Description
Askman is an AI-powered Chrome extension designed to enhance your browsing experience by enabling direct interaction with the content of any webpage. This tool allows you to ask questions, read, understand, and analyze information without leaving the page you are currently viewing. It aims to make accessing and processing web content more convenient and flexible.
This extension currently supports OpenAI-compatible protocol formats. For users to explore its features, it provides a free trial API through SiliconFlow. A key feature is its custom prompt functionality, which allows users to set up frequently used prompts. These prompts can dynamically include page elements such as the page title, its content, or selected text as variables, offering a highly customizable way to query information.
Askman is an open-source project, welcoming contributions from the community to help improve its development. The developers are actively maintaining it, dedicating a portion of their work time, though it is noted as an early test version and may not be fully polished. Users are encouraged to provide patience and understanding during this testing phase.
Recent updates include the ability to change system prompt duration for conversations, support for maximizing the chat interface, and a Preferences tab in the Options page with TOML configuration support. Users can also configure their preferred language, toggle the ASK button on text selection, and set up a page blocklist for this button. Message copying functionality has been enhanced with a fade-in copy button on hover, the ability to copy messages in markdown format, and a content preview on Selection tab hover.
The developers are committed to user privacy, disclosing that Askman handles web history and website content. They declare that user data is not sold to third parties outside of approved use cases, nor is it used or transferred for purposes unrelated to the item's core functionality or for determining creditworthiness. The extension is available in English and was last updated on September 8, 2025.
Askman's Core Features
Interact directly with webpage content
Ask questions about on-page information
Read and understand content within the browser
Analyze web content in real-time
Supports OpenAI-compatible protocol formats
Offers a free trial API via SiliconFlow
Customizable prompts with dynamic variables (title, content, selection)
Open-source project with community contributions welcome
Configurable system prompt duration
Maximizable chat interface
Preferences tab with TOML configuration support
Configurable user language
Toggleable ASK button on text selection
Configurable page blocklist for ASK button
Message copy functionality with markdown support
Content preview on Selection tab hover
How to use Askman?
Install the Askman Chrome extension
Navigate to any webpage
Interact with content by asking questions
Configure custom prompts in the options
Utilize the chat interface for analysis
Adjust preferences for language and button behavior
Contribute to the open-source project if desired
Askman's Use Cases
- Web Content Analysis
- Research Assistance
- Learning and Education
- Content Summarization
- Customized Information Retrieval
- Developer Tools
