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llmOverlay

by Connor · Tools
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 21 Oct 2026

Chrome extension: highlight any LLM response text + keybind to get a side-panel explanation grounded in the chat transcript.

Users
9
+2 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
2
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#208K
#174K among extensions
Version
0.1.0
updated 26 Jun 2026

Users

monthly, 4 months
049Jun 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 21 Oct 2026: 9 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 4 months
012Jun 2026Sep 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 21 Oct 2026: 2 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About llmOverlay

▎ Understand any AI answer without breaking your flow. ▎ ▎ llmOverlay turns long ChatGPT and Claude replies into something you can actually interrogate. Highlight a passage ▎ you don't follow, press the shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+E, or ⌘+Shift+E on Mac), and a side panel opens with a focused ▎ explanation — one that reads the surrounding conversation, not just the few words you selected. Ask follow-up ▎ questions and it keeps the thread. ▎ ▎ Why it's different ▎ Generic "explain this" tools answer in a vacuum. llmOverlay grounds every answer in the actual transcript, so ▎ explanations stay relevant to what you and the model were discussing. ▎ ▎ Features ▎ • Highlight-to-explain on chatgpt.com and claude.ai ▎ • Side-panel Q&A grounded in the real conversation ▎ • Follow-up questions with session memory ▎ • Bring your own API key — Anthropic (Claude) or OpenAI (GPT) ▎ • One-click Clear to wipe the panel history ▎ ▎ Private by design ▎ llmOverlay has no server of its own. Your highlighted text and the chat transcript go directly from your browser to ▎ the provider you chose (Anthropic or OpenAI), using your own API key. Keys and history stay in your browser — ▎ nothing is sent to the developer. Full policy: https://connorbatsell.github.io/LLMOverlay/privacy.html ▎ ▎ Setup ▎ Requires your own Anthropic or OpenAI API key, entered on the extension's options page. Works on Chrome 116+.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+2+28.6%00.00
30 days+2+28.6%00.00

Version history

1 versions recorded
0.1.026 Jun 2026

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
26 Jun 2026
Size
68 KB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
connorbatsell.github.io
Extension ID
jfaijedakaigkhakkhhoncnfokmagilj

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 2, likelihood 2
Permissions
sidePanelstorageactiveTabalarmstabs
Site access
https://api.anthropic.com/*https://api.openai.com/*

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