Is ChromeClaw - Your own personal AI assistant in your browser. 🦞 safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it does not collect or use your data.

The developer also certifies that your data is not sold to third parties outside approved uses, not used for purposes unrelated to the extension's core function, and not used to decide creditworthiness or lending.

The listing links to a privacy policy.

This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

What Chrome asks you to allow

When you add it, Chrome asks you to allow it to:

• Read and change all your data on all websites
• Read your browsing history
• View and manage your tab groups
• Display notifications
• Block content on any page

Derived from the manifest by Chrome's documented rules; the dialog's exact wording depends on your Chrome version and language. Chrome asks again if an update requests more.

What it can reach

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. What access to every site means

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access cookies
• Attach to pages the way developer tools do debugger
• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs

Worth knowing

• Block or redirect requests by rules it declares in advance declarativeNetRequest
• Sign you in with a Google account identity
• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting

Routine for an extension

• Schedule work to run later alarms
• Show you notifications notifications
• Run work in a hidden page offscreen
• Open a panel beside the page sidePanel
• Store data in your browser storage
• Organise your tabs into groups tabGroups

How usual this is for its category

In Productivity · Tools, 20% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to every site.

The typical extension there declares 3 browser permissions; this one declares 12 browser permissions.

• Read and change cookies on the sites it can access (cookies): 5% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• Attach to pages the way developer tools do (debugger): 2% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 28% of extensions in this category ask for it.

Counted over the live extensions of the same category after our latest full pass of the store. A share is context, not a verdict: what is normal depends on what the extension is for.

Who uses it and how it is kept up

786 users

• Last updated in the store 98 days ago, on 2026-07-28.
• No new version in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

• Featured The store's badge for extensions that follow its recommended practices for Chrome extensions.

Has it asked for more over time?

This is the question a permission list on its own cannot answer. An extension that shipped narrow and widened later is a different proposition from one that always asked for the same thing.

The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.

Who publishes it

algopian1, who publishes 2 listings we track. This listing has been in the store since 2026-03-04 and was last updated on 2026-07-28.

Similar extensions that ask for less

Listings close to this one in what they say they do, which declare less reach. Less reach is not a verdict on either: compare what each needs for the job.

1. ClawMe No site access · 7 permissions 17 users
2. Umbra - Browser Control for AI Agents No site access · 8 permissions 4 users
3. chrome-use No site access · 15 permissions 2k users ★ 5.0

How to check or remove it in Chrome

1. Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
2. Open its details. The site access setting shows where it can run; set it to run only on click and it reaches a page only after you press its icon.
3. To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.

Questions people ask

What can ChromeClaw - Your own personal AI assistant in your browser. 🦞 access?

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open. It declares 12 browser permissions.

What data does ChromeClaw - Your own personal AI assistant in your browser. 🦞 collect?

The developer declares that it does not collect or use your data. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has ChromeClaw - Your own personal AI assistant in your browser. 🦞 asked for more permissions over time?

The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.

Does ChromeClaw - Your own personal AI assistant in your browser. 🦞 publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.