Chatman (Manager for AI Chats)

Introduction

Chatman is a quick prompt panel that brings your frequently used AI services together. You can open Chatman from any webpage and ask one or several AIs without repeatedly switching tabs, finding prompt inputs, and pasting the same question.

Chatman also provides templates and workflows:

• Templates save instructions you use repeatedly, so you only need to fill in what changes each time.
• Workflows chain templates together so different AIs can complete a task in sequence.

Quick start

1. On any webpage, press Alt + A (Option + A on macOS) to open the Chatman panel.
2. Select one or more AI services.
3. Type a question, or choose an existing template or workflow.
4. Select Submit. Chatman opens the selected AI pages, fills in your question, and sends it automatically.

When you select multiple AIs, Chatman sends the same question to each of them so you can compare their answers. You can also use shortcuts such as Option + 1 and Option + 2 to select AIs in the panel.

Templates

What are templates for?

Templates are useful for prompts that follow the same structure and are used repeatedly. For example:

Summarize the following article in #length# words:

#article#

When you use this template, you only need to enter the length and article instead of rewriting the full instruction.

Create a template

1. Open the Chatman options page and select Templates from the sidebar.
2. Select New template.
3. Enter a template name and prompt content.
4. Wrap any value that changes each time in #, such as #topic# or #language#.
5. Optionally select a default AI. Without one, the template uses the AI currently selected in the panel.
6. Select Save.

#result# is reserved for workflows and can only be used in the second and later workflow nodes.

Use a template

1. Open the Chatman panel.
2. Choose a template from Template or workflow.
3. Fill in every placeholder.
4. Confirm the AI selection, then select Submit.

If the template has a default AI, Chatman selects it automatically. You can still choose a different AI before submitting.

Manage templates

From the template list, you can:

• Pin a frequently used template so it appears first in the management list and panel selector.
• Duplicate a template and adapt the copy for a new purpose.
• Edit its name, content, or default AI.
• Delete a template you no longer need. A template used by a workflow must be removed from that workflow before it can be deleted.

Workflows

What are workflows for?

A workflow runs templates one after another. Each template can use a different default AI, and the #result# placeholder passes the previous AI’s answer into the next node.

Workflows read each node’s answer from the clipboard to pass it to the next node. Make sure clipboard permission is granted for the AI services you use, otherwise #result# cannot retrieve the previous step’s result.

For example, a workflow could:

1. Ask AI A to collect and organize research.
2. Ask AI B to write a draft from that research.
3. Ask AI C to review and improve the draft.

Create a workflow

1. Create the templates needed for each step.
2. Set a default AI on a template when that step should always use a specific service.
3. Open Workflows from the options sidebar and select New workflow.
4. Enter a workflow name and optional description.
5. Add templates as nodes and use the arrow buttons to arrange their execution order.
6. Enter fixed values for regular placeholders, or leave them empty to fill in each time the workflow runs.
7. In the second and later node templates, use #result# wherever the previous answer should be inserted.
8. Select Save.

The first node cannot use #result# because no previous result exists yet.

Run a workflow

1. Open the Chatman panel.
2. Choose a workflow from Template or workflow.
3. Fill in any remaining placeholders.
4. Select Run workflow.

Chatman sends the current node, waits for its answer, passes the result to the next node, and continues automatically. A template without a default AI uses the first AI selected in the panel.

Keep the AI tab for the current node open while a workflow is running. Closing the tab stops the workflow.

Manage workflows

From the workflow list, you can:

• Pin a frequently used workflow so it appears first.
• Duplicate the complete workflow and its node configuration.
• Edit its name, description, nodes, node order, or placeholder values.
• Delete a workflow you no longer need.

Settings and data management

From Settings, you can:

• Choose the default AI.
• Control which AI services appear in the panel.
• Choose whether AI names appear in the panel.
• Import data from a Chatman JSON export.

From Export data, you can select templates and workflows and save them as a JSON file for backup or sharing.