Documentation

How pinakea Works

The core interaction model behind browsing, search, summaries, and chat in one connected workflow

How to install Plugins and Extensions for Chrome, Safari, Obsidian and Raycast

Installation and Setup

Online and Mixed Modes

How Online Mode and Mixed Mode process Sets, what switching changes, and what Mixed Mode does and does not keep local

General Usage

Timeline and Summaries

How timeline selection, summaries, and export/copy flows work in pinakea

Status Bar

Understand pipeline, network, cost, retry, and AI usage indicators in the pinakea status bar

Integrated Help

Built-in help features in pinakea

Keyboard Shortcuts

Sets (Libraries)

Use Sets to keep multiple libraries (sources, items, and chat history) separate.

Sources

How to add, configure, and sync sources in pinakea

Stars and Deleting Browser Clips

Star important items and understand what can (and can’t) be deleted in pinakea.

Folders

Browsers

Mail

Obsidian

Feedbin

Search

How to search your notes in pinakea

Scope and Context

How pinakea decides what your actions apply to (all, filtered, selection, KB)

Chat

How to chat with your notes in pinakea

Tag Consolidation

Merge near-duplicate AI tags safely using the Consolidate AI Tags workflow

Browser Access Introduction

Access your timeline, search, chat, and web clipping from any browser

Tailscale Remote Access

Secure remote access to pinakea with a private network

Network Access During Sleep

How browser access works when your Mac is sleeping

Save to pinakea Apple Shortcut

Install the generated Tailscale Share Sheet shortcut for saving URLs from iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Local MCP Bridge

Use pinakea from local stdio MCP clients like Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor, and VS Code

Chrome Extension

Install and enable the pinakea Chrome and Chromium browser extension.

Obsidian Plugin

Install and enable the pinakea companion plugin for Obsidian.

Raycast Extension

Use pinakea Browser access from Raycast

Export

Export items as Markdown files for sharing and external tools

Backup & Restore

Create backups of your pinakea state and restore them later.

Leveraging AI

OpenRouter and BYOK

LLM Cost (OpenRouter)

Paid Features

What's always free, what the 30-day trial includes, and what needs Pro after the trial.

Open Bugs

Credits

Contact