A lightweight Chrome extension that rewrites selected text into a professional, human-like email using OpenAI.
I often found myself rewriting emails to sound clearer and more polished. It helped me understand how Chrome extensions work and how to integrate APIs like OpenAI.
- ✅ Rewrites selected email text into a more professional tone
- ✅ Clean, minimal popup UI with a copy button
- ✅ Works on Gmail and similar mail platforms
- ✅ Fully self-contained and privacy-friendly (no tracking or logging)
- Clone or download this repository.
- Open
chrome://extensionsin your Chrome browser. - Enable Developer mode (top right corner).
- Click Load unpacked and select the extracted project folder.
- Go to Gmail or any webpage, select some text, then click the extension icon.
- The rewritten version will appear in the popup — click Copy to use it.
This project helped me understand:
- Chrome extension structure: background scripts, content scripts, and popups
- Extracting and manipulating selected text on live web pages
- Designing intuitive micro-interfaces
- Calling and managing external APIs like OpenAI
- Learning through small, practical experiments