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Where Kortex shows up

Kortex is a Chrome extension that adds memory and AI tools to Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM). It shows up in six places: the side panel, the dashboard, the chat Library, buttons on AI sites, a bar on Gemini Notebook, and the right-click menu.

The Kortex side panel open beside a web page

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Think of Kortex as a toolbox with a few drawers. You open the drawer that fits the job. Each drawer below says what it is for.

The side panel​

The side panel is a narrow strip that opens beside the page you are reading. You open it by clicking the Kortex icon in Chrome's toolbar. From there you can import the page you are on into a notebook, find a notebook, search your saved AI chats, and pick a prompt.

Read about the side panel

The dashboard​

The dashboard is a big page that lists every notebook you have, with its sources, tags and collections beside it. Use it when you want to tidy up, search across everything, or work on many notebooks at once. Open it with the Dashboard button at the top of the side panel.

The Kortex dashboard listing every notebook in a table

Read about the dashboard

The chat Library​

The Library is a page that keeps your chats with AI assistants on your own computer, so you can search them later. Think of it as a filing cabinet for every conversation you have had. Kortex asks before it saves anything.

The Library listing saved chats from different AI sites

Read about the chat Library

The Kortex tab and buttons on AI sites​

On sites such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity, Kortex adds a NotebookLM button. One click sends the whole chat into a notebook. Next to a saved chat you also see a small Kortex tab with your note, your pins and your highlights for that chat.

The NotebookLM button in the ChatGPT chat box

Read about the buttons on AI sites and the Kortex tab

The Kortex bar on Gemini Notebook​

Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) is Google's notebook site. When you open a notebook there, Kortex adds one bar across the top. It holds your collections, copy and export buttons for the chat, your sources and Studio, and your prompts.

The Kortex bar across the top of a Gemini Notebook notebook

Read about the Kortex bar

The right-click menu​

On any web page, select some text and right-click. Kortex adds an entry named Send highlight to NotebookLM. Pick it, then choose the notebook the quote should go to.

The right-click menu with Send highlight to NotebookLM

Read about highlight and snipe

Good to know
  • You do not need to learn all of this at once. Start with the side panel.
  • If a button is missing, reload the page once after installing Kortex.