# The Chrome extension

> The Spiich Chrome extension puts the assistant in a side panel beside whatever page you are on. It reads the current page, recognizes the CRM record you are viewing, and lists your open tasks.

- Source: https://spiich.ai/help/apps/chrome-extension
- Section: Apps and extensions
- Who can do this: Everyone
- Time: 2 minutes
- Last updated: 2026-08-24

## Before you start

- Chrome 116 or newer, or another Chromium browser with a side panel.
- A Spiich account you can sign in to at app.spiich.ai.

The extension is the same assistant as the web app, docked to the side of your browser instead of living in another tab. That matters because it can see what you are looking at.

## Install it

1. **Add it from the Chrome Web Store**
   Open the [Spiich listing](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/spiich/jhbhdlhiigejpmfmlbcnoajaoabkdahm), click **Add to Chrome** and confirm the permissions prompt. In the web app you can also press `Cmd+K` or `Ctrl+K` and choose **Get the browser extension**.

2. **Pin the icon**
   Pin Spiich to the Chrome toolbar. There is no keyboard shortcut for the panel, so the icon is how you reach it.

3. **Open the side panel**
   Click the Spiich icon. Its tooltip reads `Spiich - Browser Extension`. The panel opens on the right and stays there while you browse.

## Sign in

1. **Open the panel while signed out**
   The login screen shows Email and Password fields, and below them the line **Already use Spiich in your browser?**

2. **Let it adopt your Spiich session**
   Click **Open spiich.ai**, sign in to the web app in the tab that opens, then switch back to the panel. While the login screen is showing, the extension checks every couple of seconds for a signed-in Spiich tab in the same browser and signs you in from it. No code to copy.

3. **Or type your credentials instead**
   Enter your Spiich email and password in the panel and click **Log in**.

4. **You land on Chat and Tasks**
   The panel switches to two tabs, **Chat** and **Tasks**, with a history button top left and a plus button top right for a fresh conversation.

> **Note:** The automatic sign-in only reads Spiich tabs it recognizes, and it gives up on a tab Chrome has put to sleep. If nothing happens, open a fresh Spiich tab from the login screen rather than reusing an old background one.

## What the side panel gives you

- **Suggestions from the page you are on.** About a second after the panel opens, a row of one-tap chips appears above the message box: search, save a contact, summarize, research, draft an email. Spiich reads the readable text of the page, up to the first 8,000 characters, and clicking a chip sends it as a question with the page as context.
- **Records and saved prompts in the message box.** Type `@` to point the assistant at a CRM person, company or deal. Type `/` to insert one of your saved prompts from the Prompt Library. Pasting a CRM record link turns it into a record mention on its own. See [Mention CRM records](/help/chat-and-voice/mention-crm-records).
- **Tools and Thinking.** The **Tools** button below the message box switches on extra abilities for that conversation. Web search is always there. Email search and Calendar search appear once your mailbox is connected, renamed to match: Gmail search and Google Calendar, or Outlook search and Outlook Calendar. The brain icon beside it turns **Thinking** on. Your choices are remembered. **Manage MCP connections** sits at the bottom of the same menu, where you connect and remove MCP servers, either just for yourself or for the whole workspace.
- **Attachments.** Drag a file onto the browser window, paste it into the message box, or use the attach button. Pasting a very long block of text becomes an attached `.txt` file instead of flooding the box. Oversized files are refused with a message naming the file and the limit.
- **Email drafts you can actually send.** A drafted email appears as an editable card with To, Cc, Subject and body, plus buttons that hand it to your mail client: **Open in Gmail** or **Open in Outlook web**, and **Open in Mail**. A copy button and a reset-to-original button are always there.
- **Chat history.** The list icon at the top left opens your recent conversations.

