Shortcut Chat: AI Browser Assistant to Summarize Web Pages & Ask Questions

Shortcut Chat is a free AI browser assistant in Chrome’s side panel. No account or no sign up required. Chat with any web page, ask questions, summarize articles, or have it explain like you're 5. Save your favorite prompts as one-click shortcuts. Add a free Gemini API key (we'll show you where to grab it from your existing Google account) and you’re all set. Main features 🆓 100% free: Shortcut Chat does not charge for the extension. Bring your own free Gemini API key from Google AI Studio. 🚀 No sign up required: There is no account to create. Install the extension, open the side panel (Chrome sidebar), and start chatting. Your API key stays locally in your browser. ⚡ One-click prompt shortcuts: Save prompts you use often and run them with a single tap on any page. Turn “Summarize this, keep it to 2 paragraphs or shorter” into a reusable Summarize button. Same for key takeaways, plain-language explanations, or any custom workflow you define. 💻 Side panel AI chat: Click the extension icon to open the assistant side by side with your current tab. Read and chat without switching windows or copy-pasting page text. 📄 Page-aware answers: When you send a message or tap a shortcut, Shortcut Chat reads the active tab’s page. Get summaries, explanations, and answers grounded in what you’re viewing. 🧠 General-purpose assistant: Ask about the page or ask anything else. Coding help, follow-up questions, and general chat all work in the same conversation. The AI knows about the web page you're on, but you don't have to ask something specific to the page. 📜 Conversation history: Chats are saved locally in your browser. Reopen past threads, start fresh, or delete what you no longer need. Each tab can keep its own conversation as you move between sites. 🌐 Multi-page threads: Browse to new pages mid-chat and the assistant tracks which page each message came from, so follow-ups stay in context. 🔄 Edit, retry, and stop: Edit your last message and regenerate a reply, or stop a response while it’s still generating. ⚙️ Choose your AI model: Pick from several Gemini models with your own key. ✨ Rich responses: Answers render with formatted text, code blocks, and readable markdown-style output. 🕵️‍♂️ Agentic multi-tasking: Submit a prompt, leave the tab, and the agent will continue answering. Come back whenever you want, and the LLM response will be there waiting for you. Run on multiple tabs at the same time, and a separate agent will respond for each tab. Most AI tools make you retype the same instructions on every request. With Shortcut Chat, you can write a prompt once, create a shortcut, and reuse it everywhere: “Summarize this page in 2 paragraphs or less” “List the 3 most important takeaways” “Explain this like I’m new to the topic” “What's the answer to the clickbait title?” “Who is the post talking about?” Built-in shortcuts to get you started. Add your own, edit them anytime, and trigger them with one click on articles, docs, product pages, research, and more. How it works Install Shortcut Chat and pin it to your toolbar. Click the extension icon to open the side bar on any webpage / website. Tap a shortcut or type your own question. Get an answer without leaving the page. Great for 🔹 One-click summaries of long articles and documentation 🔹 Reusable prompts for research, learning, and daily reading 🔹 Explaining dense pages in plain language 🔹 Quick questions while shopping, studying, or working 🔹 Anyone who wants a free AI assistant without creating another account 🔹 Privacy and data 🔹 Finding answers to click-bait articles quickly 🔹 Understanding the counter-arguments to a narrative 🔹 Fact checking claims 🔹 Artificial Intelligence on demand, without leaving the tab 🔹 Analyzing the overall sentiment of the comment section 🔹 Combatting vague posters (looking at you, X.com / Twitter) 🔹 LLM assistance without having to copy paste the page into a different window 🔹 Scanning documents without needing exact match keyword search 🔹 Searching for specific information on a page 🔹 Harnessing intelligence to calculate a value, e.g. count how many positive and negative replies in the comments Conversations, shortcuts, and API keys are stored locally in your browser, and are all easily deletable. Chat requests go to Google using your Gemini API key. Requirements and notes Works on standard web pages (http / https). Add a free Google Gemini API key from your Google account. Why Shortcut Chat? Free, no sign up required, and built to be as frictionless as possible. Save common prompts, turn them into one-click shortcuts, and run them on any page from the side panel. Ask faster, read easier, and stop retyping the same instructions every time you prompt. Less typing, less switching tabs, less friction. More shortcuts, more convenience, more answers.