What's this

Explain is a Chrome extension used to explain anything you selected in a web page.

How to use

• install from source code

cd path-to-source

pnpm install

pnpm dev

• import local extension

open chrome://extensions/

import unzip dir path-to-source/build/chrome-mv3-dev

• custom env variables

open or new a file named path-to-source/.env

change to your custom variables

PLASMO_PUBLIC_OPENAI_API_KEY=YOUR-OPENAI-API-KEY

• use Explain in web page

refresh a web page

select something, right click your mouse

you will see a menu named 'Explain it', click it to Explain what you selected.

Reference

plasmo