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AI · May 28, 2024

A Chrome extension to quickly ask ChatGPT about the page you're on

I made this tool for myself back in October after GPT-4 Vision came out. Being able to press Option+C, write a quick question, and hit Enter, with only the screenshot of the current tab as the context was a quick flow that I found very useful. I know there are most certainly more polished solutions out there now, but as we wait for the ChatGPT desktop app with builtin vision support I figured I'd release this now under an MIT license for whoever might find it useful. Plus this just automates your browser, meaning there's no need to put in API tokens or the like (you do have to be logged into…

A Chrome extension to quickly ask ChatGPT about the page you're on launched on May 28, 2024 with 12 votes, #1,089 of 4,539 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.

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In plain words

This Chrome extension lets users quickly ask ChatGPT questions about the current webpage by pressing a keyboard shortcut, typing a question, and sending it with a screenshot of the tab as context. Designed for anyone who wants fast access to ChatGPT's vision capabilities while browsing, it automates the browser without requiring API tokens—just an existing ChatGPT login. The tool is open-source under MIT license and available on GitHub, offering a lightweight alternative to more complex solutions.

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From the sources

A Chrome extension that makes it easy to ask about any web page via a screenshot. - blixt/ChromeGPT

In the maker’s words, at launch

I made this tool for myself back in October after GPT-4 Vision came out. Being able to press Option+C, write a quick question, and hit Enter, with only the screenshot of the current tab as the context was a quick flow that I found very useful. I know there are most certainly more polished solutions out there now, but…

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