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Built-in prompts

ClipSlop ships with a curated catalogue. Six top-level groups, each with a single-letter mnemonic.

[⌘/]  // Your prompt — type // followed by your instruction to run a one-off custom prompt
[T]   Translate   → English, Finnish, Russian, Spanish, French, German, + 12 more
[R]   Rewrite     → Elaborate, Neutral, Professional, Warm, Business, Playful, Biblical
[F]   Format      → Fix Grammar, Clean Up, Beautify Code, Reformat, Email, Markdownify, HTMLify
[D]   Dev         → Add Comments, Beautify Code, Clean Logs, Explain Code, Explain Stack Trace, Naming
[A]   Analyze     → Summary, Explain Simply, TL;DR, Condense 20%
[C]   Convert     → HTML, Markdown

Translate​

18 languages out of the box: English, Finnish, Russian, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Arabic, Turkish.

Each language has its own mnemonic — T → E is English, T → F is Finnish, and so on. Open Settings → Prompts → Translate to see the full mapping or rebind keys.

Rewrite​

Seven tones for the same input:

  • Elaborate — expand a terse note into a full paragraph.
  • Neutral — strip emotional or persuasive language.
  • Professional — formal but readable. Default for business writing.
  • Warm — friendlier than Neutral, less formal than Professional.
  • Business — corporate-toned; terse, action-oriented.
  • Playful — informal, lighter, punchier.
  • Biblical — for the lulz.

Format​

Seven tools that operate on the surface of the text:

  • Fix Grammar — corrects grammar, spelling, punctuation. Quick Paste default ⌃⌘G.
  • Clean Up — removes line-noise (extra whitespace, broken markup, line numbers).
  • Beautify Code — passes code through a formatter prompt for the language guessed.
  • Reformat — reflows for the destination context. Quick Paste default ⌃⌘F.
  • Email — turns notes into a polite email body.
  • Markdownify — converts plain text or HTML to Markdown.
  • HTMLify — the inverse — Markdown or plain text to HTML.

Dev​

For developers:

  • Add Comments — annotates code with inline comments.
  • Beautify Code — same as Format → Beautify Code, surfaced in the Dev folder for muscle memory.
  • Clean Logs — strips timestamps, ANSI codes, and noise from logs.
  • Explain Code — line-by-line plain-English walk-through.
  • Explain Stack Trace — finds the cause and reframes the trace in human terms.
  • Naming — suggests better names for variables / functions / types.

Analyze​

For incoming text:

  • Summary — a paragraph or bullet list, depends on input length.
  • Explain Simply — ELI5. Open & Run default ⌃⌘⌥A.
  • TL;DR — one-sentence compression.
  • Condense 20% — keeps the structure, trims fluff.

Convert​

  • HTML — Markdown (or plain) → HTML. Strips presentational cruft.
  • Markdown — HTML → Markdown. Preserves headings, lists, code blocks.

Default global shortcuts​

Some prompts ship with a default global hotkey. Quick Paste runs the prompt inline; Open & Run opens ClipSlop with the result ready.

ShortcutPromptMode
⌃⌘/// Your promptQuick Paste
⌃⌘⌥/// Your promptOpen & Run
⌃⌘GFix GrammarQuick Paste
⌃⌘FReformatQuick Paste
⌃⌘TTranslate → EnglishQuick Paste
⌃⌘⌥TTranslate → EnglishOpen & Run
⌃⌘⌥AExplain SimplyOpen & Run

All of these can be reassigned, removed, or added to other prompts in Settings → Prompts.

Customising​

Every built-in prompt is editable. See Prompt library for the full breakdown of per-prompt fields and configuration.

Adding a custom prompt​

Type // followed by an instruction in the prompt panel to run a one-off — no need to save it. If you find yourself reaching for the same one-off repeatedly, save it as a permanent prompt with its own mnemonic and shortcut:

For the full keyboard map (not just prompt shortcuts), see Keyboard map.