Chrome Extension Setup & Usage

The NutEgg Chrome extension lives in your browser's side panel, providing on-demand content extraction, YouTube chapter maps, and one-click capture to Obsidian.

Installation

From GitHub Release (.zip)

1. Download the latest nutegg-chrome-extension-*.zip from the Releases page.
2. Unzip the archive to a local folder on your computer.
3. Open Google Chrome and go to chrome://extensions.
4. Toggle Developer mode on in the upper-right corner.
5. Click Load unpacked and select the unzipped directory containing manifest.json.
6. Click the puzzle icon in the Chrome toolbar and pin NutEgg for easy access.

Side Panel Workflow

Clicking the NutEgg extension icon opens Chrome's side panel:

• Auto-Extraction: As you browse, NutEgg detects the active tab (YouTube video, Twitter/X thread, or blog post) and extracts its text and structure.
• Status Indicator: A green dot indicates a healthy connection to your local Obsidian server (127.0.0.1:27123). If red, ensure Obsidian is running with the NutEgg plugin enabled.
• Retry Button (🔄): If content loading ever gets stuck on dynamic single-page apps, click the refresh button to trigger a fresh extraction.

YouTube Integration

On YouTube video pages, NutEgg extracts:

• Full video captions & transcripts (including auto-generated captions).
• An interactive Chapter Map with clickable timestamp buttons that scrub your active YouTube video player directly to that segment.
• Anti-clickbait verdict and summary answering what the video actually demonstrates.

Configuring Custom Ports

If port 27123 conflicts with another service on your machine:

1. Right-click the NutEgg extension icon and select Options.
2. Update the port number (e.g. 28123).
3. Match the same port in your Obsidian Plugin settings and click Test Connection.