On AI tools, privacy architecture, and what it means to build software that respects the people using it.
A clear-eyed look at how AI browser extensions monetize their free tiers — credit systems, usage caps, data access, and subscription funnels — and what it means for you.
Dozens of open tabs signal research in progress — or more often, distraction compounding on itself. AI-assisted tab management brings context-awareness to the chaos, and here's what that looks like in practice.
A clear breakdown of the different ways browser AI tools manage API keys, and why the 'bring your own key' model gives you control, privacy, and unlimited usage.
Step-by-step guide to getting instant article summaries, key points, and research briefs right in your browser tab — no copy-paste, no tab-switching, no signup.
A practical guide to using AI-powered browser extensions to summarize papers, extract key findings, and build a research reading habit without burning out.
The context window is the most important number in AI assistants — it determines how much of a page your browser extension can actually analyze, and why a bigger window means fewer frustrating cutoffs.
Grammar fixes, rewrites, and translations from an AI tool are usually good — not infallible. Here's where each of Browsy's six writing tools tends to fail, why it happens, and the checks that catch it before it costs you.
The toolbar appears in a Gmail draft but not on a news article you're reading. That's not a bug — it's a detection engine deciding, page by page, whether there's anything for it to do. Here's how that decision actually gets made.
Before you install a browser extension, Chrome shows you a permissions screen most people click past. Here's how to actually read it — what each permission means, which combinations are worth pausing on, and how to check what an extension already installed can do.
A step-by-step walkthrough for generating a Gemini or Grok API key, storing it safely, understanding rate limits, and troubleshooting the errors that come up most often with BYOK tools.
Browsy ships six inline writing tools, not one. Here's what each one actually does, how it's triggered, and which job to reach for it when you're writing anywhere on the web.
Most AI tools promise privacy in their policy. We built it into the architecture so there's nothing to promise — your data has nowhere to go but where you send it.
BYOK — Bring Your Own Key — is becoming the defining characteristic of AI tools that don't hold your data or your wallet hostage. Here's what it means, how it works, and why it matters.