AI Summary Helper
Summarize the web.
Keep what matters.
AI Summary Helper follows your favorite sites with a built-in RSS reader, 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.
One link in your bookmarks bar, any browser, any OS — including iOS. No install; the summary appears right on the page.
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.
You choose the model, the server, and whether anything leaves your machine at all.
AI summaries, your choice of model
OpenAI, Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek, or a custom endpoint — or point it at a local Ollama model and never touch the network for this step at all.
Ghost highlights, right on the page
The AI lightly highlights the most important verbatim passages in the article — so you can skim the key insights at a glance, and they travel with the summary to Kindle, LocalSend, or Markdown.
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.
A built-in RSS reader
Follow blogs and news sites, filter by source, tag, date or mood, import your OPML, and open or summarize any item in one click. Play podcast feeds right in the extension, and get an optional AI recap of each day from the headlines. Favorites land in your archive, and feeds are stored on your device.
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.
Share a link from your phone, read the summary on your computer
The AISH Companion adds “AISH” to your phone's share sheet. Links travel end-to-end encrypted to your browser and wait in History, where one tap summarizes them.
1. Pair once
In the extension open Settings → Phone inbox and scan the QR code with the companion app. No account needed.
2. Share from any app
Tap Share → AISH in your browser, a newsletter or a chat. It works offline too and sends as soon as you're back online.
3. Tap Summarize
Your shared links appear under History → From phone. Tap Summarize and the extension does the rest, with your own AI provider.
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 — plus, if you use the RSS reader, requests to the feeds you subscribed to, and, only when you click an AI recap, the headlines and short snippets of that day. 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.
How do I install the Android companion?
Download the APK from the link above (or from the latest release), open it, and allow installs from your browser when Android asks. Then pair it by scanning the QR code in the extension under Settings → Phone inbox. It is not on Google Play yet.
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.
From a bookmarklet to 2.0: what AI Summary Helper actually is now
It started as a one-click Kindle bookmarklet in 2024. Here's everything that changed on the way to the open-source 2.0 rebuild.
Read the post → GuideLooking for a Pocket alternative? Here's what actually matters
Pocket's shutdown left a real gap. A decision guide based on what you actually used it for — not which app looks the most familiar.
Read the post → ProductYou won't read most of what you save. Here's the actual fix.
Most saved articles are never reopened. Why Digest exists, and why it deliberately doesn't try to make the pile bigger.
Read the post →Part of the byphil ecosystem
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.
AI Summary Helper
Summarize, save, and search the web — on-device.
PetSetLife
A community for pet sitters and hosts living location-independently.
Knowledge GraphMatrix
Explore connected ideas and reading behavior, built for long-term knowledge mapping.