## The CRM record indicator

Open a person, company or deal in your connected CRM and the panel quietly shows which record you are looking at, so your next question is already about that record. It reads the page's web address only, and only for the CRM your workspace has connected: Attio (person, company and deal pages), HubSpot on any regional domain (contact, company and deal pages), and Pipedrive on your own domain (person, organization and deal pages). The `X` button dismisses it.

## The Tasks tab

**Tasks** lists your open Spiich tasks grouped as **Overdue**, **Today** and **Upcoming**, each with its due date and the reason it exists. Tick the checkbox to complete one, or use **Open in Spiich** to open it in the web app. With nothing outstanding it tells you that you are all caught up.

## Turn on the microphone

Voice input needs a one-time browser permission.

1. **Start a recording**
   Click the record button in the message box, or press `R` when your cursor is not in a text field. `Cmd+J` or `Ctrl+J` moves the cursor into the message box.

2. **Approve the setup tab**
   Spiich opens a tab titled **Enable microphone access** and asks Chrome for the permission after a moment. If it does not ask by itself, click **Grant Access**.

3. **Allow it**
   Approve Chrome's prompt. The tab shows **You're all set!** and closes itself. Voice input works in the panel from then on.

## Limits

- Chrome 116 or newer only. The extension is distributed through the Chrome Web Store, and Chrome updates it for you.
- It never reads browser-internal pages, so no suggestions appear on `chrome://`, `chrome-extension://`, `about:`, `edge://` or `devtools://` addresses.
- Record detection only works for a CRM your workspace has actually connected, and only inside the same CRM workspace Spiich is connected to.
- A very long email draft will not fit in a compose link. Spiich copies it to your clipboard instead and tells you where to paste it.
- The extension cannot record a meeting. That is the desktop recorder's job, and only its job.

## If something goes wrong

- **The login screen will not go away.** Click **Open spiich.ai**, sign in in that fresh tab, then return to the panel. If it still will not adopt the session, type your email and password into the panel.
- **Voice input does nothing, or the setup tab keeps reopening.** Chrome has the microphone blocked for the extension. Open `chrome://settings/content/microphone`, remove Spiich from the blocked list, reload, then click **Try Again**. If it says the microphone is already in use, quit whatever else has it.
- **The indicator says "Record not found".** Either the CRM is not connected, the record has not synced yet, or the page belongs to a different CRM workspace than the one Spiich is connected to. Check [`Settings > Integrations`](https://app.spiich.ai/settings/integrations), then dismiss the indicator and ask your question directly. See [CRM sync problems](/help/troubleshooting/crm-sync-problems).

## Frequently asked questions

### What can the extension see on the pages I visit?

It reads the readable text of the page you have the panel open on, up to the first 8,000 characters, to build the suggestion chips and to answer questions about that page. For CRM record pages it reads the web address to work out which record you are on. It never runs on browser-internal pages.

### Does the extension work in Edge, Brave or Arc?

It is built on the Chrome side panel API, so it works in Chromium browsers at version 116 or newer that support side panels. There is no Firefox or Safari build. On those browsers, use the web app at app.spiich.ai instead.

### Why do Email search and Calendar search not appear in my Tools menu?

They only show up once a Google or Microsoft account is connected to your Spiich user. Connect your mailbox at `Settings > Integrations` in the web app, reopen the panel, and they appear named for your provider.

### What is the small ring beside the message box?

It is today's assistant allowance for the Balanced and Expert tiers, and it only appears once the allowance is running low. Clicking it shows the exact percentage left and when it resets. The Fast tier stays available with no daily limit.

## Related

- [Which Spiich app to use](https://spiich.ai/help/apps/which-app-to-use)
- [The mobile app](https://spiich.ai/help/apps/mobile-app)
- [Point Spiich at a specific record](https://spiich.ai/help/chat-and-voice/mention-crm-records)
- [Chat basics](https://spiich.ai/help/chat-and-voice/chat-basics)
- [The Spiich Playbook](https://spiich.ai/articles/the-spiich-playbook)
- [Prospecting with Spiich](https://spiich.ai/product/prospecting)