Context Ghost: Spatial Clipboard

About

To open Context Ghost, simply click the extension icon in your browser toolbar.

Context Ghost: The Spatial Clipboard & Research Builder

Context Ghost is a lightweight, strictly local productivity extension engineered for data analysts, researchers, prompt engineers, and students. It transforms your browser’s native side panel into a dynamic, spatial clipboard, allowing you to aggregate unstructured web data, organize it seamlessly, and export it into highly structured, enterprise-ready formats.

Tired of losing your place in a sea of tabs or dealing with messy copy-paste formatting in external documents? Context Ghost allows you to compile text, images, and source links without ever leaving your active tab.

🚀 Core Data Capture Features
Instant Access Shortcut: Press Ctrl+Shift+E (Cmd+Shift+E on Mac) to immediately slide open the Context Ghost workspace on any active tab. 
**Note: Keyboard shortcuts must be manually enabled by the user in chrome://extensions/shortcuts after installation

Frictionless Drag-and-Drop: Highlight text, grab images, or select links on any webpage and drag them directly into isolated workspace slots within the side panel.

Context Menu Integration: Don't want to open the side panel? Right-click any text, image, or link and select "Send to Context Ghost." The background service worker will instantly create a new slot, automatically title it using the active webpage's name, and permanently attach the source URL for perfect data provenance.

Image Compression & Sanitization: Dropped images are automatically compressed and XSS-sanitized to keep your local memory footprint incredibly small and secure.

🧠 Workspace Organization
Dynamic Slots: Create infinite slots. Rename them, expand/collapse them to save space, or reorder them via smooth drag-and-drop mechanics.

Data Tagging: Apply custom metadata tags (e.g., #pricing, #competitor) to individual slots. These tags are seamlessly injected into your final data exports.

Real-Time Search & Filter: A responsive search bar sits at the top of your workspace. As you type, the board instantly filters slots by title, tag, or raw text contents.

Robust Time Machine: Made a mistake? Use Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y to instantly undo or redo any action, including recovering accidentally deleted slots or restoring the board after a full reset.

📊 Enterprise Export Pipeline
When your research is complete, Context Ghost acts as a powerful data compiler, offering four distinct export formats tailored for different professional workflows:

CSV (Spreadsheets): Perfect for Excel or Tableau. Generates a clean dataset with dedicated columns for Slot Title, Custom Tags, Timestamp, Source URL, and Raw Text.

JSON (Databases): A fully structured, machine-readable array of your workspace, perfect for piping into Python scripts or NoSQL databases.

Markdown (AI Prompt Builder): Compiles your board into clean .md format, perfectly structured to be dragged directly into AI chatbots like ChatGPT or Claude for immediate context loading.

HTML (Research Dossiers): Generates a clean, timestamped, beautifully styled, and print-ready Research Dossier complete with all your text, source links, and inline images.

📂 Project State Management
Workspace Import: Your research isn't trapped. Export your board as a JSON file, clear the panel, and start a new project. Later, click the "Import" button to upload that JSON file and instantly resurrect your entire previous workspace—tags, text, and images intact.

Master Nuke Button: Clear the entire board with a single click to start fresh.

🔒 100% Local & Private
Context Ghost was built with strict enterprise privacy standards.

Zero Telemetry: We track nothing.

Zero Backend: There are no external databases or servers.

Strictly Local: All data is saved exclusively to your browser's local chrome.storage. Your data never leaves your machine unless you explicitly export it. No account required.

Whether you are scraping competitor pricing, compiling a massive prompt for an LLM, or organizing academic citations, Context Ghost provides the ultimate frictionless data pipeline.