Context Collector

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Chrome Extension  MIT

This extension lets you collect specific content blocks from web pages and consolidate them into clean Markdown, ready for your clipboard. Choose between single capture mode for quick one-time selections or collection mode for gathering content from multiple pages.

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  • Click the extension icon and press "Single Capture"
  • Hover your mouse over the page – selectable content blocks will get a red outline
  • Click the block you want to capture. The content is immediately copied to your clipboard as Markdown
  1. Start Collecting: Click the extension icon and press "Start Collecting". This activates the collection mode.
  2. Activate Selection: Navigate to a webpage and press the hotkey (Alt+Z by default).
  3. Select Content: Hover your mouse over the page – selectable content blocks will get a red outline. Click the block you want to add. A confirmation toast will appear.
  4. Collect More: Repeat steps 2 & 3 on the same or different pages to add more content to your collection. Each snippet includes its source URL.
  5. Finish & Copy: When done, click the extension icon again and press "Stop Collecting & Copy". All collected content (formatted as Markdown) is copied to your clipboard.

Press Esc anytime during the selection process to cancel selecting from the current page.

From Chrome Web Store:

  1. Install from the Chrome Web Store
  2. Pin to your toolbar for easy access

For Development:

  1. Clone this repo
  2. Open chrome://extensions/
  3. Enable Developer mode
  4. Click "Load unpacked" and select the project folder
  • Markdown conversion is based on common HTML structures and might not perfectly capture every edge case.

Found a bug or have an idea? Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request!

This project is licensed under the MIT License

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