Claude in Chrome is the official Chrome extension that lets Claude work alongside you in a browser side panel — seeing, clicking, and typing. Beyond reading and summarizing pages, it performs real browser work: filling forms, organizing your inbox, and running multi-step tasks across tabs. This guide covers what it can do, how the safety controls work, and who can use it, based on the official documentation. (As of June 2026. It is a beta feature, so details change often — see the official help article.)
What it can do
Per the official help article and store listing, Claude in the side panel reads the page you are on and acts on natural-language instructions — clicking buttons and handling repetitive work. Headline uses include navigating and organizing your inbox and calendar, filling forms and repetitive data entry, extracting information from web content, and running multi-step processes across multiple tabs. You can record common browser workflows and have Claude repeat them automatically, save well-crafted prompts as shortcuts you call with / in chat, and even schedule shortcuts to automate recurring tasks. It also suggests prompts based on the site you are visiting.
Safety controls — you stay in charge
Because this agent operates your browser, the safety design matters. Per the official docs: you can pre-approve the actions Claude may take on websites before you start, and when Claude encounters a login page or CAPTCHA it pauses and asks you to handle it manually. Browser actions run in a visible window in real time, so you can watch what is happening. On Team and Enterprise plans, admins control whether the extension is enabled and can restrict site access with allowlists and blocklists. Note that Claude works with your signed-in sessions, so be deliberate about what you approve on sensitive accounts. For how your data is handled, see the privacy and data settings guide.
Who can use it
Per the official help article, Claude in Chrome is available in beta to users on all paid plans (Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise) — not on the free plan. It began as a small research preview in 2025 and expanded gradually. Install the extension from the Chrome Web Store and sign in with your Claude account. Choosing a plan? See the pricing guide.
With desktop and Claude Code
The extension works standalone, but it shines combined with other tools. In the desktop app, enable the Chrome connector in settings and tasks you start on desktop continue in the browser without switching windows — the browser hands for agentic work like Cowork. For developers, the Claude Code integration is the highlight: build in the terminal, test and verify in the browser, and let Claude read console errors, network requests, and DOM state directly for a build-test-fix loop (enable with /chrome in a session; Chrome and Edge supported in beta).
If spreadsheets are your main surface, see our companion Claude in Excel guide.
The features and availability here reflect the official help article and docs as of June 2026; as a beta feature, supported plans, browsers, and behavior may change. For the latest, see the official help article and the extension release notes. This site is not an official Anthropic site.