---
title: "Brief – Summarize & Save Articles – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "7 users, no ratings yet. Version 1.0.13, updated 2026-10-26. Requests 7 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pbehcgnomgimhkklpgpbceniekgaogpl"
---

# Brief – Summarize & Save Articles

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 7
- Rating: no ratings yet
- Last checked: 2026-10-27 05:55 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: No change
- Users gained in 30 days: +2 (+40.0%)
- Rank by users: #177,692 of 289,024 live extensions
- Rank in Workflow & Planning: #31,395 of 48,766

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Summarize articles in one click and keep them in a searchable library, linked to the source, in the article's language or yours.

- Extension ID: `pbehcgnomgimhkklpgpbceniekgaogpl`
- Developer: Not named in the listing
- Enhanced Safe Browsing: Not trusted ([what this means](https://extensiontracker.com/enhanced-safe-browsing))
- Category: [Productivity › Workflow & Planning](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/workflow)
- First published: 2026-09-09
- Last updated: 2026-10-26
- Version: `1.0.13`
- Size: 419 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English (United States)
- Support page: `https://beta.brieflykeep.com/support`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/brief-%E2%80%93-summarize-save-ar/pbehcgnomgimhkklpgpbceniekgaogpl>
- View its code or download CRX: <https://crxpeek.com/extension/pbehcgnomgimhkklpgpbceniekgaogpl>
- Search Google for the ID: <https://www.google.com/search?q=%22pbehcgnomgimhkklpgpbceniekgaogpl%22&tbs=li:1>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-10-27 | 7 | – | – |
| 2026-10-22 | 6 | – | – |
| 2026-10-09 | 5 | – | – |
| 2026-09-27 | 6 | – | – |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-10-27: New version `1.0.13`, replacing `1.0.12`.
- 2026-10-27: Renamed from “Brief” to “Brief – Summarize & Save Articles”.
- 2026-10-27: The summary on the listing changed.
- 2026-10-22: New version `1.0.12`, replacing `1.0.10`.
- 2026-10-22: The developer's contact email changed.

## Developer history

Moves to another publisher account and new contact emails, newest first.

- 2026-10-22: The contact email changed.

We know contact emails only by a keyed hash, so they're never shown. Recent changes: [Account and contact changes](https://extensiontracker.com/owners/).

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites

- `https://beta.brieflykeep.com/*`: beta.brieflykeep.com

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `https://beta.brieflykeep.com/*`: beta.brieflykeep.com

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `identity`: Sign you in with your Google account
- `offscreen`: Open a hidden page for background work
- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Catarina: Privacy for ChatGPT, Claude & Gemini](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/afnldecokjdifmcbpfnnhnifliblbjec) | 4 | – | – | Developer Tools |

All 2 extensions [from this account](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u9e815955035578ea203b5ea0aa080f5d).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-10-27 05:55 UTC; next check around 2026-11-28.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Brief – Summarize & Save Articles” (pbehcgnomgimhkklpgpbceniekgaogpl). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pbehcgnomgimhkklpgpbceniekgaogpl. Accessed 2026-11-08.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_pbehcgnomgimhkklpgpbceniekgaogpl,
  title   = {Brief – Summarize & Save Articles (pbehcgnomgimhkklpgpbceniekgaogpl)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-10-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/pbehcgnomgimhkklpgpbceniekgaogpl},
  urldate = {2026-11-08}
}
```

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