How to Instantly Send Selected Text to ChatGPT on Windows

When developing or reading something in a browser, I often copy and paste text into ChatGPT to ask questions.

Finding this cumbersome, I created a way to instantly send selected text to GPT.

This requires installing the official ChatGPT app.

Installation Steps (3 minutes or less)

Copy the following:

#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
; ────────────────────────────────────────────────
;  Hotkey:  Ctrl + Shift + q
;  Step 1  : コピー
;  Step 2  : ChatGPT デスクトップ アプリのクイックバー呼び出し
;  Step 3  : ペーストして送信
; ────────────────────────────────────────────────
^+q:: {
    ClipSaved := ClipboardAll()        ; 既存クリップボードを退避
    Send "^c"                          ; 選択テキストをコピー
    ClipWait 0.5                       ; コピー完了待ち
 
    Send "^+g"                    ; ChatGPT アプリのオーバーレイを開く  :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}
    Sleep 500                          ; ウインドウが出るまで 0.5 秒ほど待機
    Send "^v"                   ; 貼り付け
 
    Clipboard := ClipSaved             ; クリップボードを元に戻す
}
return

1. Install and launch AutoHotkey v2: https://www.autohotkey.com → Download → Select v2 Installer. Launch after installation.

2. Save the above code to a file, such as send_to_chatgpt.ahk.

3. Double-click to run in the background.

   • For automatic startup, place a shortcut in the shell:startup folder.

4. Change the ChatGPT app shortcut (this is to avoid conflicts with other app shortcuts). ChatGPT → Settings → App → Change the Hot Key to Shift+ctrl+g.

Now, pressing Shift+ctrl+g will instantly send text to ChatGPT, from anywhere.

If pasting doesn't work, try increasing the sleep value to around 1000.