WebInSight (Chrome)

About

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WebInSight (Chrome) connects your Open Pilot desktop application with the browser to make it easier to use the computer and the web. This is especially relevant for users who find technology difficult or need extra assistance.

With this extension, the Open Pilot desktop app can:
• Read the content of the current tab or background tabs
• Open, close and switch tabs and windows on demand
• Trigger an “Analyze” action from the toolbar button to get summaries and insights about any page (a preview of what Open Pilot can see and work with)

Typical use cases
• Helping users who have trouble navigating websites by letting Open Pilot read and analyze pages for them
• Automatically opening the right pages and switching tabs when the user asks Open Pilot for help
• Providing short summaries of complex pages so they are easier to understand

How it works
1. Install the “WebInSight (Chrome)” extension.
2. Start the Open Pilot desktop app on the same computer.
3. Open any web page and click the WebInSight icon → “Analyze”.
4. View the analysis and insights in the popup or directly inside the Open Pilot desktop companion app.

Permissions explained
• “Read and change all your data on the websites you visit”
  Used only to read the HTML content of the page when you request an analysis and (optionally) to highlight relevant parts. The content is sent only to your local Open Pilot desktop app on the same machine.
• “Tabs” and “Windows”
  Used so Open Pilot can open, close and switch tabs/windows when you explicitly ask it to, for example to navigate to a different page or focus a specific site.

More detail about individual permissions
• activeTab
  Used to read the content of the current active tab when you click the extension’s “Analyze” button, so that the Open Pilot desktop app can analyze that page.
• tabs
  Used so the Open Pilot desktop app can list, open, close, and switch tabs only when you request it, for example to analyze or focus a specific page.
• scripting
  Used to inject a small content script into the current tab when you click “Analyze”, so the extension can read the page title and text for analysis.
• offscreen
  Used to load and parse pages in an offscreen document when analysis is requested, so the extension can retrieve HTML content without always showing a visible tab.
• alarms
  Used to periodically check whether the local Open Pilot desktop application is running and to keep the WebSocket connection alive. It is not used for tracking or analytics.
• host permissions
  Required so you can analyze the content of the web pages you visit. Page content is only sent to the Open Pilot desktop app running locally on your computer, and not to any third-party servers.

Privacy
• No tracking and no third-party ads.
• All communication stays between your browser and the local Open Pilot desktop application on 127.0.0.1.
• You can disable or remove the extension at any time from your browser.

Requirements
• Open Pilot desktop application installed on the same machine.
• Chrome or another Chromium-based browser that supports Manifest V3