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.

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

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