Prompt Vault Photoshop Plugin: Save AI Prompts in One Click
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The Prompt Vault Photoshop plugin puts your entire AI prompt library one click away inside Generative Fill, for free.
It solves a simple problem. If you keep your best prompts in Google Docs or a text file, you’ll always have to switch apps to find and copy them.
Prompt Vault holds every prompt inside Photoshop itself, tagged, color-coded, and searchable, so nothing leaves the app.
This tutorial is for any Photoshop user who writes AI prompts for Generative Fill, whether you are just getting started or already have a folder full of saved text.
By the end, you will know how to save, tag, copy, edit, and organize prompts with Prompt Vault, and how to bring in a starter library to begin with.
Prompt Vault works with Photoshop 23.3.0 or the latest version.
Key Takeaways
- Prompt Vault stores your entire prompt library locally inside Photoshop, so there is no account, cloud sync, or subscription involved.
- Clicking a saved prompt card copies it straight to your clipboard, ready to paste into Generative Fill.
- Every edit to a prompt is saved as a version automatically, so you can always load an earlier draft back if a rewrite does not work out.
- The prompt count, sorting, and Recently Used panel do not appear until your library holds 5 or more prompts. That detail is easy to miss.
- Importing a library merges it with what you already have and automatically skips duplicates, so reimporting the same file never creates clutter.
- Prompt Vault is completely free, with no hidden costs and no subscription.
Table of contents
- What You Will Learn
- Requirements
- Install the Prompt Vault Photoshop Plugin from Adobe Exchange
- Build Your First Prompt in Prompt Vault
- Copy a Prompt into Generative Fill
- Edit a Prompt and Use Version History
- Duplicate a Prompt to Test a Variation
- Delete a Prompt
- Load the Prompt Vault Starter Prompts
- Pin, Expand, and Search Your Prompt Vault Library
- Export and Import Your Prompt Vault Library
- FAQ
- Conclusion
- Related Links
What You Will Learn
- How to install Prompt Vault from the Adobe Exchange
- How to save a prompt with a title, tags, a color, and notes
- How to copy a saved prompt into Generative Fill in one click
- How to edit a prompt and roll back to an earlier version
- How to pin, search, export, and import your prompt library
Requirements
Before you start
- Any Photoshop version with Generative Fill (Currently Photoshop 23.3.0)
- A free Adobe account to install a plugin from the Adobe Exchange
- No practice files needed
Install the Prompt Vault Photoshop Plugin from Adobe Exchange
Go to the Prompt Vault plugin page to see what it does, then head to the Adobe Exchange to install it.
Install Prompt Vault for free from the Adobe Exchange. Click the blue Free button in the top-right corner of the listing to add it to Photoshop.
Open Photoshop and go to Plugins > Prompt Vault to launch the panel. The plugin is completely free, with no hidden costs, no subscription, and no catch.
Build Your First Prompt in Prompt Vault
Click Add Prompt to open the prompt editor. Start by giving your prompt a title, such as Day to Night.
Paste or type your prompt into the box below the title. A character count appears under the box, since some AI models cap how many characters a prompt can use.
Next, tag the prompt. Type a tag, then press Enter or add a comma to lock it in. You can pick a suggested tag, such as Nano Banana or Flux, or create your own.
Assign a color to the prompt. Color coding makes it easier to spot a specific prompt at a glance once your library grows.
You can also add optional notes, such as which model the prompt works best with or which selection to use before you run it. When you are done, click Save.
Your prompt now appears in the library as a color-coded, tagged card, ready to use.
Copy a Prompt into Generative Fill
Click a prompt card once to copy it to your clipboard. A green pop-up confirms that the prompt was copied.
Tip: You can also click the three-dot icon on any card and choose Copy Prompt. It gives you the same result as clicking the card.
Select an area in your image, open Generative Fill, paste the prompt, and click Generate. That one-click copy is the whole point of the plugin. There is no switching apps and no hunting through notes. The prompt is one click away from Photoshop’s Generative Fill.
Edit a Prompt and Use Version History
As you work with generative AI, you will find wording that works better, or you will want to add to a prompt. Click the three-dot icon and choose Edit, or double-click the card itself, to open the editor. From there, you can change the title, the prompt text, the tags, the color, and the notes.
