March 21, 2026
I Got Tired of Copy-Pasting Prompts Into 5 Tabs
Here's my workflow from a few months ago: I'd write a prompt, open ChatGPT, paste it, wait. Then open Claude in another tab, paste the same thing. Then Gemini. Then maybe Perplexity if I wanted sources. Five tabs, five paste operations, five times watching a cursor blink.
It sounds small. It's not. When you're doing this 20 times a day, it adds up. And the worst part isn't the pasting — it's the context switching. By the time you've opened the fourth tab, you've forgotten why you were comparing in the first place.
No single AI wins every time
If you've spent any real time with these tools, you know this already. Claude tends to be better at nuanced writing and code review. ChatGPT is great for quick brainstorming. Gemini shines when you need Google-scale knowledge. Perplexity is unbeatable for research with sources.
The right answer is usually "it depends." And the only way to know which AI nails your specific prompt is to try a few of them. But the friction of doing that was killing my flow.
So I built the laziest possible solution
Prompt Router is dead simple: one text box, eight buttons. Write your prompt, click a provider, and it opens with your prompt pre-filled. That's it.
- No account, no login, no backend
- Your prompts never leave your browser
- Works on desktop and mobile
- Save your favorite prompts locally
It's a single HTML file. No build step, no framework, no npm install. I wanted something that would just work and never break.
Then I kept rewriting the same dev prompts
After using Prompt Router for a while, I noticed a pattern. I was typing variations of the same prompts over and over:
"Review this code for bugs and edge cases..."
"Write unit tests for this function..."
"This CI pipeline is failing, here's the log..."
Every developer has these. The prompts we use daily but never save anywhere. So I built a Dev Prompts library — 30+ battle-tested prompts organized by what you're actually trying to do:
- Debugging — find bugs, explain errors, fix failing tests
- Code Review — quality review, security audit, PR feedback
- Refactoring — readability, extract logic, simplify complexity
- Testing — unit tests, integration tests, coverage gaps
- Architecture — schema design, API design, system design
- DevOps — Dockerfiles, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code
- Git & Docs — commit messages, READMEs, changelogs
Each prompt has placeholders like [paste code here] so you just fill in the blanks and send it to whichever AI you want.
Why not just use one AI's built-in features?
Fair question. ChatGPT has custom GPTs. Claude has Projects. But here's the thing — those are locked to one provider. The whole point is that sometimes Claude gives you a better code review than ChatGPT, and sometimes it's the other way around. I don't want my workflow locked to one vendor's ecosystem.
Plus, Prompt Router is instant. No loading a custom GPT, no setting up a project. Click, paste, go.
What's next
I'm keeping this simple on purpose. No accounts, no cloud sync, no premium tier. Just a useful tool that stays out of your way.
If you've got prompt ideas for the dev library — especially for specific frameworks or languages — I'd love to hear them. The whole thing is open and free.