# How to Build a Personal AI Menu for Your Browser Canonical URL: https://www.extension-os.com/blog/core-browser-ai-workflows/how-to-build-a-personal-ai-menu-for-your-browser Markdown URL: https://www.extension-os.com/blog/core-browser-ai-workflows/how-to-build-a-personal-ai-menu-for-your-browser/markdown Published: 2026-07-04 Author: Alberto Cubeddu Excerpt: Build a personal AI menu for your browser by choosing the prompts you use most often and turning them into a focused command centre for selected text. A personal AI menu is a small set of saved prompts you can run from the browser whenever you select text. It is not a giant prompt library. It is closer to a command centre for your most repeated text tasks: summarise, rewrite, explain, fix grammar, extract action items, translate, shorten, and draft a reply. The value is focus. If the prompt menu matches the work you actually repeat, AI becomes easier to use without turning every small task into a copy-paste trip to another tab. > **Build your browser AI command centre.** Extension OS lets you save your most useful prompts and run them on selected text across the web: [Install Extension OS](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/extension-os-your-ai-part/bahjnakiionbepnlbogdkojcehaeefnp?authuser=0&hl=en-AU&utm_source=blog&utm_medium=cta&utm_campaign=personal-ai-menu-intro). This guide shows how to choose prompts for your personal AI menu, name them clearly, organise them by task, and keep the menu useful over time. ## What Is a Personal AI Menu? A personal AI menu is a curated list of reusable prompts. Each prompt should answer three questions: - What task does this perform? - What selected text should it process? - What output should it return? For example: ```text Summarise the selected text in three bullets and end with the main takeaway. ``` That is a good menu item because the action is clear, the input is selected text, and the output format is defined. Compare it with: ```text Help me with this. ``` That may work occasionally, but it is not a reliable browser action. ## Why Your Menu Should Be Small The biggest mistake is adding too many prompts too early. A menu with 50 prompts looks powerful, but it often becomes hard to scan. You spend time choosing instead of acting. Start with five to eight prompts. Add more only when you notice a repeated task that is not covered. The best personal AI menu is not the largest one. It is the one you actually use. ## Step 1: List Your Repeated Text Tasks Look at the browser work you do in a normal week. Do you often: - Rewrite emails? - Summarise articles? - Explain technical text? - Make social posts shorter? - Extract tasks from notes? - Analyse job descriptions? - Draft replies to comments? - Translate or simplify text? - Turn customer messages into themes? - Clean up rough drafts? Write down the tasks, not the tools. For example, "Gmail" is not a task. "Rewrite a rough email reply" is a task. ## Step 2: Choose Your First Five Prompts Most people should start with this base menu. | Prompt name | Saved instruction | | --- | --- | | Summarise | "Summarise the selected text in three bullets and end with the main takeaway." | | Explain | "Explain the selected text in plain English. Define jargon and give one practical example." | | Rewrite | "Rewrite the selected text to be clearer and more concise. Preserve the facts." | | Fix grammar | "Correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation without changing the meaning." | | Extract tasks | "Extract action items, owners, deadlines, blockers, and open questions from the selected text." | These five prompts work across many websites because they are task-based. ## Step 3: Add Role-Specific Prompts Once the base menu works, add prompts for your role. ### If You Write Often Add: ```text Rewrite the selected text to sound more natural and human. Remove generic AI phrasing, preserve the author's point, and keep the tone clear. ``` ### If You Work in Support Add: ```text Draft a friendly support reply to the selected customer message. Acknowledge the issue, ask for missing details if needed, and avoid making promises not stated in the text. ``` ### If You Work in Sales Add: ```text Turn the selected notes into a concise sales follow-up. Include context, value, next step, and a polite close. ``` ### If You Are Job Searching Add: ```text Extract responsibilities, required skills, nice-to-have skills, red flags, and interview prep questions from the selected job description. ``` ### If You Study or Research Add: ```text Turn the selected text into study notes with definitions, key points, examples, and questions to review later. ``` The menu should reflect your work, not someone else's prompt collection. ## Step 4: Name Prompts Like Actions Good prompt names are short verbs or verb phrases. Use names like: - Summarise - Explain simply - Rewrite - Fix grammar - Extract tasks - Draft reply - Make concise - Translate - Create study notes - Analyse job post Avoid names like: - General helper - Productivity - Writing thing - AI tool - Misc The name should make the click predictable. ## Step 5: Define Output Formats Saved prompts are more useful when the output shape is