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Chrome History skill

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

$npx skills add glebis/claude-skills --skill chrome-history
View this skill on GitHubglebis/claude-skills/chrome-history/SKILL.md
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Install Chrome History

Pick your agent. Every command is ready to paste.

$npx skills add glebis/claude-skills --skill chrome-history

The open skills CLI detects your agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ more) and installs to the right folder. Add -g to install globally.

01

Install it

Run the command above, or upload the folder in Claude.

02

Ask naturally

Describe the task. Your agent loads chrome-history when the request matches its description.

03

Name it if needed

If it does not trigger, say “use the chrome-history skill”. In Codex, type $chrome-history.

The skill itself

SKILL.md

FolderGitHub

Chrome History Query Skill

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

What It Does

  1. Parses natural language queries to understand date ranges and filters
  2. Queries Chrome's SQLite history database
  3. Filters out noise (social media, email, redirects)
  4. Groups results by type (reading, research, tools, events)
  5. 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)

Tips for Chrome History

  • • Start a fresh session after installing so your agent picks up the new skill.
  • • This skill ships scripts. Read them before the first run, and run it in a project without secrets first.
  • • It is part of a pack with 30 skills. Install only the ones you need with --skill to keep triggers precise.
  • • If two skills overlap, mention the one you want by name.

Questions about Chrome History

What does the Chrome History skill do?

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

How do I install Chrome History?

Run "npx skills add glebis/claude-skills --skill chrome-history" in your project. The skills CLI installs it for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ other agents. In Claude on the web, upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Customize > Skills.

Does Chrome History work in Cursor and Codex?

Yes. Chrome History uses the open SKILL.md format, so it works in Claude Code, Claude, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and other agents that support agent skills.

Is Chrome History free?

Chrome History is open source on GitHub under the MIT license. It is free to install; check the license before commercial use.

Who made Chrome History?

Chrome History is published by glebis in the glebis/claude-skills repository, together with 29 other skills.

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