When I research a topic, I usually end up with too many tabs, a separate notes document, and a chat window. The frustrating part is not collecting information. It is remembering where a quote came from and which of my notes belonged to that source.
I built MindContext, a Chrome side panel for that workflow. It keeps a note attached to the page URL, lets me save selected text through the right-click menu, and groups related pages into research projects. When I want to discuss the material with ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, it prepares the page context, my notes, and saved quotes in one place. I can review the prompt before sending it.
A small example
Suppose I am comparing three articles about a library or technical approach. I can:
- Save the useful passages from each article.
- Add my own questions and observations next to each source.
- Group the pages in one research project.
- Bring the collected context into an AI chat for comparison.
The notes and quotes are stored locally in Chrome. There is no account required to use the extension. The optional feedback form sends only the answers the user chooses to submit to the developer through Formspree.
This is an early version. It currently works in Chrome, and notes are local to the browser profile; there is no cross-device sync. I would rather learn whether the core workflow is useful before adding more features.
If you research across many tabs, I would appreciate your take: Where does your current note-taking workflow break down? Would attaching notes to individual pages help, or would you organize them differently?
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