AI Summary Helper
Summarize the web.
Keep what matters.
AI Summary Helper saves any page as a summarized, searchable article — then helps you actually get back to it, with an on-device digest that sends offline reading straight to your Kindle or another device.
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Your digest — 5 articles, curated
Picked for variety, not five versions of the same story. Ready to send to Kindle or LocalSend as one file.
Everything a reading list should have done from the start
Save it, understand it, find it again, and actually get back to it — without another subscription holding your archive hostage.
AI summaries, your choice of model
OpenAI, Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek, or 100+ models via OpenRouter — or point it at a local Ollama model and never touch the network for this step at all.
Real search, on-device
Full-text search across titles, tags, and article content — powered by a TF-IDF index built in your browser. No round-trip, no lag, nothing sent anywhere.
Save for later, on purpose
Mark a "decision" with a reason and a timeframe, and get reminded — instead of watching it disappear into a pile you'll never open again.
A digest that picks itself
One tap curates a small, varied set of your saves — not five versions of the same story — bundled into one file for Kindle or LocalSend.
A knowledge graph, not just a list
See how your saved articles connect — by shared tags, and by topic similarity even when they don't share a tag at all.
20+ languages, cross-platform
Read and summarize in your language of choice. Extension, native side panel, or bookmarklet — for wherever the browser extension can't reach.
Most of what you save, you never read again
Research on bookmarking behavior consistently finds the large majority of saved articles are never reopened. That's not a discipline problem — it's what happens when a tool makes saving easy and gives you zero help choosing what to actually read.
1. Tap Digest
It picks 5 of your saves — biased toward recency and variety, so you're not looking at five versions of the same news cycle.
2. Set the mood, if you want
Upbeat, neutral, or deep and serious — the digest leans the selection toward the tone you're actually in the mood for.
3. Send it offline
One bundle, straight to your Kindle or a device on your network. Load it before a flight, a commute, a weekend with no signal.
Your archive stays yours
Search, duplicate detection, tag cleanup, reading-level and tone scoring, and "similar articles" all run entirely in your browser — no server, no account required to get real value. The only thing that leaves your machine is the actual summarization call, and only to whichever AI provider you chose. Point it at a local Ollama model and even that stays home.
Free to start. Pro when you need it.
The Support Pass isn't just for this extension — it's one key that unlocks premium access across everything byphil builds, managed from your byphil account.
- Unlimited summaries with your own AI key or Ollama
- Search, digest, knowledge graph — all on-device
- 3 Kindle sends included
- Unlimited Kindle & LocalSend sends, including digests
- byphil Cloud AI access — no API key needed
- Unlocks Pro across every byphil tool
- Everything in Support Pass
- Direct support for future tools
Before you install
Do I need an account to use it?
No. Install it, bring your own AI provider key (or use a local Ollama model), and start saving. An account only matters if you want byphil Cloud access or unlimited Kindle/LocalSend sends via the Support Pass.
What actually leaves my browser?
Only the summarization request — sent to whichever AI provider you configured. Search, duplicate detection, tag cleanup, reading-level and sentiment scoring, and "similar articles" recommendations all run locally against your own saved archive.
Can I run this with zero cloud dependency?
Yes — point it at a local Ollama model and the summarization step stays on your machine too. Everything else already does.
What happens to my saves if I stop paying for the Support Pass?
Your archive stays exactly where it's always been — in your browser's local storage on your device. The Support Pass only gates cloud-dependent extras (byphil Cloud AI access, unlimited Kindle/LocalSend sends), never access to what you've already saved.
Is this open source?
Yes — the extension's source is public on GitHub.
Notes on reading, search, and building on-device
What we learned building the search, digest, and duplicate-detection features — and where they fit if you're weighing read-it-later tools.
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AI Summary Helper is one of several independent tools built by byphil. One account and one Support Pass unlock premium access across all of them — now, and as new tools ship.
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