Search with ChatGPT

Usage instructions

Address bar: press <Ctrl>+L, type gpt and a space, then your question, and press <Enter>.
Right-click: select text on a webpage, right-click it, and choose Ask ChatGPT.
Keyboard: select text and press . With nothing selected, it opens a blank chat.
Toolbar: select text and click the Ask ChatGPT button. With nothing selected, it opens a blank chat. Can’t see the button? Look in the puzzle-piece Extensions menu.

ChatGPT opens with your text filled in. If it isn’t sent automatically, press <Enter> or click Send. ChatGPT may ask you to sign in first.

Settings

These apply to the right-click menu, toolbar button, and keyboard shortcut. Typing gpt in the address bar isn’t affected.

Right-click menu

Simple shows Ask ChatGPT. Advanced adds Explain, Summarize, Debug code, and more. With Off, the toolbar button and keyboard shortcut still work.

Open ChatGPT in

More options: prompt template, temporary chat, web search

Prompt template

{query} is replaced with your selected text, as in Explain simply: {query}. Used by Ask ChatGPT, Ask normally, the toolbar button, and the keyboard shortcut; other Advanced actions such as Summarize use their own prompts. Up to 1,000 characters.

Request a temporary chat

ChatGPT may not honour this. Check ChatGPT's own indicator before sending anything sensitive.

Ask ChatGPT to use web search (hint only)

A hint to ChatGPT's interface, not a guarantee.