGPT and Claude.

In ChatGPT or Claude

  • You keep prompts somewhere else and paste them in each time.
  • Custom GPTs and Projects save instructions, but you still paste your draft in and copy the answer out.
  • When you improve a prompt, the old copies in your notes and old chats stay the same.

In Koubou

  • Prompts live next to your document and run on your selection or the whole draft.
  • The answer goes where you choose: Results, your document, or a note.
  • Fix a prompt once, and every run after that uses the new version.

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