# Sidebar Summary Generator

> Automatically generate concise summaries for loaded PDFs.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/sidebar-summary-generator](https://chrome-stats.com/d/sidebar-summary-generator)

## Overview

- **ID:** `sidebar-summary-generator`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Tessa
- **Category:** bookmarks
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-16
- **First published:** 2026-05-13
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sidebar-summary-generator/)

## Description

No need to read every page. Use the summary tool to get a high-level overview of any PDF content directly inside your browser.

## Rankings

- #140,577 — Overall
- #141 — summary
- #204 — ai summary

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

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

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/sidebar-summary-generator)