Summary

Ask nekuda is a side-panel browser assistant that lets you chat with a large language model (LLM) about the page you’re looking at. You can use it two ways:

  1. Nekuda Flash (free), the default. Chat requests are routed through a small Nekuda-operated proxy that forwards them to Google Gemini using a Nekuda-held API key. The proxy is the only Nekuda backend involved.
  2. Bring-your-own-key (BYOK). You paste an API key from OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google in the /model modal, and the extension calls that provider directly from your browser. With BYOK enabled, your prompt, page content, conversation history, and the model’s response never touch Nekuda’s servers - they go straight to the provider.

Anonymous usage events apply in every mode, including BYOK.

Whichever provider you choose, the extension still sends a small set of structured anonymous usage events to the Nekuda proxy - for example, “a chat was started with provider openai” or “a WebMCP tool was called on docs.github.com”. These events are described in detail below; they carry no prompt content, no model response, no page content, and no personal identifier (no name, no email, no IP), and they’re tied only to an anonymous per-install token.

We count them so we can see whether the extension is being used at all, and on which sites WebMCP tools fire - which is what tells us what to build next. There is no in-extension toggle to disable them; the only way to stop them is to uninstall the extension. If you’d prefer a toggle, email [email protected] and we’ll prioritise it.

Ask nekuda's use of information received from users complies with the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

This policy describes what data the extension touches and where it goes.


Who we are

Ask nekuda is published by nekuda (nekuda.ai).

For privacy questions, contact: [email protected]


Data the extension stores on your computer only

The following data lives in your browser’s local storage and never leaves your device:

Your API keys