A Chrome extension that allows you to queue and automatically send multiple prompts to ChatGPT, with intelligent waiting for responses to complete before sending the next prompt. Now with multi-tab support for interleaved processing across multiple ChatGPT conversations!
- Manual Prompt Entry: Add individual prompts to the queue
- Matrix Data Import: Parse tab-separated matrix data (4 columns) to bulk import prompts
- Smart Response Detection: Automatically waits for ChatGPT to finish responding before sending the next prompt
- Multi-Tab Processing: Process prompts across multiple ChatGPT tabs simultaneously with interleaved execution
- Progress Tracking: Real-time progress updates during queue processing
- Queue Management: Add, remove, and clear prompts from the queue
- Persistent Storage: Queue is saved between browser sessions
- Tab Coordination: Intelligent distribution of prompts across available ChatGPT tabs
- Download or clone this repository
- Open Chrome and navigate to
chrome://extensions/ - Enable "Developer mode" in the top right
- Click "Load unpacked" and select the extension folder
- The extension icon should appear in your toolbar
Note: This extension is not yet published to the Chrome Web Store
- Navigate to ChatGPT: Go to chat.openai.com or chatgpt.com
- Open the Extension: Click the extension icon in your Chrome toolbar
- Add Prompts: Use either the Manual or Matrix tab to add prompts to your queue
- Choose Mode: Select Single Tab or Multi Tab mode in the Queue tab
- Start Queue: Click "Start Queue" to begin processing
- Monitor Progress: Watch the progress bar and status updates
- Complete: The extension will automatically send all prompts and wait for responses
- Processes prompts sequentially in one ChatGPT tab
- Best for focused conversations or when you want to maintain context
- Traditional queue processing behavior
- Interleaved Processing: Distributes prompts across multiple ChatGPT tabs
- Parallel Execution: Multiple tabs can process different prompts simultaneously
- Automatic Tab Detection: Automatically finds all open ChatGPT tabs
- Real-time Coordination: Background script manages prompt distribution
- Progress Tracking: Shows progress across all active tabs
- Open Multiple ChatGPT Tabs: Open 2 or more ChatGPT conversations
- Switch to Multi-Tab Mode: In the Queue tab, click "Multi Tab" mode
- Check Tab Status: Go to the "Multi-Tab" tab to see detected ChatGPT tabs
- Start Processing: Click "Start Multi-Tab Queue" to begin interleaved processing
- Each ChatGPT tab gets a unique ID when the content script loads
- The background script maintains a shared queue of prompts
- Tabs request the next available prompt when ready
- Prompts are distributed in order but processed in parallel
- The system waits for each tab to complete before assigning the next prompt
- Progress is tracked across all tabs in real-time
- Click the "Manual" tab
- Enter your prompt in the text area
- Click "Add to Queue" or press Ctrl+Enter
- Repeat for additional prompts
- Click the "Matrix" tab
- Paste your tab-separated data in the format:
Header1 Header2 Header3 Header4 Data1 Data2 Data3 Data4 Data5 Data6 Data7 Data8 - Click "Parse & Add to Queue"
- The extension will combine all columns into single prompts
Supported Formats:
- 2 columns:
Question Answer - 3 columns:
Topic Question Context - 4 columns:
Header1 Header2 Header3 Header4
The extension automatically detects the number of columns and combines them with double spaces.
- View Queue: Switch to the "Queue" tab to see all queued prompts
- Remove Items: Click the "×" button next to any prompt to remove it
- Clear All: Click "Clear Queue" to remove all prompts
- Start Processing: Click "Start Queue" to begin sending prompts
- Mode Selection: Choose between Single Tab and Multi Tab processing
- Tab Detection: Automatically detects all open ChatGPT tabs
- Tab Status: View which tabs are active and their current prompts
- Real-time Updates: See live progress across all tabs
- Stop Processing: Stop the queue on all tabs simultaneously
- Refresh Tabs: Manually refresh the tab list
The extension uses sophisticated UI state detection to determine when ChatGPT has finished responding:
- Monitors the visibility of stop/send buttons
- Tracks message ID changes to detect new responses
- Waits for the stop button to disappear and send button to reappear
- Includes timeout protection (30 seconds) to prevent infinite waiting
- Content Scripts: Each ChatGPT tab runs an independent content script
- Background Service Worker: Coordinates prompt distribution and tracks progress
- Tab Registration: Tabs automatically register when content scripts load
- Message Passing: Chrome extension messaging for inter-tab communication
- State Management: Centralized queue and progress tracking
The matrix parser supports:
- 2-4 columns separated by tabs
- Automatic column count detection
- First row is treated as header and skipped
- All columns are combined with double spaces between them
- Handles multi-line cells within the matrix
- Chrome 88+ (Manifest V3)
- Requires active tab permission for ChatGPT
- Uses Chrome Storage API for queue persistence
- Supports multiple tabs with independent content scripts
prompt-queue/
├── manifest.json # Extension manifest
├── popup.html # Extension popup interface
├── popup.js # Popup logic and UI management
├── content.js # Content script for ChatGPT interaction
├── background.js # Background service worker (multi-tab coordinator)
├── icons/ # Extension icons
└── README.md # This file
- Content Script (
content.js): Handles all ChatGPT page interaction and tab registration - Popup (
popup.html+popup.js): User interface for queue management and multi-tab controls - Background (
background.js): Service worker for multi-tab coordination and prompt distribution - Storage: Chrome storage API for queue persistence
- Tab Registration: Content script registers with background script
- Queue Start: Popup sends queue to background script
- Prompt Distribution: Background script assigns prompts to requesting tabs
- Progress Updates: Tabs report completion back to background script
- UI Updates: Background script forwards updates to popup
- Open Chrome DevTools
- Go to the Extensions tab
- Find "ChatGPT Prompt Queuer" and click "inspect views: popup"
- Check the Console tab for debug messages
- For multi-tab debugging, check the background script console
"Please navigate to ChatGPT" error
- Make sure you're on chat.openai.com or chatgpt.com
- Refresh the page and try again
"Input box not found" error
- Ensure you're on a ChatGPT conversation page
- Try refreshing the page
"No active ChatGPT tabs found" error (Multi-Tab)
- Open multiple ChatGPT tabs (chat.openai.com or chatgpt.com)
- Make sure tabs are visible (not minimized)
- Click "Refresh Tab List" in the Multi-Tab tab
Matrix parsing fails
- Check that your data has exactly 4 columns
- Ensure columns are separated by tabs, not spaces
- Verify the first row is a header row
Queue doesn't start
- Check that you have prompts in the queue
- Ensure you're on ChatGPT
- Try refreshing the page
Multi-tab processing stops unexpectedly
- Check that all ChatGPT tabs are still open
- Verify tabs haven't been refreshed or navigated away
- Try stopping and restarting the queue
- The extension includes a 30-second timeout for response detection
- Progress updates are sent every 300ms during processing
- Multi-tab coordination updates every 1 second
- Queue data is automatically saved to Chrome storage
- Tab cleanup occurs every minute to remove inactive tabs
- Tab Management: Keep ChatGPT tabs open and visible during processing
- Browser Performance: Limit to 5-10 tabs for optimal performance
- Network Stability: Ensure stable internet connection for all tabs
- Memory Usage: Close unused tabs to free up resources
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch
- Make your changes
- Test thoroughly on ChatGPT (both single and multi-tab modes)
- Submit a pull request
MIT License - see LICENSE file for details
For issues and feature requests, please create an issue on the GitHub repository.