Web Reader
Extension Actions
- Live on Store
A Chrome extension for reading and summarizing web articles
Summarize web articles in a clean sidebar using Anthropic’s Claude. Extracts content, keeps formatting readable, and saves your preferences.
Web Reader adds a reader-friendly sidebar to any article and generates concise or detailed summaries with Anthropic’s Claude.
Key features:
- One-click summarize: toolbar icon, context menu, or Shift+Alt+S
- Reader view: clean typography, themes, font size and line-height
- Multiple styles: TL;DR, Concise, Detailed
- Caching: keeps recent summaries for quick re-open
- Privacy-first: no analytics; only sends content you request to summarize
How it works:
1) Click the extension or press Shift+Alt+S
2) We extract the main article body and convert it to Markdown
3) Claude generates a summary with your chosen style
Permissions:
- activeTab, scripting: inject the sidebar and extract content after your action
- storage: save preferences and local summary cache
Privacy:
- Your API key is stored locally
- Article content is sent to Anthropic only when you request a summary
- See our policy: docs/PRIVACY.md
Support:
- https://rd.me/contact
## Category
Productivity