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2 | 2 | title: Sim browser extension |
3 | | -description: Ask Sim about the page you’re reading, share a screenshot, and open your team’s go/ links from Chrome. |
| 3 | +description: Ask Sim about a page, dictate a message, and open your team’s go/ links from Chrome. |
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6 | | -[Install Sim for Chrome](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sim/oanlcahddodnjpdoopcpjlcageejjpmg) to ask questions about a page without leaving it. Open Chrome’s **Extensions** menu and pin **Sim** to keep it one click away. |
| 6 | +[Install Sim for Chrome](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sim/oanlcahddodnjpdoopcpjlcageejjpmg), then pin **Sim** in Chrome’s **Extensions** menu. |
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8 | 8 | ## Ask about a page |
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10 | | -1. Open a web page and click **Sim** in the Chrome toolbar. Sign in to Sim if prompted. |
11 | | -2. In the side panel, select the attachment chip to review the captured text, or use its **×** to remove it. To attach the page again after it changes, use the globe next to the message field. |
12 | | -3. Ask a question and send it. For example, on a release notes page, ask “Which changes affect my team?” |
| 10 | +1. Open a page and click **Sim** in the toolbar. Sign in if prompted. |
| 11 | +2. Review the attached page by clicking its chip. Use **×** to remove it. |
| 12 | +3. Type your question and send it. |
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14 | | -To ask about a passage, select the text on the page, right-click, and choose **Ask Sim about selection**. You can attach up to three snapshots to compare pages. A snapshot stays as it was when you captured it. Chrome settings pages, other extensions, and pages without readable text can’t be attached. |
| 14 | +To ask about a passage, select it, right-click, and choose **Ask Sim about selection**. To add another page, open it and use **+ → Current page**. You can attach up to three snapshots; each stays as it was when captured. |
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16 | | -Open **+ → Reference current page on send** to include the active tab each time you send a message. This is off by default. The setting appears above the workspace list, and Sim remembers your choice in this Chrome profile. The globe shows **Current page** while this is on. If you attached a page or selection yourself, Sim uses those snapshots instead. Turn the setting off in the same menu. |
| 16 | +Choose **+ → Page access → Allow across websites** and approve Chrome’s prompt once to use pages across websites. Your draft stays unsent during setup. To change access later, choose **Page access → Manage in browser**. |
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18 | | -If Chrome needs access after you switch tabs, your message stays in the composer. Select **Request site access**. If Chrome hasn’t shared the site address with Sim, paste it into **Site address**. Check the site shown on **Allow access**, approve it in Chrome’s permission dialog, then send again. For one-time access, click the Sim toolbar icon on the active tab and retry. Open **+ → Site access** to remove a saved permission. |
| 18 | +Turn on **+ → Reference current page on send** to include the active page whenever you send. Sim remembers your choice. Manually attached pages or selections take priority. |
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20 | | -To share a screenshot, drag the image file onto the open chat. It uploads to Sim and appears as an attachment you can remove before sending. If a website supplies only an image URL, paste the image itself or use the file picker. |
| 20 | +Chrome settings, other extensions, and pages without readable text can’t be attached. |
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22 | | -For faster access, press **Command + Shift + S** on macOS or **Alt + Shift + S** on Windows and Linux. The shortcut attaches highlighted text when you have a selection. It won't substitute the whole page for an unreadable selection. With no selection, it attaches the page or uses your send-time reference setting. On an already-open sidebar, Chrome may keep keyboard focus on the website. Click the message field, or use Chrome’s pane navigation (on Mac, **Command + Option + Up**). |
| 22 | +## Dictate or attach a screenshot |
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24 | | -If Chrome needs access to a new tab, the sidebar shows the shortcut assigned in this Chrome profile, or **Set shortcut** if none is assigned. You can change it under **Extensions → Keyboard shortcuts**. |
| 24 | +Click the microphone beside Send to dictate. Allow microphone access if Chrome asks, then click again to stop. Edit the draft and send when ready. If access is blocked, choose **Open settings**. |
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26 | | -## Roll out to a team |
| 26 | +Drag a screenshot file onto Chat, or use the file picker. It uploads as an attachment you can remove before sending. Dragging an image URL from a website doesn’t attach the image itself. |
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28 | | -Share the chat extension’s install link with your team. In managed Chrome, an admin can [allow the extension for an organizational unit](https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6306504) so people can install it themselves. |
| 28 | +## Keyboard shortcut |
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30 | | -If your organization has [Links](/search/sim-links), type `sim`, press **Space**, and enter part of a link name for suggestions. To open a shortcut by typing it directly, include the trailing slash, as in `go/handbook/` or `sim/handbook/`. Teams that already use an internal host named `go` or `sim`, or another go-links extension, should keep that conflict in mind: the extension routes those navigations to Sim, and when two extensions redirect the same address, Chrome uses the most recently installed one. |
| 30 | +Press **Command + Shift + S** on macOS or **Alt + Shift + S** on Windows and Linux. Sim attaches your selection, or the current page when **Reference current page** is off. With it on, the page is included when you send. An unreadable selection stays unsent. |
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32 | | -**+ → Browser shortcuts** can recover explicit `go/handbook` and `sim/handbook` searches on Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, and Yahoo. Enable your provider and approve the site access shown by Chrome. This leaves ordinary searches and your default search engine unchanged. See [shortcut setup and supported inputs](/search/sim-links#open-links-from-the-address-bar). |
| 32 | +Change the binding in Chrome’s **Extensions → Keyboard shortcuts**. If Chrome keeps focus on the page, click the message field or use its pane-navigation shortcut (**Command + Option + Up** on Mac). |
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34 | | -## Page access and privacy |
| 34 | +## Open team links |
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36 | | -Sim reads a page or selection when you attach it, or when you send a message with **Reference current page** enabled. For repeat use on one site, choose **+ → Site access** to grant or revoke that site’s permission. Granting access doesn't start background capture. The page text goes to the hosted composer when attached and becomes part of the conversation when you send it. |
| 36 | +Open **Links → Browser shortcuts** in Sim and select **Enable go/ shortcuts**. Then type a shortcut such as `go/handbook` in Chrome’s address bar. You can enable `sim/handbook` there too. |
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| 38 | +For suggestions, type `sim`, press **Space**, and enter part of a link name. If Chrome searches instead of opening a shortcut, enable your search engine under the extension’s **+ → Browser shortcuts**. Other searches stay unchanged. |
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| 40 | +See [Links](/search/sim-links#open-links-from-the-address-bar) for supported inputs, Glean conflicts, and team rollout. Administrators can [allow the extension for a Chrome organizational unit](https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/6306504). |
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| 42 | +## Privacy |
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| 44 | +Sim reads page text when you attach it or send with **Reference current page** on. Approval alone doesn’t start background capture. Attached text appears in the Sim composer before you send; submitted content follows your conversation’s retention settings. |
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| 46 | +Voice input sends microphone audio to Sim’s transcription provider while recording. It does not record tab audio or start when you open the panel. The transcript stays in your draft until you send. |
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38 | 48 | See [Sim’s browser extension privacy disclosure](https://www.sim.ai/privacy#browser-extension). |
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