Prompt It!

Three Working Surfaces

Prompt It does not present itself as a single, ever-expanding interface. Instead, it offers multiple working surfaces—each designed for a different level of intent, attention, and commitment.

These surfaces are not feature tiers. They are deliberate boundaries.

The goal is not to make one surface do everything, but to let each surface stay honest about what kind of work it supports.

1. Atomic Actions (Right-Click)

The smallest surface in Prompt It is the right-click action.

A promptlet is applied directly to selected text. The action runs once. A result is produced.

There is no setup, no history, and no implication that you are entering a workflow.

This surface is intentionally lossy. It answers a single question: What happens if I apply this prompt to this text?

2. Local Refinement (Side Panel)

Sometimes a result is almost right.

The side panel exists for that moment. It allows brief, explicit refinement without turning the interaction into a conversation or a document.

In the side panel, you can:

• Edit the output deliberately
• Clear it safely
• Undo back to the original result
• Re-run promptlets on the edited text

Nothing here is implicit. Editing must be entered explicitly. Undo is single-step. Nothing persists unless you choose to copy it out.

This surface answers a different question: Is this almost right?

3. Focused Composition (Studio)

Studio is a deliberate step.

It is where you go when the work itself becomes the focus, not just the transformation.

The same promptlets are used, but with more space, time, and room to think.

Studio does not replace the side panel. It absorbs pressure that would otherwise force the side panel to grow beyond its purpose.

This surface answers a third question: What am I actually making?

Why Surfaces, Not Features

Many tools attempt to scale by adding power to a single interface. Over time, that interface accumulates modes, settings, memory, and implicit behaviour.

Prompt It scales differently. It adds surfaces, not features.

Each surface has a clear boundary. Moving between them is optional. Nothing forces escalation.

This allows Prompt It to remain lightweight, even as it supports more complex work.

“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”

The intent behind these surfaces is restraint. Each one does just enough—and no more— to support the kind of thinking it invites.

Prompt It scales by layering intent.

Atomic actions remain atomic. Refinement stays local. Focused work earns its own space.

The tool grows, but its footprint stays small.