Every time you save an edit, Prompt Vault automatically keeps the previous version. Open the editor again and scroll to Version History at the bottom to see a list of every previous save.
Click any entry to load that version back into the prompt field, then click Save to apply it. This means you can experiment freely by rewording or restructuring a prompt. If the new version doesn’t work, your original is one click away.
Note: If you ever want to wipe the history, click Clear History. You will keep only the most recent saved version after that.
Duplicate a Prompt to Test a Variation
If you want to keep your original prompt untouched and build a variation from it, duplicate it rather than edit it. Click the three-dot icon and choose Duplicate.
Make any change you like to the copy, then save it. Now you have both versions side by side. This is useful when you find a prompt that works well and want to test a small variation without losing the version you trust.
Delete a Prompt
To delete a single prompt, click its three-dot icon and choose Delete. You can also click Delete in the top right of the editor while you are editing a prompt.
Note: A green pop-up confirms the deletion, but you can click Undo right away to bring the prompt back if you deleted it by accident.
Load the Prompt Vault Starter Prompts
If you want a running start, Prompt Vault ships with a set of starter prompts. Once your library is empty, a Load Starter Prompts button appears. Click it to load the sample set.
These are prompts used in a real generative AI workflow, already tagged and color-coded, so you can see the system in action before building your own library.
Once you have 5 or more prompts saved, two new features appear at the top of the library. A prompt count shows how big your library is at a glance, and a sort option lets you order prompts by date, title, or color.
Pin, Expand, and Search Your Prompt Vault Library
Once your library holds 5 or more prompts, a Recently Used panel also appears below your saved prompts. It keeps the last 3 prompts you clicked, and you can turn it off with the toggle on the panel if you prefer to keep things simple.
To keep a prompt at the top of your library, no matter how many others you add, click the three-dot icon on its card and choose Pin. A pin icon appears next to the card to confirm it.
Tip: Double-click the pin icon on a card to unpin it instantly, rather than opening the three-dot menu and selecting Unpin.
If a prompt is too long to fit in a card, click Expand below the prompt text to read the full thing, then click Collapse to shrink it back down. Both options are also available under the three-dot icon.
When your library grows past a few dozen prompts, use the search bar at the top to filter by title, tag, or any word inside the prompt itself. Results appear as soon as you start typing. Click the X to the right of the search bar to clear it.
Export and Import Your Prompt Vault Library
Three options at the top of the panel protect your library and let you take it with you. Export saves your entire library as a JSON file. Use this file to restore your library on another machine, back it up to cloud storage, or share it with a teammate.
Export Text saves your prompts as a plain text file, which is useful if you want to paste them into a document or an email.
To bring prompts back in, click Import and choose a Prompt Vault file, the same kind of file Export creates. Importing merges the file into your existing library, and any duplicates are skipped automatically, so your current prompts stay where they are, and you never end up with a cluttered library from reimporting the same file.
FAQ
Prompt Vault is a free plugin that adds a prompt library panel inside Photoshop. It stores your AI prompts with titles, tags, colors, and notes, and copies any prompt to your clipboard in one click for use with Generative Fill.
Yes. Prompt Vault is completely free, with no subscription, hidden costs, or premium tier.
Install the Prompt Vault Photoshop plugin from the Adobe Exchange. Click the blue Free button on the listing page, and it installs directly into Photoshop under Plugins > Prompt Vault.
Yes. You can tag any prompt with the model it works best with, such as Nano Banana or Flux, using the tag field when you save it.
Yes. Prompt Vault keeps a version history every time you save an edit. Open the editor, scroll to Version History, and click any earlier entry to load it back into the prompt field.
Deleting a prompt shows a confirmation pop-up with an Undo button. Click Undo right away to bring the prompt back before it is permanently removed.
No. Prompt Vault stores your prompt library locally inside Photoshop. You do not need an account or an internet connection to use your saved prompts.
There is no limit. Prompt Vault is designed to hold your entire prompt library, and features like search, sorting, and pinning keep a large library easy to manage.
Conclusion
Prompt Vault turns a folder of scattered text files into a single searchable library within Photoshop. Save a prompt once, tag it, and it is ready to paste into Generative Fill for every project after that.
None of this requires any setup beyond installing the plugin. Load the starter prompts, save a few of your own, and the workflow becomes second nature within a few clicks.
Watch the full tutorial above to see every feature in action.
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