Owlie - smart Youtube assistant

Owlie is an AI-powered browser extension that serves as a knowledge extraction tool for Youtube videos. It allows the user to interact with the content of videos through following features:

• asking questions / giving instructions in relation to the video
• summarizing videos
• extracting transcript, where clicking a sentence jumps to the timestamp it's spoken
• finding keywords / phrases within video's content

Chrome Installation

Firefox Installation

Local installation

1. Clone this repository.
2. cd owlie-yt-addon
3. install dependencies npm i
4. Export following env variables:

export VITE_OWLIE_API_BASE="https://owlie.essa.lol"
export VITE_OWLIE_SOCKET_ADDRESS='"wss://qdfxsg29c0.execute-api.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/production"'

5. build the extension npm run build:all. The dist directory will contain the extension's bundle.
6. Copy manifest to the dist directory. v3 for chrome-based browsers, v2 for everything else (e.g. firefox)
7. Load up the extension in the browser.

Firefox

1. Go to this address: about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox
2. Click Load Temporary Add-on...
3. Select manifest.json in the dist directory

Chrome

1. Go to this address: chrome://extensions/
2. Drag dist/ directory into Chrome's window

How to use

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q16GOxwqvVY

When visiting a Youtube's page you'll see Owlie's icon in the bottom right corner of the page. Click it to open the chat. Write /help to see available commands or simply ask a question about the video or tell it to do something fun.

Keep in mind that the answers accord to the video's content.

Local development

1. npm install --global web-ext
2. copy your desired manifest from the manifest directory into dist. Example: cp manifest/v2/manifest.json dist/
3. npm run dev.