A pause before you prompt.
Prompt Pause is a free browser extension. On AI chat sites, Enter won't send your message, and the Send button unlocks a few seconds after you stop typing.
A small pause, on purpose.
Prompt Pause adds a short, deliberate pause between writing a message to an AI and sending it.
AI chatbots are built for speed. You type, press Enter, and an answer appears. That's useful, but it also makes it easy to send a half-formed question or hand off thinking you meant to do yourself.
Prompt Pause changes three small things. Enter no longer sends your message (Shift+Enter still makes a new line). The Send button stays locked while you type and unlocks a few seconds after you stop (three by default, and you can change it). And sending takes a real click.
It never reads, stores or sends what you write. There are no accounts, no servers and no tracking. Your settings stay in your own browser.
Works on
You can switch it on for any other site from the toolbar button.
AI is a tool. You're still the one thinking.
AI can help you write, plan, learn and solve problems. It works best when you stay in charge of the thinking.
Think first, then ask
A few seconds is enough to notice whether you know what you're really asking. Often you'll answer part of it yourself.
Better questions get better answers
Context, details and what you've already tried make a big difference. A pause gives you time to add them.
Keep your own skills sharp
If AI writes every first draft, you stop practicing first drafts. Use it to support your work, not to replace the part you want to get better at.
Check what comes back
AI can sound sure and still be wrong. Treat an answer as a starting point and use your own judgment.
Slower on purpose
Most apps are designed to keep you going faster. Prompt Pause does the opposite, so you set the pace.
Before you click Send, ask yourself
- Is this what I actually want to know?
- Did I give enough context?
- Should I try this myself first?
Making AI work for people.
AI safety is the work of making sure AI systems do what people actually want, and don't cause harm, especially as they get more powerful.
What is "alignment"?
An AI is aligned when what it does matches what people intend and value. It's a bit like giving instructions to a very fast, very literal assistant: you want it to understand what you meant, not just the exact words you used.
Why is it hard?
Modern AI learns from huge amounts of examples instead of following hand-written rules, so even the people who build it can't always predict what it will do. Human values are also complicated, and people don't always agree on them. And the more capable a system is, the harder it is to check its work.
What can go wrong?
Some problems are everyday ones: answers that sound confident but are wrong, or that carry unfair bias. Others are bigger: systems that chase a goal in ways nobody wanted, or that are used to cause harm on purpose.
What people are doing about it
Researchers test AI systems for risky behavior before release, study what's happening inside them, train them using human feedback, and build ways for people to oversee and correct them. Governments and companies are also working on rules and standards.
Where you come in
Alignment isn't only about how AI is built. It's also about how people use it. Keeping a human in the loop, someone who thinks, checks and decides, is one of the simplest safeguards there is. Prompt Pause is a small way to practice that every time you talk to an AI.
Prompt Pause doesn't collect your data.
Last updated: November 7, 2026
What we collect
Nothing. Prompt Pause does not collect, store, sell or share any personal information. It has no accounts, no servers, no analytics and no tracking.
Your messages
Prompt Pause never reads, saves or sends what you type. To do its job, it notices when you press Enter or click the Send button on a chat site. That happens only inside your browser, and none of it is recorded or sent anywhere.
Your settings
Prompt Pause saves two settings: whether it's turned on, and how long the pause is. They're stored with your browser's built-in extension storage. If you use browser sync (for example, signed in to Chrome with sync on), your browser may copy these two settings to your other devices. We never see them.
Site access
Prompt Pause runs on a fixed list of AI chat sites. If you turn it on for another site, your browser asks you first, and you can turn it off at any time from the toolbar button.
Changes
If this policy ever changes, we'll update this page and the date at the top.