Web clipping

A box is a directory of your data, kept under version control with a full history of changes (using git); a card is a markdown file with a structured header; the agent is the coding agent (Claude Code or Codex) that operates the box. Web clipping is a Chrome extension, called Bee Box Clerk, that sends things from your browser into your box.

What it does for you

• Saves a web page you're looking at into a chosen destination in the box (a chat, or a landmark you've set up), keeping a readable copy plus a frozen snapshot of the page as it looked.
• Lets you attach a comment to the page you're saving, so your reaction is captured alongside the page itself.
• Sends your current browser tab arrangement to the box, which can propose which tabs to close; you review and apply or undo the proposal, staying in control of what actually happens in your browser.
• Lands a clipped page in a chat you can immediately talk to the agent about, rather than only filing it silently.
• Sends the page you are on, with an optional note, to the box with one "Send to box" button. The box saves the page in an incoming folder that git does not track, and a routing model chooses which conversation it belongs in, the same way as a thought typed on the box screen. When the choice is clear the page is posted there and that chat's agent files it; when it is not, the popup offers up to four destinations. The popup says where it went, with a link to open that chat, and a failed send can be tried again.

What it needs

The Chrome extension installed and pointed at a reachable box. See ../install/index.md.

How it works, briefly

The extension talks to the box over a small set of connections built just for it. A saved page becomes a webpage card, with any comment attached as a commentary card. A sent tab arrangement becomes a tab-arrangement card the box can propose edits to; applying or undoing it relays back to the extension in your browser. Nothing here runs on a schedule: it acts when you use the extension.

Limits

Send to box needs the same OpenRouter key as quick chat; without it the page is saved and the popup offers recent chats to choose from. The routing model sees the page's title, address and site and your note, not the page text. Tab arrangements always land in one fixed destination; only the page/comment path lets you choose where it goes. The documentation does not describe a non-Chrome browser extension.

Go deeper

../reference/cards/webpage.md, ../reference/cards/commentary.md, ../reference/cards/tab-arrangement.md, phone-capture.md