Shoulder Surfer

AI-powered article summaries on hover, deep-dive research, and interactive page analysis with LLM.

As of June 2026, Shoulder Surfer has users in the Productivity category.

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Version
1.0.0
Manifest V3

History

6 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 17, 2026.

1.011610.9884Apr 17, 2026Jun 4, 2026
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DateUsersRatingReviewsVersion
Apr 17, 20261.0.0
Apr 27, 20261.0.0
May 10, 20261.0.0
May 16, 202611.0.0
May 29, 20261.0.0
Jun 4, 202611.0.0
Now1.0.0

Permissions & access

Permissions
storageoffscreenscriptingcontextMenus
Host access
<all_urls>

Screenshots

Shoulder Surfer screenshot 1

About

Shoulder Surfer brings instant AI-powered insights to every link you hover over.

★ HOVER SUMMARIES
Hover over any link for a 1–2 sentence AI summary + key facts. Built on OpenRouter LLM with local caching, no interruption to your reading.

★ DEEP-DIVE RESEARCH (Deep Read)
Click Deep Read to automatically explore related links and synthesize a broader analysis. Agentic pipeline selects and fetches context-rich content, then generates 3–5 recommendations with full summaries.

★ HIGHLIGHT KEY INSIGHTS
Right-click → "Highlight Key Insights" to find and visually mark the most important statements on any page.

★ CHAT-BASED HIGHLIGHTING
Describe what you're looking for ("quotes about climate impact") and the AI finds and highlights matching passages in real-time.

★ CUSTOM SORTING
Re-rank any list or table by your criteria ("highest rated", "most recent").

★ PAGE Q&A
Ask a question about the page and get an instant answer with quoted sources.

★ PAGE SUMMARY
Hit Cmd/Ctrl+Space → Read mode for a full-page summary plus key insights.

★ MODEL PICKER
Choose between 3 LLM tiers (fast 20b, mid-tier 120b, premium grok-4.1-fast) on-the-fly with Ctrl+1/2/3.

REQUIREMENTS:
- OpenRouter API key (get one free at openrouter.ai, pay only for inference)
- Chrome 120+

Technical

Version
1.0.0
Manifest
V3
Size
10.63MiB
Min Chrome
120
Languages
1
Featured
No

Metadata

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Developer ID
u87e9c235b41887d8e6c473e5d61a707e
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Mar 3, 2026
Last Updated (Store)
Mar 3, 2026
Last Scraped
Jun 4, 2026
Website
Support URL
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