AI Summary Helper — BYOK/Local AI Summarizer + Save for Later + Kindle

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Summarize with your own AI key or local Ollama. Save for later w/ reminders, highlight text, Kindle export. Open source, no login. AI Summary Helper is an open-source Chrome extension that summarizes any web page using your own API key (OpenAI, Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek) or a fully local model via Ollama — no forced account, no data sent anywhere you didn't choose. It also turns browser clutter into an offline, searchable knowledge hub: save articles for later with timed reminders, highlight key passages, send tailored briefings to your Kindle, and explore your reading history as a visual knowledge graph. 🔑 Bring Your Own Key, or Go Fully Local Connect OpenAI, Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek, or a custom endpoint with your own API key — or skip the cloud entirely and run a local model through Ollama, so page content never leaves your machine. Prefer zero setup? The optional "byphil Cloud" tier works with no API key at all. Nothing here requires an account for core features, and the full source is open on GitHub under MIT license. 🚀 Key Features 🧠 AI-Generated Summaries: Tailored to your preferences, powered by whichever provider you choose — byphil Cloud (no key required) or direct API access. 🔖 Save for Later & Auto-Close Tabs: Clear your tabs without losing your train of thought. Save an article with a review timeframe (Tomorrow, Weekend, This Week, Research Session) and a note, then let the tab close automatically — a Chrome notification brings you back exactly when you asked to be. ⚡ RSVP Speed-Reading Overlay: Read streaming summaries at high speed while the AI generates them, with adjustable speeds and auto-close when finished. 📚 Native Send to Kindle: Send AI summaries and formatted articles directly to your Kindle device — no third-party tools required. 📲 Universal Offline Sharing (AirDrop & LocalSend): Push formatted EPUBs/PDFs to your iPhone/iPad via AirDrop (opens in Apple Books), or beam them to KOReader and other devices over Wi-Fi via the built-in LocalSend client. 🖊️ Smart Text Highlighting & AI Ghost Highlights: Highlight key passages in yellow (persists across reloads); AI ghost highlights automatically surface top quotes in light blue. 🕸️ Knowledge Graph Visualization: Explore your reading history as an interactive graph — see recurring topics and connections across everything you've archived. 📊 Reading Analytics & Heatmaps: Track reading streaks, history heatmaps, top keyword clusters, and summary length distribution over time. 💬 Chat-Style Summary Feed: Summaries saved locally in a scrollable chat feed — click any bubble to revisit the full article. 🔔 Timed Reminders & Notifications: Scheduled Chrome alarms bring you back to saved articles with your original note, right when you asked. 🖱️ Expanded Context Menus: Right-click anywhere to highlight text, trigger a summary, or run "Summarize & Close Tab". 🛠️ Customizable Prompts & Presets: Configure the base prompt, pick your summary length, or ask follow-up questions. 🌐 Summarize in your language: 🇪🇸 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇵🇹 🇳🇱 🇷🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇱 🇸🇪 🇩🇰 🇯🇵 🇨🇳 🇰🇷 🇮🇳 🇹🇭 🇮🇩 🇦🇪 🇹🇷 🇧🇬 🇷🇴 ❓ How is this different from other AI summarizer extensions? Most "AI summary" extensions lock you into one provider, require sign-in, route your content through their servers, and charge a flat subscription no matter how little you use it. AI Summary Helper works the other way: bring your own key or run entirely offline with Ollama, no account required for any core feature, and the source is open for anyone to audit. If you want an AI tool you can fully own and inspect, this is built for that. If you just want the fastest one-click summary and don't mind an account, a closed-source cloud tool may suit you better — and that's a fair trade-off to make consciously either way. 🛠️ How It Works 1. Activate: Press CMD/CTRL + SHIFT + S, right-click any page, or open your Chrome Side Panel. 2. Choose: Summarize & send offline (Kindle, AirDrop, LocalSend), Summarize & close tab (pick a timeframe, add a note, speed-read while it streams, let the tab auto-close), or just highlight text as you read. 3. Generate: Hit "Fetch Summary" and watch it stream live into your chat feed. 4. Review: Read it, export/print it, explore its connections in your History Graph, search your archive, or jump back when your timed reminder fires. 💡 Why AI Summary Helper? Built to make AI-summarized, personalized reading actually portable — an interconnected knowledge graph of what you've read, a quick overview for printing, a PDF for later, or content pushed straight to your e-reader (Kindle, Apple Books, KOReader). Includes local Backup & Restore for your full configuration and history, and works alongside third-party tools like Reabble's Send to Kindle if you already use one.

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