Pick one file
A profile comes as several .streamDeckProfile files: one for each Stream Deck model (Neo, MK.2, Stream Deck +) and, for some profiles, each style. The model is in the file name. Import only the one that matches your device and the style you want: each import creates a separate profile.
| Style | What it looks like |
|---|---|
| Essential | Static graphics. The simplest place to start. |
| Pulse | The same layout with animated backgrounds. |
| Sculpt | The same layout in the Sculpt look, as in the Sculpt icon sets. |
Install
- Install Stream Deck for Windows and connect the device named in the file.
- Extract the ZIP, then double-click one matching
.streamDeckProfilefile. - Select the imported profile in Stream Deck. Keep the app or game in the foreground: keys send their shortcuts to the window you're using.
- Do the product's setup below, then test in a blank draft or a safe game session before normal use.
Setup for each profile
ChatGPT
- Once, in the ChatGPT desktop app: Settings › Keyboard Shortcuts, assign Search chats to
Ctrl+Alt+F. It has no shortcut by default (Ctrl+Fonly searches inside a chat). Or change every Search key in the profile to your own shortcut. - Chat, Work and Codex use
Alt+1,Alt+2andAlt+3, in the order the modes have in your app. Match the three keys to the modes on your account. - No other plugins needed.
Claude
- No other plugins, scripts or account settings needed.
- The shortcuts follow the Claude desktop app's own menus. If your version differs, open Commands (
Ctrl+K) to find the operation and update the key's Hotkey. - The first dial picks Commands, Search, Settings or New chat; the other three are free for your own controls.
WARDOGS
- Needs SuperMacro by BarRaider, free on the Elgato Marketplace. Install it before importing the profile: it isn't included.
- The keys expect the standard bindings: W/A/S/D to move, R to reload, M for the map, Enter for chat, Tab for the chat channel, left mouse to fire, middle mouse to ping. If yours differ, change the matching Stream Deck key.
- Test the mortar keys in the game (short press, hold, release, fire, ping, reload) before you rely on them.
- The first dial controls the Windows volume; the other three are free.
Make it yours
- Automatic switching: in Stream Deck Preferences › Profiles, select the profile and choose the app on your computer. Picking the profile by hand works too.
- Your own shortcuts: select a key and record a new Hotkey. On a dial with an action wheel, edit each action inside it.
- Prompts: select a prompt key and edit its text and title. Prompts are never sent by themselves: you decide when to press Enter.
- Dials on Stream Deck +: an action wheel turns to choose and presses to run. Turning alone never runs a shortcut.
- Touch strip backgrounds: the PNG files (800 × 100 px) are in the ZIP. Right-click the touch strip in Stream Deck and choose one from file.
Skins inside profiles
Levels skins travel inside profiles too. When you import one, Levels adds its skin to your library by itself. See Levels Skins.
Updates and limits
Keep a backup of your own setup. An update comes as a new profile: it doesn't replace the one you have or your changes, so keep your customised copy until you've checked the new version.
Profiles configure controls only, on Windows. They don't include app subscriptions, the games or third-party plugins.