Web Reader — Article Summarizer
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
Screenshots
Get the Extension
Install from the Chrome Web Store: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/web-reader/…
Privacy Policy
- Data processed: When you click to summarize, the page’s extracted article content is sent to the Anthropic API for summarization. No other background collection or analytics occur.
- Storage: Your API key (if provided) is stored locally via Chrome storage. Reading preferences (theme, font size, line height) may sync with your Chrome profile. Summaries are cached in local storage only.
- Network: Connects to https://api.anthropic.com to request summaries. No other third‑party services are used.
- Permissions: Requests the minimum needed to inject scripts on the active tab after a user action and to save settings.
- Control: Clear cached summaries via Clear browsing data → Hosted app data, or by removing/reinstalling the extension.