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πŸ€– AI Browser Chat β€” Quick Start Guide

This note shows you how to get the most out of the AI Browser Chat plugin. The plugin embeds ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Perplexity, and Grok directly in your Obsidian sidebar β€” no copy-paste, no context switching.


Opening the Panel

  • Click the chat icon in the left ribbon, or
  • Press Ctrl/Cmd+P and run Open AI Chat

Switching Between AIs

Use the dropdown at the top of the panel to switch services. A coloured dot shows the active service:

ServiceColour
ChatGPTGreen
ClaudeOrange
GeminiBlue
DeepSeekTeal
PerplexityPurple
GrokWhite/Grey

Your session is preserved per service β€” switching to Gemini and back to Claude keeps your Claude conversation intact.


Sending Your Notes to AI

Method 1 β€” Send selected text

  1. Open any note (try Learning - How LLMs Work or Book Notes - Atomic Habits)
  2. Select the text you want to discuss
  3. Press Ctrl/Cmd+P β†’ AI Chat: Send selected text to AI
  4. The text lands in the AI’s input box β€” just add your question and send

Method 2 β€” Add notes as context

Use the toolbar buttons in the chat panel:

ButtonWhat it does
ActiveAdds the note you’re currently editing
+ OpenAdds all open tabs at once
+ NoteSearch your vault and pick any note
+ FolderAdd every note in a folder

Then click Add to inject the content, type your question, and submit.


Example Prompts to Try

Open Project Planning and send it to Claude:

β€œSummarise the top 3 risks in this project plan and suggest mitigation strategies.”

Open Meeting Notes - May 20 and send to ChatGPT:

β€œExtract all action items from these meeting notes and format them as a Markdown checklist.”

Open Research - Payment UX Trends and send to Gemini:

β€œBased on this research, what are the 3 most important UX decisions we should make for a payment SDK?”

Open Book Notes - Atomic Habits and send to any AI:

β€œHow can I apply the Two-Minute Rule to build a daily note-taking habit in Obsidian?”


Tips

Context Prefix

In Settings β†’ AI Chat β†’ Context Prefix, add a default instruction like: "These are my personal Obsidian notes. Please: Every time you send context, this prefix is prepended automatically.

Send a whole folder

For a project review, use + Folder to send all notes in Sample Notes/ at once. Ask: β€œI have a set of notes about my product launch. Give me a one-page executive summary.”

Auto-clear context

Enable Auto-clear context after send in settings so your context list resets after each send β€” keeps things tidy when switching topics.


Supported Services

All six services require you to log in on first use β€” AI Browser Chat opens the real website inside Obsidian, so your credentials stay between you and the AI provider. No API keys, no proxies.

  • ChatGPT β€” best for general tasks, coding, writing
  • Claude β€” best for long documents, nuanced analysis
  • Gemini β€” best for research, Google integration
  • DeepSeek β€” strong on coding and reasoning
  • Perplexity β€” best for web-grounded research
  • Grok β€” strong on current events and X/Twitter context