AI Buddy
AI sidebar: select text, annotate, send to ChatGPT or Claude
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AI Buddy - AI sidebar: select text, annotate, send to ChatGPT or Claude

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AI Buddy is a free, open-source Chrome extension that changes how you interact with AI while browsing. Select any text on a webpage and send it to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or DeepSeek — no copy-pasting. Capture annotated screenshots with crop, highlight, and arrows before sending. Features 10 starter scenarios, keyboard shortcuts, and per-platform send behavior. Privacy-first: no backend server, your data goes directly to the AI platform you choose.

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Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I built AI Buddy because I was tired of constantly copying text from web pages and pasting it into ChatGPT. Every research session turned into a tab-switching nightmare. The idea was simple: if I'm reading something and want AI to explain, translate, summarize, or brainstorm — why leave the page? Just select the text, click an action, and the AI handles it in the side panel. Key things I focused on: - Privacy-first: no backend server, no data relay. Your prompts go directly from your browser to the AI platform - Screenshot annotation: crop, highlight, blur, add arrows before sending - Open source: the full code is on GitHub - Works with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek — bring your own account Would love to hear your feedback and suggestions!