SideAgent
SideAgent turns your browser into a powerful, extensible AI research and productivity hub. Connect to your preferred AI models (local or cloud) and enhance your workflow with custom skills and tools. ⸻ 🚀 Key Features - 🧠 Agent Skills Framework [NEW in 1.3.0] Teach your AI new capabilities through custom "skills" — reusable instruction sets that make your assistant an expert in specific domains. Create skills for code reviews, research workflows, data analysis, or any specialized task. - 🔌 MCP Tool Integration Full support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) lets your AI access external tools, databases, APIs, and serverless functions to extend its capabilities beyond text generation. - 🌐 Context-Aware AI Chat Summarize, translate, explain, or query the content of any webpage you're viewing — instantly. Your AI assistant understands the context of your current page. - 🎨 AI Image Generation Turn ideas into visuals directly from the sidebar. Create stunning images using DALL·E 3, Google Gemini Imagen, or Grok 2 image models. - 🧮 Thinking Mode Visualized reasoning for models like DeepSeek-R1, helping you understand step-by-step logic and thought processes. - 🎛️ Bring Your Own Model Supports multiple AI models (local or cloud). Switch seamlessly between models. ⸻ 🔒 Privacy & Security First - No tracking — We do not collect browsing data or chat logs - Local storage only — Your settings, API keys, and custom skills stay on your device - Explicit access — The extension only reads page content when you enable it for specific tasks - Open source — Full transparency in how your data is handled ⸻ 🎯 Perfect For - Researchers building custom knowledge workflows with Skills - Developers leveraging MCP tools for code analysis and debugging - Designers & Creators generating visual assets without leaving their workflow - Power users who want an intelligent, extensible, privacy-first browsing experience - Teams standardizing AI workflows through shared Skills ⸻ 💡 What are Skills? Skills are reusable instruction sets (in standard SKILL.md format) that teach your AI assistant how to handle specific tasks. For example: - "Code Review Skill" — analyzes code for security issues and best practices - "Research Assistant Skill" — structures academic paper summaries - "Data Analysis Skill" — guides statistical interpretation workflows Skills follow the open Agent Skills standard (agentskills.io), making them portable across compatible AI tools. ⸻ 🆕 What's New in v1.3.0 ✨ Agent Skills support with visual skill manager ⚡ Completely rewritten streaming engine for faster responses 🔧 Enhanced MCP tool execution with better error handling 📁 Local file upload support for document analysis ⸻ 🔗 Learn More - GitHub: https://github.com/murumury/an-ai-sidebar-Chrome-plugin - Official Skills Case Library: https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main
