Vynx Options

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Browser Shortcut

Key	Action	Scope
	Open extension panel	Global
`l` + `Tab`	Omnibox — type query in address bar, sends to configured provider	Address bar

Can be changed at chrome://extensions/shortcuts.

Omnibox Defaults

Configure the provider, model, and skill used when sending a query via the omnibox (l + Tab).

Provider

Model

Skill

General Shortcuts

Key	Action	Scope
	Select provider (preselects Claude)	Popup and side panel
	Focus prompt field	Popup and side panel
	Copy last assistant response to clipboard	Popup and side panel
	Focus dictionary input	Popup and side panel
	Focus model dropdown	Popup and side panel
	Start a new chat for selected provider	Popup and side panel
	Select proofread skill	Popup and side panel
	Toggle the resizable popout window	Popup and side panel
	Open extension options	Popup and side panel
	Toggle dark mode on current page (browser-wide)	Global
	Open the largest video on the page in PiP	Active page
	Refresh usage indicators	Popup and side panel

Prompt Behavior

Input	Result	Scope
`Enter`	Send prompt to selected provider	Main composer
`Shift` + `Enter`	Insert new line in prompt	Main composer
	Run browser agent directive flow	Main composer

Tab Management

Close ungrouped tabs to the right with Checking shortcut registration.... Suggested shortcut: Option+Shift+R on macOS, Alt+Shift+R elsewhere. Change or disable it at brave://extensions/shortcuts. It works while Brave has focus, independently of automatic cleanup, and can close playing tabs.

Both tools preserve pinned, highlighted, grouped, split-view, Vynx control and in-flight work tabs. Grouped tabs are left untouched to preserve saved and shared groups. The shortcut affects only tabs to the right in the invoking window.

Automatically close old inactive, quiet tabs (off by default)

Close after observed open time

Checks run approximately every 15 minutes in normal, non-incognito windows and consider HTTP(S) pages only. Existing tabs start aging when enabled; new tabs age from when Vynx observes them opening. Revisiting or navigating a tab does not reset its age. Browser restart or extension reload/update resets ages; disabling and re-enabling starts a fresh clock.

Inactive unpinned drafts can still close. Pin work you want to keep. Browser confirmation prompts remain under your control; uncertain closes pause further closing and are never retried automatically. Turning cleanup off stops new closes but cannot undo one already dispatched.

Context-menu Proofreading

Proofread selected text from the right-click menu (on by default)

Uses your current chat provider, model and reasoning effort. The exact original and the complete reply are saved in Vynx chat before a supported editable selection is replaced. Editing, cancellation or a stale selection leaves the source unchanged. Read-only selections are saved to chat only. Passwords and other sensitive fields are refused. Nothing is submitted.

Cookie Banners

Dismiss cookie banners (auto-click reject / necessary-only when possible)

Ad and Tracker Blocking

Blocks common advertising and tracking requests with conservative lists compiled into this Vynx build. Matching runs in the browser's native network engine; Vynx never downloads filter lists while you browse.

Enable network blocking (on by default)

Block advertising requests

Block tracking requests

Hide leftover ad placeholders (reclaims the empty space a blocked ad reserved)

If a site breaks, turn off the advertising or tracking list and reload the page. Vynx still creates no broad or per-site exceptions; the only narrower scope is a temporary, single-tab suspension the MCP Bridge can install on a tab it drives, which ends when that tab is released or closed, or when the bridge stops.

Brave Shields is independent. Disabling a Vynx list does not allow a request that Brave itself blocks.

Extension Open Mode

Choose how Vynx opens from its toolbar icon. The compact regular popup is the fastest default; popout and sidebar remain available for longer sessions.

Dark Mode Overrides

Domains where the regular page appearance is overridden with dark mode ( or the popup button).

No domains configured.

Hidden Elements

CSS selectors whose matching elements are hidden per domain.

No selectors configured.

YouTube Declutter

Hides YouTube's own distractions with plain CSS on www.youtube.com and m.youtube.com, including Brave-derived filters, members-only discovery and desktop Premium promotions. Hidden discovery content and thumbnails may still arrive in shared feed responses; this does not block network loading. Intentionally opened videos and Shorts still play; no URL is redirected. The master is off by default. Every time you enable it, all filters except thumbnails are selected; change any below afterwards. YouTube changes its markup often: if a filter stops working or hides too much, turn it off and reload the page.

Declutter YouTube (off by default; enabling selects all filters except thumbnails)

Hide members-only discovery (www.youtube.com only; member video cards, including inside promotions; unclassified headers remain)

Hide Shorts discovery (Shorts-only shelves and cards, guide entry, channel tab and search results; mixed shelves retain normal videos)

Hide up-next recommendations and the end screen (m.youtube.com only)

Hide Premium promotions (www.youtube.com); hide sign-in, menu, comments and video info (m.youtube.com)

Hide end-screen cards in the player

Hide thumbnails and hover previews (off by default)

Hide live chat (www.youtube.com only; not a Brave feature)

Mobile-only filters act only on m.youtube.com. The distractions switch also hides Premium statement banners on www.youtube.com; ordinary videos, podcasts and branded video shelves remain visible.

Picture-in-Picture (PiP)

Open a YouTube video or any HTML5 <video> in PiP so it stays visible across tabs and applications. Hover a video for the PiP button, or press . Uses native video PiP when possible and Document Picture-in-Picture for iframe players.

Enable PiP (prefers native video Picture-in-Picture)

Automatically open PiP when switching tabs (for videos with sound; browser site permission applies)

Show PiP button on hover (the shortcut remains available)

Display

Pretty print JSON (format plain JSON responses with syntax highlighting and click-to-copy)

Saved chats

Download saved chat and proofreading history as JSON. The export does not include settings, authentication or MCP Bridge credentials.

Experimental Features

AI provider indicators (shows usage quota badges in the popup; requires each provider's chat to be open in a browser tab)

Claude GitHub Copilot Gemini (off by default; observed limits only) ChatGPT

Dev Tools (shows the header-override and CSS-selector-hiding tools in the popup)

MCP Bridge

Connect to a Voyk MCP server so an editor agent (e.g. Zed's Claude plugin) can dispatch browser actions remotely.

When active, the connected MCP server can navigate pages, click elements, and read page content in your browser on behalf of the agent. Only connect to servers you trust.

Each browser has its own Session ID (it is the access key), so multiple users - and multiple browsers of one user - can connect to the same server at once. The agent targets a specific browser by its Session ID; there is no implicit "default" session.

Single source of truth: this must match the session ID your MCP client is configured with for this exact browser profile. Give every browser profile its own ID, and never reuse another profile's. A mismatch is the usual cause of "browser extension not connected". Editing a running bridge restarts it automatically.

Server URL

Session ID

Keep MCP Bridge and Browser Agent tabs in background (recommended) Blocks remote tab-activate and focus:true. Work remains visible in labeled tab groups, status indicators, and Live activity, but may be less immediately noticeable. Uncheck only when a trusted agent must take keyboard focus; your next keystrokes can land in that tab.

Allow page-authored WebMCP tools (default on) Lets the MCP Bridge discover and invoke bounded tools deliberately exposed by the top page through Chromium's experimental WebMCP API. Tool results are untrusted page output; ordinary Vynx DOM actions remain available. Turning this off blocks new discovery and execution and invalidates saved references, but cannot cancel a tool already dispatched into the page.

Page API origins Optional: up to 8 exact HTTPS origins, one per line. On these pages Vynx supplies a page-authored tool API when the browser has no native WebMCP API. Empty by default. Reload affected pages after saving. Removing an origin blocks new bridge discovery and execution there.

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