Beav browser extension (asset capture)

The browser extension is Beav's capture entry point: whatever you see in the browser — images, videos, note copy, comment threads, whole pages — saves into local Beav with one click and piles up into a searchable asset library. It also provides the local connection for browser control tasks you start yourself.

One extension, the whole web as your library

• RedNote (Xiaohongshu) notes, images, videos, comment sections, and creator profile pages.
• Douyin Web videos, photo sets, and captions.
• YouTube video pages.
• WeChat Official Account articles, Zhihu content, and other readable web pages.
• Images, video links, and selected text on any web page.

Different sites expose different fields. The extension identifies the current page first, then shows the capture actions that fit it. Captured content stays on your own computer by default, ready for organizing and reuse.

What captured assets are for

Saving is only the beginning. In Beav Desktop, captured material can:

• Be filed into knowledge bases by account and theme, retrievable anytime with tags and search — see creator asset management.
• Be broken down and rewritten as benchmark posts, feeding the topic-planning and drafting flow of the RedNote (Xiaohongshu) AI toolkit.
• Be called on directly to generate covers and drafts. If you just want videos and images on your computer, see the Xiaohongshu downloader and Douyin downloader.

Side panel and page actions

Clicking the Beav icon in the browser toolbar opens the side panel. It shows what the extension detected on the current page, capture tasks, history, settings, and the connection status.

Some platform pages also show Beav action buttons for saving the current content, downloading assets, or collecting comments. The extension never asks you to hand your site passwords to Beav; it works on pages where you are already signed in and have started the action yourself.

Browser control

After you start a browser task in Beav and grant permission, Beav can read the page structure and click, type, scroll, and take screenshots. Controlled pages show a status indicator, and it is released when the task ends. Details: Browser control.

Get started

Go to Install the browser extension. Installing from the Chrome Web Store is recommended; you can also download the ZIP and load it manually. After installing, save one web page and verify the local connection.