Claude in Chrome

0:05 Claude in Chrome is a Google Chrome extension that lets Claude see the page you have open, then click, type, navigate and fill forms on it using your existing logins; it is on every paid plan (Pro, Max, Ultra, Team and Enterprise) and became generally available on Aug 26, 2026 (as of Nov 6, 2026). It is not on the Claude Free Plan. The extension runs in a side panel in Chrome, and the same browser can also be driven from the Claude Desktop App, from Cowork sessions and from Claude Code. Its main use is reaching web tools that have no connector or API: internal dashboards, vendor portals, admin consoles and older systems.

Quick facts

What can Claude in Chrome do?

0:13 Claude in Chrome works on the pages already open in your browser. It can read a page, follow links, type into fields and submit forms on sites where you are signed in, so it acts as you would, with your accounts (Claude in Chrome). Anthropic's own examples include pulling numbers from an analytics dashboard and summarizing them, tidying a Google Drive (new folders, moved files, flagged duplicates), preparing for the day from a calendar and inbox, logging sales calls into Salesforce after you approve, and listing promotional emails for review before deleting them in bulk.

Several features came in stages (Getting started with Claude in Chrome):

• Multiple tabs: drag tabs into Claude's tab group and it works across all of them.
• Background work: a task keeps running while you switch tabs, as long as Chrome stays open.
• Scheduled tasks: saved shortcuts can run on a schedule from the clock icon in the panel.
• Shortcuts: saved prompts that run when you type "/" in the panel.
• Console logs: Claude can read page errors, network requests and the page structure, which is why developers pair it with Claude Code to test sites they are building.
• Skills, plugins and connectors: the ones on your account work in the side panel too (Skills, Connectors).
• 1Password sign-in (beta, macOS): you approve each request with biometrics, and Claude never sees the password or one-time code.
• Recorded workflows: available only in the older "classic" side panel.

Sessions are saved to your Claude history and can be continued on the web, in the desktop app or on a phone.

How do I install Claude in Chrome?

1. Open Google Chrome and find Claude in the Chrome Web Store.
2. Click "Add to Chrome".
3. Sign in with your Claude account (a paid plan).
4. Pin it: click the puzzle piece icon, then the pin next to "Claude".
5. Grant the permissions Chrome asks for.

The help center lists 15 browser permissions and what each is for: "debugger" lets Claude click, type and take screenshots, "scripting" lets it read page text, "downloads" lets it save files (Getting started with Claude in Chrome).

1:27 To let the desktop app use it, go to Settings > Customize > Connectors, click "Configure" next to Claude in Chrome and switch it on. It starts off in each conversation, so turn it on from the connectors menu in the chat when you need it. Claude also has a built-in browser of its own in the desktop app, which needs no install and is the default for people new to browser use; you choose between the two in Settings > Capabilities > Preferred browser (Claude in Chrome). The Cowork settings name the same choice under Settings > Cowork > "Preferred browser".

Permissions and safety

0:41 Since general availability, Claude no longer asks before every step by default. It approves actions it judges safe itself, using the same mechanism as auto mode in Claude Code, and a separate safety classifier checks each action (visiting a site, typing text) against your original request and blocks any that do not match (Claude in Chrome is generally available). You can switch this off in the extension's settings and approve every action by hand, or approve one site at a time. Whatever the mode, Claude asks before purchases, financial actions and anything that cannot be undone (Claude in Chrome).

The main risk is prompt injection: text hidden in a web page that tries to give Claude instructions of its own. Anthropic's product page says its protections "aren't foolproof" and that Claude "may hallucinate", and the help center still calls browser use "still risky" (Getting started with Claude in Chrome). Anthropic advises against using it for banking, health records, password management or other sensitive personal data.

