DayKite for Chrome

The Chrome extension brings the assistant to every web page. Select “let's meet Tuesday at 3pm” in an email and it's an event two clicks later — with a check that you're free.

#Install it

From the Chrome Web Store: open Settings → Chrome extension in DayKite and choose Add DayKite to Chrome, then pin DayKite from the puzzle-piece menu so the kite icon stays in the toolbar.

Before it's on the store — or to use your own build — build it from the DayKite code and load it yourself:

1. In the code, run npm run build inside the extension folder (Node 20 or later; nothing to install). Use npm run build:dev instead to connect to a DayKite running on your own computer (http://localhost).
2. In Chrome, open chrome://extensions and turn on Developer mode (top right).
3. Choose Load unpacked and pick extension/dist/chrome (or extension/dist/chrome-dev).
4. Pin DayKite from the puzzle-piece menu.

extension/README.md in the code covers building, testing and publishing in detail.

#Connect it

1. Click the kite icon in Chrome (or press Ctrl+Shift+K, ⌘+Shift+K on a Mac).
2. Choose Sign in — or Create a free account if you're new. DayKite opens in a tab.
3. Sign in (new accounts confirm their email first). The extension connects itself and the tab closes.

With a code instead — for your own DayKite server, or if the automatic step doesn't work: in DayKite, open Settings → Chrome extension and choose Create code; in the panel, open Have a pairing code, or your own DayKite server?, and enter your DayKite address and the code. A code works once and lasts ten minutes.

The extension gets its own sign-in. It's listed under Settings → Chrome extension → Connected and Sessions & devices, and Disconnect there signs it out straight away.

#Selected text

Select text on any page, right-click, and choose DayKite: “…”. The side panel opens and shows what it found — a date, a time, people — and one-click actions:

These actions work out the date and time without an AI model, and do exactly what the button says.

#Asking about a page

Type in the box at the bottom of the panel, like in the app. Above the box, small chips show what goes with your message:

• Page — the tab you're on. It follows you as you switch tabs. Choose ✕ to leave it out of the next message, and + Add this page to bring it back.
• Selected — text you've highlighted on that page (or right-clicked). Highlight something else to replace it, or ✕ to drop it. It's sent once, with your next message.

What's read, and only at the moment you send: in Gmail, the open email — sender, subject and text — so “turn this into a task” or “when could we meet about this?” work; elsewhere, the page title, headings and main text. Your message shows what went with it ("with Page: … · “…”").

The first time, the Page chip says Let DayKite see this page: choose it and allow Chrome's prompt. Chrome's own pages (chrome://…) and the Web Store can never be read by an extension.

#If something doesn't work