Promptshot BlogWriting, translating and editing text faster on the Mac. Product updates and guides from the Promptshot team.https://blog.promptshot.ccenPrompt profiles: one hotkey, many toneshttps://blog.promptshot.cc/prompt-profileshttps://blog.promptshot.cc/prompt-profilesSwitch between a Slack voice, a client voice and a commit-message voice without editing a prompt or learning a second shortcut.Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTProductA five-minute setup for non-native English speakershttps://blog.promptshot.cc/five-minute-setuphttps://blog.promptshot.cc/five-minute-setupThe exact configuration we recommend if English is your second language and most of your writing happens in Slack.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuidesHow Promptshot rewrites text without leaving your windowhttps://blog.promptshot.cc/rewriting-without-leaving-your-windowhttps://blog.promptshot.cc/rewriting-without-leaving-your-windowAccessibility APIs, pasteboard preservation and the small compromises behind replacing selected text in any Mac app.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTEngineeringTen prompts that fix the messages you rewrite mosthttps://blog.promptshot.cc/ten-prompts-worth-keepinghttps://blog.promptshot.cc/ten-prompts-worth-keepingCopy-paste prompts for standups, escalations, pull request descriptions and the polite decline.Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuidesBring your own model: hosted, API key, or localhttps://blog.promptshot.cc/bring-your-own-modelhttps://blog.promptshot.cc/bring-your-own-modelThree ways to point Promptshot at a model, and an honest account of what each one costs you in latency, privacy and setup.Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTProductWhy we built a Mac utility instead of another web apphttps://blog.promptshot.cc/why-a-mac-utilityhttps://blog.promptshot.cc/why-a-mac-utilityThe best writing tool is the one you never open. An argument for shipping a hotkey rather than a text editor.Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTCompanyKeeping latency under 400ms on a hotkeyhttps://blog.promptshot.cc/latency-under-400mshttps://blog.promptshot.cc/latency-under-400msWhere the milliseconds go between a keypress and replaced text, and the four changes that cut our p95 in half.Tue, 21 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTEngineeringWriting English updates your team actually readshttps://blog.promptshot.cc/updates-people-readhttps://blog.promptshot.cc/updates-people-readA four-line format for status updates that survives translation, skimming and being read on a phone.Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuidesChoosing a hotkey that survives every app you usehttps://blog.promptshot.cc/hotkeys-that-survive-every-apphttps://blog.promptshot.cc/hotkeys-that-survive-every-appWhich macOS shortcuts are genuinely free, which only look free, and how to test a candidate in two minutes.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTGuidesWhat Promptshot stores, and what it does nothttps://blog.promptshot.cc/what-we-do-not-storehttps://blog.promptshot.cc/what-we-do-not-storeA plain description of every place your text goes, written so you can verify it rather than take our word for it.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTCompany