AI Prompt & Writing Glossary

A clear guide to PromptDC Desktop for macOS and Windows, Chrome extension, and IDE extensions—covering 10 built-in writing profiles, the Code profile, custom Actions, and terminal CLI prompt enhancement.

PromptDC Desktop (macOS & Windows) works everywhere in any app, browser, IDE, or terminal.

10 built-in profiles for grammar, tone, email, summaries, and implementation-ready code.

First desktop app to enhance prompts inside terminal CLIs like Claude Code, Codex, and Grok.

Definitions

PromptDC Desktop (macOS & Windows)

The flagship desktop app for macOS and Windows. One install works everywhere: select text in any app, browser, IDE, or terminal, press Cmd+Shift+E (macOS) or Ctrl+Shift+E (Windows), review the editable popover, and Replace or Copy.

AI prompt & writing assistant

A tool that rewrites selected prompts and everyday writing before you use them. PromptDC Desktop works across macOS and Windows with 10 built-in profiles for everyday writing and coding, custom profiles on paid plans, and one-off Actions on desktop and Chrome.

Writing profiles

Built-in profiles—Grammar, Email, Reply, Social, Summarize, Explain, Professional, Concise, and Image Prompt—that fix grammar, sharpen tone, rewrite emails, and summarize text across any app or browser text field.

Code profile

The built-in profile that turns vague developer requests into implementation-ready prompts for AI coding tools, IDEs, and terminal CLIs. It supports Simple or Structured enhancement with Regular, JSON, XML, or YAML output formats.

Terminal prompt enhancement

PromptDC is the first desktop app to enhance prompts inside terminal CLIs—Claude Code, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Grok, Agy (Antigravity CLI), and OpenCode—across macOS and Windows terminals (Terminal, iTerm, Warp, Ghostty, Termius, Windows Terminal, or IDE terminals). The editable review popover opens before replacing, and it never presses Enter.

System-wide rewriting

Using the PromptDC Desktop app on macOS and Windows to rewrite text selected in any app: Safari, Chrome, Mail, Slack, Notion, Word, Outlook, Teams, Discord, Notes, ChatGPT desktop, Claude desktop, Cursor, VS Code, and terminals.

Chrome extension

An addition for Chrome users providing in-place rewriting in editable web fields with per-website default profiles and no Accessibility permissions needed.

IDE extensions

Optional extensions for Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and other VS Code forks offering a sidebar with a target-agent picker and Simple or Structured output in the editor's AI chat panel. The desktop app already covers IDE chat panels and terminals.

Per-app default profile

A desktop setting that assigns a default profile to each application (e.g., Code for Cursor and terminals, Email for Mail). The rule selects the profile only. Language applies everywhere. Output format, Simple or Structured enhancement, and Always Include apply to the Code profile.

Per-site profiles

User-controlled Chrome extension rules that select a default profile for a website. A per-site rule selects the profile only.

Action

A one-off custom instruction entered when you invoke PromptDC instead of using a saved profile. Actions support up to 19,000 characters on desktop and Chrome and preserve the original language unless requested otherwise.

Platform-aware rewriting

Adapting a rewrite to its target instead of applying one generic instruction. Terminal tools receive tool-specific enhancement targets, Chrome applies per-site rules, and IDE extensions target the editor's AI chat agent.

Prompt enhancement

Transforming what you type into a clearer, more structured version before it reaches the AI by adding explicit scope, technical constraints, and intent.

Implementation-ready instructions

In the Code profile, prompts that specify explicit technical scope, constraints, step-by-step instructions, and expected outputs so AI models and coding agents produce reliable code.

Grammarly alternative

A tool that improves grammar, tone, and clarity. PromptDC works across every app, browser, IDE, and terminal for everyday writing, while also enhancing prompts before you send them to AI tools.

LLM

Large language model, such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Grok.

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