Makesense - YouTube Video Summarizer

A Chrome extension that summarizes YouTube videos using AI models via OpenRouter. It stores your summary history securely using InstantDB.

Features

• Flexible Model Selection: Use any model from OpenRouter - from free to premium.
• Smart Summaries: Adapts summary structure based on video type.
• Summary History: Save and view all your summaries in a beautiful interface.
• Extended Support: Handles videos up to ~100,000 characters of transcript.
• Complete Summaries: Generates up to 4096 tokens to avoid truncation.
• Privacy Focused: Your API keys are stored locally.

Setup

1. Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/makesense.git
cd makesense

2. API Key Configuration

1. Copy the template file to create your secrets file:

   cp secrets.js.template secrets.js

2. Open secrets.js and configure your keys:

   • OpenRouter API Key: Get one from OpenRouter Keys.
   • InstantDB App ID: (Optional) Get one from InstantDB to enable history features.

   // secrets.js
   const OPENROUTER_API_KEY = 'your-openrouter-api-key-here';
   const OPENROUTER_MODEL = 'anthropic/claude-3.5-haiku';
   const INSTANTDB_APP_ID = 'your-instantdb-app-id-here';

   Note: secrets.js is gitignored to protect your API keys. Never commit this file.

3. Choose Your Model

You can change the OPENROUTER_MODEL in secrets.js to any model supported by OpenRouter.

Recommended Models:

• anthropic/claude-3.5-haiku (Fast, cheap, high quality)
• google/gemini-2.0-flash-exp:free (Free)
• meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct:free (Free)
• openai/gpt-4o-mini (Very cheap GPT-4 class)

See all available models at OpenRouter Models.

4. Install the Extension

1. Open Chrome and navigate to chrome://extensions/.
2. Enable Developer mode in the top right corner.
3. Click Load unpacked.
4. Select the makesense directory.

Usage

Summarizing Videos

1. Navigate to any YouTube video.
2. The Makesense widget will appear in the right sidebar.
3. Click Summarize Video.
4. The summary will be generated and automatically saved to your history.

Viewing History

1. Click the Makesense extension icon in your browser toolbar.
2. View all your saved summaries in a grid layout.
3. Click on any summary to view the details or watch the video.

Development

If you make changes to the code:

1. Go to chrome://extensions/.
2. Find Makesense.
3. Click the reload icon (circular arrow).
4. Refresh the YouTube page to see your changes.

Troubleshooting

See TROUBLESHOOTING.md for help with common issues.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.