BrowsePal

About

BrowsePal is a free privacy-first AI copilot that lives in Chrome’s side panel.

• Chat with any web page, summarize articles, extract key points from PDFs, pull insights from YouTube videos, and let the assistant control your browser when you want it to.
• Bring your own API key, choose your preferred model, and keep full control of your data.
• BrowsePal supports Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, Google Gemini, xAI Grok, OpenRouter, and OpenAI-compatible endpoints such as Ollama, LM Studio, and vLLM.
• New models appear in the picker as soon as your provider lists them, with no extension update required.

◆ Why BrowsePal?

• True agentic experience: Using Skills, MCP servers, and Browser Use, BrowsePal can understand your context, access external tools, and take user-approved actions directly in your browser.
• Any model, any provider: Pay your provider directly. No proxy, no markup, no prompt logging.
• Privacy by design: Your API keys are encrypted on-device with AES-GCM 256 and never leave your browser.
• Optional zero-knowledge sync: Sign in with a magic link, set a passphrase, and sync your settings, MCP servers, and chat history across devices with end-to-end encryption.
• Zero telemetry: No analytics, no tracking, no ads.

◆ Chat With The Web
Attach rich context to any message:

• Current page content, cleaned with Mozilla Readability
• Text selection from the active tab
• Open tabs or content from another tab
• Viewport, full-page, or region screenshots
• Local files including TXT, Markdown, PDF, and images
• YouTube transcripts with timestamps and metadata
• Images pasted directly from your clipboard

BrowsePal is great for researching articles, comparing documents across tabs, drafting replies, summarizing long PDFs, and turning YouTube videos into clear bullet points.

◆ Agentic Browser Control
Turn on Tool Use and your model can control the active tab with built-in browser tools:
• Snapshot
• Click
• Type
• Select
• Press key
• Scroll
• Navigate
• Wait for element
• Take screenshot
• Manage tabs
BrowsePal can help complete multi-step tasks such as filling forms, searching websites, comparing pages, or walking through checkout flows with accessible DOM grounding.

◆ Custom Skills and Instructions
• Teach BrowsePal your workflow.
• Add up to five agentskills.io-format skills using SKILL.md files.
• Use skills for tasks like code review, security audits, writing release notes, or following your own internal process.
• Add custom instructions to shape the assistant’s tone, output format, or behavior across every chat.

◆ MCP Servers, Native
• Connect any Model Context Protocol server over Streamable HTTP or legacy SSE.
• Add custom auth headers.
• Toggle servers per chat.
• Expose MCP tools to any supported model.
• Use your own MCP server for code, tickets, internal docs, or private APIs without a separate plugin layer.

◆ BYOK Done Right
• BYOK means Bring Your Own Key.
• You are billed directly by your AI provider for the tokens you use.
• No proxy.
• No subscription lock-in.
• No hidden quota system.
• Paste your API key once, BrowsePal encrypts it locally, and model calls go directly to your provider.

◆ Customize Everything
• Light, dark, or system theme
• IDE and Studio layout variations
• Five accent colors: violet, mint, sky, orange, and pink
• Chat history
• Auto-generated chat titles
• Keyboard-friendly composer
• Paste-to-attach workflow
• Clean, slash-free interface

◆ Perfect For
• Developers reading API docs
• Researchers comparing papers
• Students summarizing lectures
• Writers drafting from sources
• PMs taking notes across tabs
• Power users who want an AI assistant that respects their keys and privacy

◆ Need Help?
• Visit https://www.browsepal.ai for more info.