Anthropic has published its own test numbers, which have not been independently measured:

• At the Aug 2025 preview, attacks succeeded in 23.6% of 123 test cases without mitigations and 11.2% with them; on a browser-specific "challenge" set, the rate fell from 35.7% to 0%.
• In the Aug 26, 2026 announcement, on a harder set of professionally red-teamed attacks, attacks that reached the model succeeded 17.6% of the time against Claude Opus 4.5 and 3.8% against Claude Opus 5 before extra safeguards. With probes and the safety classifier, Anthropic reports no successful attacks on Claude Sonnet 5, Opus 5 and Mythos 5, and 0.3% on Claude Fable 5, and says every successful break it found was low severity.

On Team and Enterprise plans, admins enable or disable the extension for the organization and restrict it to approved sites. On Enterprise, an owner must also enable Cowork in the cloud before the newer side panel appears.

Release history

• Aug 25, 2025: research preview announced for 1,000 Max users from a waitlist. The help center's release notes date it Aug 26, 2025.
• Sep 16, 2025: widened to 10,000 Max users.
• Sep 29, 2025: work across several tabs.
• Nov 24, 2025: beta for all Max users, with scheduled tasks and a choice of model.
• Dec 18, 2025: beta on Pro, Team and Enterprise, with Claude Code integration, workflow recording and console logs.
• Aug 26, 2026: generally available on every paid plan, with automatic approval and the built-in browser.

How does it compare with other browser agents?

OpenAI took the opposite route: it retired its ChatGPT Atlas browser on Aug 9, 2026 and moved to a built-in browser in its desktop app plus an extension that, since Aug 31, 2026, also runs in Edge, Brave, Opera and Vivaldi, where Claude in Chrome runs only in Chrome. Google offers Gemini in Chrome "auto browse" with its AI Pro and Ultra plans, and Perplexity sells its own browser, Comet. Which agent handles a given site best has no independent, dated benchmark to settle it.

Learn more: ChatGPT Atlas on ai.vi.ki, Gemini in Chrome on ai.vi.ki, Comet on ai.vi.ki, ChatGPT Browser Extension on chatgpt.vi.ki

Frequently asked questions

Is Claude in Chrome free? No. Claude in Chrome needs a paid Claude plan: Pro, Max, Ultra, Team or Enterprise, as of Nov 6, 2026. Free accounts are asked to upgrade.

Does Claude in Chrome work in Edge, Brave or Firefox? No. Anthropic supports Claude in Chrome only in Google Chrome on a computer, not in other Chromium browsers and not on phones. The Claude desktop app's built-in browser is the alternative.

Can Claude in Chrome buy things or make payments? Claude in Chrome asks before purchases, financial actions and irreversible steps, and Anthropic advises against using it for financial transactions at all.

Is Claude in Chrome safe? Anthropic says Claude in Chrome's defenses against hidden instructions in web pages are not foolproof, though its own tests show them much improved since 2025. Keep it away from banking, health and password sites, and watch what it does on unfamiliar pages.

Does Claude in Chrome use my browser data for training? Claude in Chrome data follows your account's training setting: on Free, Pro, Max and Ultra it can be used for training unless you opt out, per Anthropic's privacy center. See Claude Privacy and Data Use.

Which model does Claude in Chrome use? Claude in Chrome works with all public Claude models, chosen in the side panel, according to the Claude Help Center.

Sources

• Claude for Chrome brings AI where you’re already working, Anthropic, Sep 29, 2025 (video)
• Let Claude handle work in your browser, Anthropic, Dec 18, 2025 (video)
• Getting started with Claude Cowork, Claude, May 8, 2026 (video)
• Claude in Chrome, claude.com, read Nov 6, 2026
• Getting started with Claude in Chrome, Claude Help Center, read Nov 6, 2026
• Claude in Chrome is generally available, Anthropic, Aug 26, 2026
• Piloting Claude for Chrome, Anthropic, Aug 25, 2025 (with later updates)
• Release notes, Claude Help Center, read Nov 6, 2026
• Is my data used for model training?, Anthropic Privacy Center, read Nov 6, 2026
• ChatGPT release notes, OpenAI Help Center, read Nov 6, 2026
• Gemini subscriptions, Google, read Nov 6, 2026
• Comet Browser, Perplexity, read Nov 6, 2026