clear. Weak: ```text Summarise this. ``` Better: ```text Summarise the selected text in three bullets and end with the main takeaway. ``` Weak: ```text Extract tasks. ``` Better: ```text Extract action items, owners, deadlines, blockers, and open questions. Only include details that are explicitly stated. ``` Output format reduces review time because you know what to expect. ## Step 6: Add Guardrails Guardrails tell the AI what not to do. Useful guardrails include: - Do not add new facts. - Preserve the author's meaning. - Keep the tone human. - Only include details explicitly stated. - Do not make legal, medical, or financial recommendations. - Ask clarifying questions if the text is missing context. - Keep the answer under 150 words. Guardrails are especially useful for writing, support, customer, and workplace prompts. ## Step 7: Test Prompts on Real Text Do not judge a prompt only by how good it looks. Test it on actual browser text: - An email draft. - A long article section. - A customer message. - A job post. - A rough note. - A social comment. - A technical paragraph. If the output is too long, add a length constraint. If it changes meaning, add a preservation rule. If it sounds generic, add a voice or specificity requirement. ## How Extension OS Helps Extension OS turns this personal menu into browser actions. Instead of keeping prompts in a note and manually copying them into a chatbot, you can save prompts and run them on selected text where the work starts. ### Selected Text Becomes the Input You do not need to paste the input into the prompt. The selected text is the input. That makes prompts easier to reuse because the instruction stays stable. ### The Menu Works Across Websites The same prompt can work in email, docs, social platforms, job boards, helpdesks, forums, and content tools. That is why organising by task is better than organising by website. ### Review Stays Close to the Source The original text remains visible in the browser, which makes it easier to compare the AI output with the source. > **Save the prompts you actually use.** Turn your most common browser text tasks into a focused AI menu: [Install Extension OS](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/extension-os-your-ai-part/bahjnakiionbepnlbogdkojcehaeefnp?authuser=0&hl=en-AU&utm_source=blog&utm_medium=cta&utm_campaign=personal-ai-menu-mid). ## Example Personal AI Menus ### Simple Starter Menu | Name | Use | | --- | --- | | Summarise | Long articles and threads | | Explain | Confusing paragraphs | | Rewrite | Rough writing | | Fix grammar | Drafts and comments | | Extract tasks | Notes and emails | ### Writing Menu | Name | Use | | --- | --- | | Make concise | Shorten text | | Professional tone | Workplace polish | | Friendly tone | Warmer replies | | Humanise | Remove generic AI phrasing | | CTA ideas | Improve action copy | ### Research Menu | Name | Use | | --- | --- | | Key takeaways | Article summaries | | Claims and evidence | Research review | | Define terms | Dense text | | Compare arguments | Forum or source comparison | | Study notes | Learning material | ## Maintain the Menu Review your prompt menu every few weeks. Delete prompts you do not use. Rename unclear prompts. Merge duplicates. Improve prompts that produce weak output. Your browser AI menu should evolve with your work. ## FAQ ### For Everyday Users **Q: How many prompts should my personal AI menu have?** **A:** Start with five to eight. Add more only when you notice a repeated task that the current menu does not cover. **Q: Should I organise prompts by app or task?** **A:** Organise by task. "Rewrite", "Summarise", and "Extract tasks" work across many apps. **Q: What is the best first prompt?** **A:** "Rewrite the selected text to be clearer and more concise. Preserve the facts." It works across email, comments, notes, and web forms. ### For Teams **Q: Can a team share a personal AI menu?** **A:** Teams can share a base menu, then let people add role-specific prompts. Shared prompts should include data rules and review expectations. **Q: Who should maintain shared prompts?** **A:** Someone close to the workflow should own them. Prompts should be treated like templates: reviewed, improved, and deleted when stale. **Q: What privacy rules belong in a prompt menu?** **A:** Users should know which providers are approved, what text cannot be processed, and when sensitive work needs a different workflow. ## Ready to Build Your AI Menu? Start with the five browser tasks you repeat most. Write the prompt once. Save it. Select text. Run the action. Review the result. [Install Extension OS and build your personal AI menu](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/extension-os-your-ai-part/bahjnakiionbepnlbogdkojcehaeefnp?authuser=0&hl=en-AU&utm_source=blog&utm_medium=cta&utm_campaign=personal-ai-menu-final). ## Sources - [Chrome for Developers: `chrome.contextMenus` API](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/api/contextMenus) - [Extension OS Chrome Web Store listing](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/extension-os-your-ai-part/bahjnakiionbepnlbogdkojcehaeefnp) - [Extension OS features page](https://www.extension-os.com/features)