Chrome History Skill for Claude

by glebis

Query Chrome browsing history with natural language. Filter by date range, article type, keywords, and specific sites.

7k tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

ships runnable scripts

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

337

stars on the repo

on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills --skill chrome-history

What comes with it

26 458 bytes besides the instruction

.claude-plugin/plugin.json

README.md

chrome_history_query.py

The instruction itself

12 sections, as written by the author

Chrome History Query Skill

Search and filter your Chrome browsing history using natural language queries.

What It Does

Parses natural language queries to understand date ranges and filters
Queries Chrome's SQLite history database
Filters out noise (social media, email, redirects)
Groups results by type (reading, research, tools, events)
Returns formatted markdown with links

Supported Queries

Date Range

"yesterday" → previous day only
"today" → today only
"last week" → past 7 days
"last month" → past 30 days
"last 2 weeks" → past 14 days

Content Filters

"articles I read" → reading cluster (news, blogs, essays)
"scientific articles" → research cluster (papers, docs)
"code/research" → GitHub, Stack Overflow, docs

Keyword Filtering

"articles about AI" → finds pages mentioning AI
"scientific articles about climate" → finds research pages mentioning climate

Site-Specific

"reddit threads" → reddit.com only
"on medium" → medium.com only
"twitter posts" → twitter.com only

Example Queries

"articles I read yesterday"
"articles about AI I read yesterday"
"scientific articles for the last week"
"research about machine learning this week"
"reddit threads last month"
"code repos I visited yesterday"
"on medium this week"

Usage

Run directly with a query:

python3 ~/.claude/skills/chrome-history/chrome_history_query.py "articles I read yesterday"

Or integrate into Claude Code when user asks:

"Show me articles I read yesterday"
"What scientific papers did I look at last week?"
"Show reddit threads I visited last month"
"Articles about AI from yesterday?"

Configuration

Chrome History: ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default/History
Vault Location: /Users/glebkalinin/Brains/brain
Filtered Sites: Social media, email, Google redirect wrappers
Clustering: Automatic by domain type (reading, research, tools, events)

Exclusions

Automatically filters out:

Social media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Reddit, LinkedIn
Email: Gmail, Outlook
Shopping: Amazon, eBay
Google redirects: google.com/url wrappers
Utility sites: FreeFeed, YouTube

Output Format

Results grouped by content type with timestamps:

## Chrome History: articles about AI yesterday

*Found 5 items*

### Reading (3)
- 14:22 [The more that people use AI...](url)
- 16:38 [AI makes you smarter but...](url)

### Research (2)
- 11:23 [GitHub: AI project](url)

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How to use it

Copy the folder

Take glebis/chrome-history from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

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