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Research Companion

Sara R.Version 1.0.2Nov 7, 2026
ExtensionProductivityReact + TypeScript
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Interactive preview on a sample page. Chrome APIs are simulated, so real site data and API calls only work once installed.

Overview

Private side-panel research companion: notes, article extraction, AI summaries and explanations, Markdown export.

  • Write notes in a side panel while you read a page
  • Pull the readable article text from the current page
  • Get a quick, detailed, or key-findings summary of the article
  • Explain a highlighted passage in plain language
  • Ask questions answered only from the article text
  • Save notes as Markdown files or send them to Obsidian

How to use it

  1. Opens in Chrome’s side panel, right next to the page you’re on.
  2. Works directly on the page on any website.

Details

Price
Free
Version
1.0.2
Published
Nov 7, 2026
Built with
React + TypeScript
Size
16 files
Publisher
Sara R.
Works on
All websites

Privacy

What this extension can access once installed.

All websites you visit
Opens in the browser side panel
Saves its own data in your browser
The page you are on, only when you click the extension
Can run code on the web pages it has access to

Read from the extension's manifest — these are the permissions Chrome will ask you to grant.

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