Skip to main content

📝 Overview

Ask Stevev4.1.1 - Screenshot showing the interface and features of this AI tool
  • Eliminate manual copying and pasting by having AI read any webpage and use it as context automatically
  • Automate data entry by extracting information and writing directly to Google Sheets, Excel, Notion, and 20+ other services
  • Take control of your inbox with AI that drafts replies, summarizes threads, and organizes emails in Gmail and Outlook
  • Build custom automation workflows without coding using simple English instructions and one-click button creation
  • Launch AI actions with your voice and have responses read aloud for hands-free operation while browsing
  • Connect to any existing workflow automation from tools like Zapier or n8n and trigger them from any webpage
  • Maintain complete data privacy with local processing that connects directly to your chosen LLM or API

⚖️ Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Free plan using own API key or local LLM
  • Works directly in your browser
  • Context-aware on any webpage
  • Eliminates tedious copy and pasting
  • Over 100 customizable AI Agents available
  • Voice mode: launch Agents with your voice and have results read to you
  • No subscription, pay as you go
  • Supports cloud and local LLMs
  • No-code Agent and scraper building
  • Writes data to connected systems (Sheets, Excel, Salesforce, etc.)
  • Connects to APIs and webhooks
  • Chats with pages, PDFs, videos, spreadsheets
  • Improves writing and research tasks
  • Secure, private enterprise deployment option
  • Create custom Agents
  • Smooth Workspace integration
  • Webpage reading and analysis
  • Multiple language support
  • Manage your inbox with Gmail and Outlook integrations
  • Increase in user productivity
  • Multi-purpose tool for various industries
  • Community support available
  • Specific model assignment to Agents

Cons

  • Doesn't work in non-Chromium browsers
  • Only web-page and PDF based operations
  • Credits expire after 1 year
  • Requires BYO LLM or LLM account to use for free
  • User privacy concerns

Frequently Asked Questions

Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:Ask Steve is a browser extension that gives you time-saving 1-click AI Agents for your browser.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:Unlike standalone chatbots, Ask Steve works directly on the webpage you're viewing, using the page content as context without you needing to copy and paste anything. It lets you chat with any page and gives you access to 100+ Agents to help you get things done. You can easily edit or build your own agents, and they can write to things like Google Sheets, Outlook Calendar, Notion, Salesforce and more, as well as call external webhooks and APIs.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:It's designed for individuals looking to boost productivity, businesses wanting to deploy AI agents to employees quickly, and site owners wishing to add AI agents to their websites without coding.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:Yes, you start out with a number of free Credits to try things out. After that you can connect to your own LLM, API or developer LLM account to continue using Ask Steve for free. And you can get free developer LLM accounts from Google Gemini and Mistral. If you don't want to bother with that, you can buy packs of Credits from us as you need them, with no subscription.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:You have access to all of Ask Steve's functionality on the Free plan.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:You don't have to mess with setting up your own LLM or developer account.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:If you don't want to buy Credits from us, you will need your own API Key for a cloud LLM (e.g. OpenAI, Google Gemini, Anthropic, etc.) or will need to run an LLM locally on your own computer.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:Yes, it can read the current page or selected text to use as context for your requests, saving you time.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:Yes, you can build agents that extract information from web pages and write it to various destinations - including Google Sheets, Google Docs, Google Chat, Google Calendar, Microsoft Excel, Slack, Notion, Airtable, Salesforce, Hubspot, Apollo, Pipedrive, Outlook Calendar and more being added all the time.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:Yes, it can write data directly into systems like Google Sheets, Docs, Calendar, Excel and via API/Webhook connections can connect to any system with an API.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:Yes, you can choose from 100+ Agents, create your own custom Agents for specific tasks without coding, and personalize it for your needs. Enterprise plans allow for custom branding and Tool Packs.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:Ask Steve runs locally on your computer. If you've connected your own LLM or account, then Ask Steve connects directly to the specified AI model or API. Your data is not sent to or stored by Ask Steve servers. Data privacy depends on the plan and the AI model/API you connect to. If you are on the Credits plan, then your requests are proxied through Ask Steve's server. We don't look at or store the request or results.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:It currently supports Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, but will work to varying degrees in any Chromium-based browser.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:Yes, the platform is designed with the privacy and security necessary for enterprise deployment.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:Ask Steve has custom AI Agents built into Gmail and Outlook for the Web to help you automatically label, categorize, archive, summarize, draft replies and more.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:Yes, you can launch Agents (or make any request) with your voice and have Agents read their responses back to you. You can customize the Agent's voice and language.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:You can use Ask Steve in any language! Just add a line to your Preferences indicating what language you want your responses to be in, and then optionally change the text-to-speech and speech-to-text settings to your language if you want to use voice mode.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:If you don't want to buy Credits from us, you will need your own API Key for a cloud LLM (e.g. OpenAI, Google Gemini, Anthropic, etc.) or will need to run an LLM locally on your own computer.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:Yes, it can read the current page or selected text to use as context for your requests, saving you time.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:Yes, you can build agents that extract information from web pages and write it to various destinations - including Google Sheets, Google Docs, Google Chat, Google Calendar, Microsoft Excel, Slack, Notion, Airtable, Salesforce, Hubspot, Apollo, Pipedrive, Outlook Calendar and more being added all the time.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:Yes, it can write data directly into systems like Google Sheets, Docs, Calendar, Excel and via API/Webhook connections can connect to any system with an API.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:Yes, you can choose from 100+ Agents, create your own custom Agents for specific tasks without coding, and personalize it for your needs. Enterprise plans allow for custom branding and Tool Packs.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:Ask Steve runs locally on your computer. If you've connected your own LLM or account, then Ask Steve connects directly to the specified AI model or API. Your data is not sent to or stored by Ask Steve servers. Data privacy depends on the plan and the AI model/API you connect to. If you are on the Credits plan, then your requests are proxied through Ask Steve's server. We don't look at or store the request or results.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:It currently supports Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge, but will work to varying degrees in any Chromium-based browser.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:Yes, the platform is designed with the privacy and security necessary for enterprise deployment.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:Ask Steve has custom AI Agents built into Gmail and Outlook for the Web to help you automatically label, categorize, archive, summarize, draft replies and more.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:Yes, you can launch Agents (or make any request) with your voice and have Agents read their responses back to you. You can customize the Agent's voice and language.
Rajat Paharia 🛠️ 1 tool wrote:You can use Ask Steve in any language! Just add a line to your Preferences indicating what language you want your responses to be in, and then optionally change the text-to-speech and speech-to-text settings to your language if you want to use voice mode.

💰 Pricing

Pricing model

Freemium

Paid options from

$9.99/unit

Billing frequency

Pay-as-you-go

Refund policy

No Refunds

Use tool

🔄 Top alternatives