> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.callprep.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Chrome extension

> Research a prospect from a side panel in your browser, see your upcoming meetings with the attendees already researched, and connect LinkedIn in one click.

## What it is

**AI Call Prep App** is a Chrome side panel: your upcoming meetings, the people in
them already researched, and a box to research anyone else by email. Same account,
same credits and same research as the dashboard and the API — a different way in.

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  <Card title="Install from the Chrome Web Store" icon="chrome" href="https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/mikgdlikgfmggeelklbegnlmlihalpfe">
    Add it to Chrome, then pin it to your toolbar.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Calendar and battlecards" icon="calendar" href="/extension/calendar">
    Automatic research for new meetings, and the briefing email that follows.
  </Card>
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## Setup

### 1. Install and open

Install from the Chrome Web Store, pin the icon to your toolbar, and click it to
open the side panel. It opens beside whatever page you are on and stays there
while you work.

### 2. Sign in with Google

**Continue with Google.** The extension signs in with Google only — if your
CallPrep account uses the same Google address, it is the same account, with the
same plan and the same credits.

### 3. Tell it about your product

On first run it asks for three things, and they are worth two minutes:

| Question                                                                                           | Why it matters                                                                                   |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Your product** — paste your website and it drafts the description, features and target customers | Every insight is written against this. A vague product description produces vague synergy points |
| **Sales methodology** — Consultative, Challenger, Solution, Sandler, Value or Inbound Selling      | Shapes the discovery questions you get                                                           |
| **Excluded domains**                                                                               | Companies never researched or contacted — your own domain, partners, customers                   |

All three stay editable later, in **Settings** inside the extension and in the
dashboard under **Settings → Product** and **Settings → Outreach**. They are the
same settings, not a second copy.

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## What you can do in the panel

### Research someone by email

Type an email address and the research starts. It takes roughly 20 to 60 seconds,
or a couple of seconds if that person was researched recently. **One credit per
research.**

You can have a couple of researches running at once; the panel says so when you
reach the limit.

### See your meetings

With Google Calendar connected, the panel lists your upcoming meetings, and each
external attendee can be researched from the meeting card — or researched
automatically before you get there. See
[Calendar and battlecards](/extension/calendar).

### Read the research

Each result opens in tabs:

* **Insights** — a summary of the person, opening lines drawn from their recent
  LinkedIn activity, synergy points with your product, competitive notes
* **Company** — description, industry, HQ, size, tech stack, what they sell, who
  they sell to, discovery questions to ask
* **Decision makers** — other senior people at that company, with titles and
  LinkedIn profiles *(BDR plan and above)*
* **Social** — recent posts from the prospect and the company, and company news

### Find an earlier research

The research list holds everything your account has researched, searchable and
sortable, with an **Extension only** filter when you want just the ones from here.

### Connect LinkedIn in one click

**Settings → LinkedIn integration** connects the LinkedIn account your Autopilot
outreach sends from, using the session already open in this browser — no password,
and it works if you sign in to LinkedIn with Google. This is the same seat you
would otherwise connect in the dashboard; see
[LinkedIn](/integrations/linkedin).

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## Credits and plans

The extension draws on the **same monthly credits** as everything else: one credit
per research, whether it was started by you or automatically from a meeting.
Cached results still cost a credit — see [Credits](/plans/credits).

Decision makers require the **BDR plan or above**; on other plans that tab stays
empty.

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## Frequently asked questions

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  <Accordion title="Do I need a separate account for the extension?">
    No. Sign in with the Google address on your CallPrep account and it is the same
    account — same plan, same credits, same research history, same product.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Does the extension read the pages I visit?">
    No. It reads nothing from the pages you browse. It talks to CallPrep, to Google
    for sign-in and calendar, and — only when you connect LinkedIn from Settings —
    to your LinkedIn session in this browser, once, to establish that connection.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="I researched someone and the summary says nothing useful.">
    That means the data sources had little to say about that address. It happens with
    personal mailboxes and very small companies. The company block is still built
    from the email domain where possible, and you keep the discovery questions.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can I use the extension and the API on one account?">
    Yes, and they share everything: one product, one credit pool, one research
    history. A prospect researched in the extension returns instantly through the
    API, and the other way round.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Which browsers work?">
    Chrome, and Chromium browsers that install from the Chrome Web Store and support
    side panels (Edge, Brave, Arc). Firefox and Safari are not supported.
  </Accordion>
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