Chrome extension
Coming soonResearch the person on the page — without leaving it.
A quiet chip appears next to a person's name. Click it, and a sourced pre-meeting briefing streams in beside the page. Coming soon to the Chrome Web Store.
What it is
The Brief Chrome extension is Brief moved to where the person already is. When someone appears on what you're reading, a small chip appears beside their name. One click, and Brief researches them across the live web and streams the brief into a panel next to the page: who they are, what they've recently said and done, three conversation openers, and a source for every claim.
Nothing runs until you click. Every brief is researched live, at the moment you ask — no stale database.
How it works on any website
1.The chip finds the person
It reads only the page you’re on — locally — and offers a chip when a person is its subject.
2.You click — research starts
Your click sends the name plus the page’s context to the live-web pipeline behind briefthecall.com.
3.The brief streams in beside the page
Handshake first, then the dossier, three evidence-backed openers, what to avoid — every claim linked to its source.
4.Ask follow-ups without leaving
Same product as the web app: follow-up questions, your seller lens applied, a link to the full brief.
Where it works
LinkedIn & X profiles
The chip sits beside the name, with the company read straight from the headline.
Articles & team pagesPlanned
Anywhere a person is the subject — a story quoting a CEO, a leadership page.
Gmail & Google CalendarPlanned
A companion that briefs the unknown sender, and everyone on tomorrow’s calendar.
Use cases
The same six jobs Brief does on the web, minus the detour.
Sales calls
Five minutes before discovery, click the chip on the prospect's profile: recent posts, company motion, three openers.
Brief for sales calls →Candidate screens
The candidate's public talks, writing, and company context without leaving LinkedIn — prep, never a background check.
Brief for candidate screens →QBRs & renewals
A new VP inherited your account? Brief them and open the QBR on their agenda, not your slide deck.
Brief for qbrs & renewals →Client meetings
Brief a prospect from the page where you found them — background for the conversation, never an eligibility decision.
Brief for client meetings →Investor pitches
Portfolio themes, stated thesis, recent checks from their profile — pitch the story they're already looking for.
Brief for investor pitches →Interviews
Brief your interviewer: what to naturally bring up — and what's public-but-awkward, flagged so you don't.
Brief for interviews →Privacy & data
- Reads only the page you’re viewing
- Only to detect a name and company. No browsing history, no other tabs, no scraping behind logins, never acting as you.
- Nothing is sent until you click
- The research runs on Brief's servers against the public web — the same source-cited pipeline as briefthecall.com.
- Same policy, same removal process
- The extension shares briefthecall.com's Privacy Policy and removal process.
Briefs are AI-generated and may be inaccurate; they are conversation prep, not a background check.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Brief Chrome extension?+
The Brief Chrome extension is a browser companion for briefthecall.com. When a person appears on the page you're reading — a LinkedIn profile, a news article, a post — a small chip appears next to their name. Click it and Brief researches them across the live web and streams a structured pre-meeting briefing into a panel beside the page: who they are, what they've recently said and done, three conversation openers, and a source for every claim.
When does the extension launch?+
It is in active development and will roll out via the Chrome Web Store soon. Until then, the same research engine is available at briefthecall.com — type a name and get the identical brief in seconds.
Which websites does it work on?+
LinkedIn profiles work out of the box — the chip appears next to the profile name and the person's company is captured automatically. Beyond LinkedIn, the extension detects people on ordinary web pages: news articles, interviews, blog posts, X profiles, company team pages. A companion for Gmail and Google Calendar — briefing the people on tomorrow's calendar or in the thread you're reading — is planned.
Does it run automatically on every page I visit?+
No. The extension never researches anyone on its own. It only reads the page you're viewing to detect that a person is on it; nothing is generated, sent, or stored until you click the chip and ask for a brief.
Is the extension free?+
It follows the same model as Brief on the web: free to try, with a Google sign-in for additional briefs. There is no separate price for the extension.
How is it different from using Brief on the web?+
Same engine, same brief — minus the tab-switching and copy-pasting. Because the extension can see the page, it also captures context a search box can't: the person's company from their LinkedIn headline, the article they were quoted in. That context grounds the research, which matters most for common names.
What data does the extension read or collect?+
It reads only the page you are currently viewing, only to detect a person's name and company. It does not browse your history, read other tabs, scrape content behind logins on your behalf, or post as you. Research runs on Brief's servers against the public web — the same pipeline as briefthecall.com. See the Privacy Policy at briefthecall.com/privacy.
Will it work on Edge, Brave, or Firefox?+
Chrome first. Chromium-based browsers (Edge, Brave, Arc) can typically install Chrome extensions, but official support beyond Chrome will come after launch.
Can't wait? Neither can your next meeting.
The same research engine is live on the web today. Type a name, get the brief in seconds — and watch the changelog for the extension launch.
Try Brief on the web →