Vidskim: YouTube Transcript, Summary, AI Chat — permissions and source code

Free, unlimited transcript for any YouTube video. Summarize & chat with AI. Timestamps, translate, export.

Users: 18
Rating: 5.0 / 5
Version: 1.2.14
Updated: August 10, 2026
Size: 376KiB
Category: Productivity

What this extension can access

These are the capabilities Vidskim: YouTube Transcript, Summary, AI Chat declares in its manifest. Each one is a fact about the shipped code, not a judgement about the extension.

Reaches your browsing content

scripting

Inject scripts into pages you visit.

Reaches browser state and activity

unlimitedStorage

Store an unlimited amount of data locally.

Local to the extension

alarms

Schedule its own code to run later.

offscreen

Use a hidden document for background work.

storage

Store its own settings and data locally.

Websites it can read and change

https://api.anthropic.com/*

Read and change your data on api.anthropic.com.

https://api.openai.com/*

Read and change your data on api.openai.com.

https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/*

Read and change your data on generativelanguage.googleapis.com.

https://openrouter.ai/*

Read and change your data on openrouter.ai.

https://platform.vidskim.com/*

Read and change your data on platform.vidskim.com.

https://vidskim.com/*

Read and change your data on vidskim.com.

https://www.youtube.com/*

Read and change your data on www.youtube.com.

Pages it injects code into

https://www.youtube.com/*

Get this extension's source code

Download the .crx package or unpack it to read the source, entirely in your browser.

Download .crx Extract source code View on Chrome Web Store

Inside the package

Manifest version	MV3
Files	126
Unpacked size	990.8 KiB
Download size	376.1 KiB

File types

json · 106js · 9html · 4png · 4txt · 1svg · 1css · 1

Code characteristics

No dynamic evaluation or remote script loading was found.

Domains referenced in the code

Hostnames that appear in this extension's files. A hostname here means the string is present in the code, not that data is necessarily sent to it.

aistudio.google.comapi.anthropic.comapi.openai.comconsole.anthropic.comdocs.google.comgenerativelanguage.googleapis.comopenrouter.aipay.your-domain.complatform.openai.complatform.vidskim.comvidskim.comwww.youtube.com