# AI Web Element Assistant

> AI-powered element analysis using Claude. Ctrl+Click any webpage element to get intelligent insights. Sends data to api.anthropic.com for analysis.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/ai-web-element-assistant](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ai-web-element-assistant)

## Overview

- **ID:** `ai-web-element-assistant`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** itzhak.y
- **Category:** web-development,privacy-security,search-tools
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-09
- **First published:** 2025-12-06
- **Size:** 122 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ai-web-element-assistant/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ai-web-element-assistant/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ai-web-element-assistant/privacy/)

## Description

Get instant AI-powered explanations for webpage elements!

Features:
  • 🎯 Smart Highlighting - Hover to highlight elements with text content
  • 🤖 AI Analysis - Ctrl+Click any element for intelligent insights powered by Claude Sonnet 4.5
  • 🌍 Multilingual Support - Auto-detects and responds in the element's language (Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, Spanish,
   etc.)
  • ↔️ RTL Support - Proper text direction for right-to-left languages
  • ⚡ Fast Responses - Optimized for 2-3 second analysis
  • 🔒 Privacy-First - API key stored locally in browser, no tracking or analytics
  • 🎨 Beautiful UI - Non-blocking tooltip with smooth animations

How It Works:
  1. Get your Claude API key from Anthropic Console (<a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/e35f1eadeadfd0ead5bc48e8ea0af3b11e0efae4f9c3956f1dd1e40e7456da49/https%3A//console.anthropic.com" rel="nofollow">https://console.anthropic.com</a>)
  2. Paste it in extension settings
  3. Navigate to any webpage
  4. Hover over elements to highlight them
  5. Ctrl+Click any element to get AI explanation

Requirements:
  • Anthropic Claude API key (paid service - approximately $0.001-0.003 per request)
  • Internet connection

Security:
  • Your API key is stored locally in encrypted browser storage
  • Element data is sent only to Anthropic's API when you Ctrl+Click
  • No data collection by this extension
  • Rate limiting (1 request/second) prevents accidental overuse
  • Open source code for transparency

## Rankings

- #121,269 — Overall
- #137 — element

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `scripting`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ai-web-element-assistant)