Make your AI Chats Keyboard-native.

Vimium-style hints — drill into any AI response and select text entirely from the keyboard.

For developers, researchers, and students who live in AI chats.

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The Workflow

How it works

Four keystrokes from activation to clipboard

01

Activate the overlay

Press the shortcut. Hints appear next to every text block in the conversation.

a How do I reverse a string?
b Here's the most common approach...
c const reverse = str.split('')...
02

Type a hint to drill down

Press a letter to select that block. The view zooms into sentences within it.

sentence b
03

Select or keep drilling

Press Enter to select all visible, or keep typing hints to go deeper. Backspace to go back.

a b ⏎
04

Act on your selection

Your current action runs automatically. Press Tab to cycle actions, or Space to type free text into template slots.

Student · Simplify Tab: next
Explain in simple terms: {text}
Tab next action | / all actions
Productivity

Everything you need to stay in flow.

Precision Drill-down

Select any part of an AI response with surgical precision. Drill down from response blocks to sentences, then to individual words—all using the keyboard hints you already know from Vimium.

Custom Personas

Switch between Student, Researcher, or Developer profiles. Each persona comes with 10 custom action slots (1-9, 0) to fire complex prompt templates instantly on your selection.

Response Outlines

Navigate 10k+ word chats instantly with a Notion-style outline panel.

In-Chat Bookmarks

Drop a pin anywhere in a long conversation and jump back to it with one key.

Interactive

Experience the flow.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Claude Chat HUD?

Claude Chat HUD is a free Chrome extension that adds keyboard hint navigation to ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. Press Cmd+Shift+S to activate, then type a hint letter to select and copy any part of an AI response — without touching the mouse.

Does Claude Chat HUD work with ChatGPT?

Yes. Claude Chat HUD works on ChatGPT, Claude.ai, and Gemini. It overlays keyboard hints on AI responses so you can select text, copy it, or fire actions entirely from the keyboard.

Is Claude Chat HUD free?

Yes, Claude Chat HUD is completely free. Install it from the Chrome Web Store with no account required.

What is Vimium-style navigation for AI chats?

Like Vimium adds keyboard hint navigation to web links, Claude Chat HUD adds hint navigation to AI chat responses. Press a shortcut to activate, then type a letter to jump to any text block, sentence, or word — no mouse needed.

Does Claude Chat HUD support prompt templates?

Yes. Claude Chat HUD includes a multi-select prompt template system. Select any text from an AI response and fire a saved template — Elaborate, Define, Summarize, or custom templates you've built — directly on the selection.