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Selection Prompts ​

Obsidian Gemini Scribe allows you to create custom prompts that operate on selected text in your editor. These prompts appear in the context menu when you right-click a selection.

How to Create a Selection Prompt ​

To create a new selection prompt, create a markdown file in your prompts directory (default: gemini-scribe/Prompts/) with the following frontmatter:

markdown
---
name: 'My Custom Prompt'
description: 'What this prompt does'
tags: ['gemini-scribe/selection-prompt']
---

Your instructions for the AI go here.

You can use the `{{selection}}` placeholder to control where the selected text is inserted.
For example:

Please translate the following text to French:
{{selection}}

Key Requirements ​

  • Tags: You MUST include the tag gemini-scribe/selection-prompt in the frontmatter for the prompt to appear in the selection menu.
  • Placeholder: Use to specify where the selected text should be placed. If you omit it, the selected text will be appended to the end of your prompt.

Bundled Prompts ​

The plugin comes with several bundled selection prompts:

  • Explain Selection: Gets a clear explanation of the selected text.
  • Summarize Selection: Gets a concise summary.
  • Explain Code: Detailed walkthrough of selected code.
  • Fix Grammar: Fixes grammar and improves style.
  • Convert to Bullet Points: Converts text to a list.

Vault prompts take precedence over bundled prompts if they share the same name, allowing you to customize the behavior of bundled prompts.

Migrating from the selection-action tag ​

Earlier versions referred to this feature with the tag selection-action. The tag has been standardized to gemini-scribe/selection-prompt as part of a broader move to namespace plugin-owned tags under gemini-scribe/*.

If you have existing prompts tagged selection-action, rename the tag in their frontmatter to gemini-scribe/selection-prompt and they'll appear in the selection menu again. If you'd like the AI agent to help with the migration, ask it to "update all prompts tagged selection-action to use gemini-scribe/selection-prompt instead."