> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.opentherapy.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Prompts

> Where reflection prompts come from, and how to write against one.

A prompt is a question or an instruction to write against. Prompts live in **Prompts** in your workspace, free on every account.

## Where they come from

|                                  |                                                                                                         |
| -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **From Open Therapy therapists** | The catalogue. Prompts written by therapists practising on Open Therapy and published for anyone to use |
| **Suggested for you**            | Prompts a therapist you're seeing has pointed you at                                                    |
| **Your prompts**                 | Ones you write yourself                                                                                 |

Every prompt is filed under one of eight categories: Starting out, Before a session, After a session, Hard days, Relationships, Gratitude, Growth, Rest. Filter by category, or use **Search prompts** to search the text.

Clients can't publish into the catalogue.

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## Saving one

Use the bookmark on a prompt card, or open it and click **Save**. Saved prompts collect in a **Saved** section near the top of the page.

## When a therapist suggests one

A therapist can suggest a prompt to their client — someone you have or have had a session with. It appears under **Suggested for you**, marked **Suggested by** their name, with a note of up to 280 characters if they wrote one.

A suggestion is an invitation, not a task. Clearing one from the list doesn't notify them, and the prompt stays in the catalogue. A therapist can't suggest a prompt to somebody who isn't their client. Their side of it is on [Prompts](/therapists/prompts).

## Turning a prompt into a journal entry

Open a prompt and click **Start an entry**. The journal opens a new entry with the prompt quoted at the top, and the quote is part of the text, so you can delete it.

Nothing records which prompt you started from. Deleting the entry doesn't touch the prompt, and clearing a suggestion doesn't touch what you wrote.

## What your therapist can see

Nothing here, unless you choose otherwise on a journal entry.

|                                         |                                                                |
| --------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Prompts you saved                       | Not visible to anyone but you                                  |
| Suggestions you cleared or ignored      | Not reported back                                              |
| Prompts you wrote                       | Private to you                                                 |
| Journal entries you wrote from a prompt | Only if you share that entry — see [Journal](/clients/journal) |

## If writing brings something up

Prompts in the Hard days category ask about difficult things. Nobody reads what you write, so writing isn't a way to reach anyone. If you need help now, [Getting help](/getting-help) has the crisis lines, or message your therapist.