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Brief — research anyone before you meet them

by leojames · briefthecall.com · Tools
Established publisherManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 21 Oct 2026

Your assistant for a 60-second brief on anyone on the internet. Right-click or click the chip to find out more.

Users
11
0 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
5
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#192K
#160K among extensions
Version
0.3.2
updated 17 Aug 2026

Users

monthly, 4 months
0611Jun 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 21 Oct 2026: 11 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 4 months
025Jun 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 21 Oct 2026: 5 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Brief — research anyone before you meet them

Know who you're meeting — before the call. Brief turns a name into a synthesized pre-meeting briefing in seconds: who someone is, what their company and market look like now, how they tend to work, plus three hooks, three questions, and what to avoid. How you use it — nothing happens until you ask: • A quiet chip where you already work. On LinkedIn and X profiles, beside an external sender in Gmail, and beside an external guest in Google Calendar — a small chip opens a brief without leaving the page. Gmail and Calendar are optional: you turn each one on yourself, in one click. • Highlight any name, anywhere. Select a name on any page — an article, a doc, a post — right-click, and choose "Research with Brief." • Right-click a profile link. Point at someone's profile link and research them in one click. Brief researches the open web — it does NOT scrape the page you're on. Detection happens on your device and is free; only when you click does the person's name (and, for a work email, their company domain) get researched server-side across public sources. Brief never reads your messages, your calendar contents, or email addresses, and it never reveals emails or phone numbers. Made for sellers, founders, recruiters, and anyone customer-facing doing pre-meeting research. How to start 1. Pin Brief and sign in once with Google. 2. Open a profile, an email, or an event — or highlight a name and right-click. 3. Brief researches the open web and renders a short briefing. Briefs are AI-generated from public sources and may be inaccurate or out of date. They are not for decisions about hiring, credit, tenancy, insurance, or background checks. Anyone can request correction or removal at briefthecall.com/takedown. Privacy: briefthecall.com/privacy · Terms: briefthecall.com/terms

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+1+10.0%00.00
30 days0+0.0%00.00

Version history

5 versions recorded
0.3.217 Aug 2026
0.3.125 Jul 2026
0.3.017 Jul 2026
0.2.017 Jun 2026
0.1.09 Jun 2026

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
9 Jun 2026
Size
253 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
briefthecall.com
Support
briefthecall.com
Extension ID
jgagcmlgkamlffllobpgonpoohpghhcd

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 2, likelihood 2
Permissions
storageactiveTabscriptingidentitycontextMenus
Site access
https://briefthecall.com/*https://www.briefthecall.com/*https://www.linkedin.com/*https://x.com/*https://twitter.com/*

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