Yank — Private AI Web Assistant

yank is an AI browser assistant that runs on your OWN AI plan. Tell yank what to do — "scrape this list into Notion", "repost this thread to LinkedIn", "fill this form for every row in my sheet" — and it operates the website for you, step by step, using the LLM API key you already pay for. Your own key, any major provider, or a local model. The twist: every task it completes is cached as a readable macro. Run it again and yank REPLAYS it deterministically — zero LLM calls, zero tokens, zero cost. Like AI "skills", but the second run is free. ━━ USE THE AI YOU ALREADY PAY FOR (BYOK) ━━ • Bring your own key. Connect any cloud provider or a local OpenAI-compatible endpoint, and switch in one setting. • No middleman markup. Requests go straight from your browser to your provider on your key. yank takes no cut and adds no per-token fee. • Local-first and private. Your API key, macros, chat history, and recordings live in your browser (IndexedDB / chrome.storage). Nothing routes through our servers to get a task done. No analytics, no telemetry, no tracking. ━━ HOW IT WORKS ━━ 1. AI does it once. yank drives the page with real browser tools — click, type, extract, scroll, navigate, screenshot, upload — and records the trace as it goes. 2. yank caches the recipe. The trace becomes a human-readable markdown macro with stable selectors. Read it, edit it, version it — never a black box. 3. Re-run for $0. Say "do it again" or hit replay. Deterministic execution, no model call, no per-run cost. The Nth run is free. ━━ CORE FEATURES (FREE) ━━ • Three modes — AI-guided run, manual record, zero-LLM replay. Record a tricky flow yourself and AI turns it into a clean, parameterized macro. • Page perception — yank snapshots every interactive element before it acts, so it clicks the right thing instead of guessing. • Deep page reach — sees inside Shadow DOM and iframes, so it works on modern web apps and embedded widgets where other automation tools go blind. • Skips re-exploration — caches the elements that worked on each page (selectors only, never your data), so repeat visits use fewer steps and fewer tokens. • Self-heal — when a website changes and a macro breaks, AI captures a screenshot, the surrounding DOM, and console errors, then proposes a patch. You review and accept it. No blind re-recording. • Variables & loops — yank spots URLs and inputs as variables and turns them into ask-me-each-run steps. Feed it a CSV or a selection and it infers a "for each row" loop. • Password auto-masking — secrets become prompts at run time, never stored in a macro. • Context compression — long sessions are auto-summarized to fit the model's window and cut token spend. • Cost tracking — see what you spent and what replays saved you each month. ━━ WHAT PEOPLE AUTOMATE WITH IT ━━ • Logged-in scraping and data extraction: search LinkedIn / GitHub / Twitter, page through results, paste the top N into Notion or a spreadsheet. • Cross-platform reposting: copy a thread, switch platforms, format, publish — with the source URL as an ask-variable each run. • Batch form-filling: take rows from a CSV or sheet, visit each target page, fill the fields, submit. One recording becomes a loop. ━━ PRO (OPTIONAL) ━━ The whole core above is free, forever, with no account. Pro adds scale and persistence: unlimited self-heal, up to 15 parallel sessions, session recovery after closing the browser, scheduled runs, MCP server connections, macro import/export for backup and sharing, named scenario playbooks, durable user memory, and priority support. ━━ PRIVACY, PLAINLY ━━ For free use there is no account and no server: we cannot see your data because there is nowhere for it to go. Network requests go to exactly two places — the LLM provider you configured, and the websites you tell yank to operate on. If you subscribe to Pro, we store one thing: an account ID and whether you've paid. Never your macros, keys, recordings, or browsing. Privacy policy: https://yank.xassistant.cc/privacy/ Terms: https://yank.xassistant.cc/terms/ Website: https://yank.xassistant.cc/ ━━ FAQ ━━ Q: Do I need an API key? A: Yes — yank is bring-your-own-key by design. You pay your AI provider directly, only for first runs. Replays are free. Local models work too. Q: How is this different from an AI sidebar? A: Sidebars answer questions about a page. yank operates the page — and remembers how, so you never pay the AI twice for the same task. Q: What happens when a site changes? A: The macro fails safely, yank shows you what changed (screenshot + DOM diff + console), and proposes a one-click patch you review. Q: Is my API key safe? A: It's stored locally in your browser's extension storage and sent only to your chosen provider. It never touches our servers.