What does the extension capture during a session?

When you start the Workbench campaign flow, Clipus captures selected screenshot evidence, visible page text, layout context, page metadata, and Workbench scene hints for the current tab.

Does the extension read my browsing history?

No. Clipus does not request browser history or bookmark permissions.

Where does the data go?

Confirmed campaign evidence uploads over TLS to clipus.io and is used to generate your campaign. Captured campaign evidence auto-deletes after 30 days unless you choose to retain it.

What does the Clipus extension capture? — Clipus Help

The Workbench campaign flow starts only after you open the Clipus side panel and click Create campaign from this page.

What the extension can see

The current tab you choose in the Workbench
Selected screenshot evidence for campaign creation
Visible page text and DOM layout context
Page title, domain, and non-reversible page reference
Workbench evidence labels, bounding boxes, and scene hints

The Workbench preview does not send inline screenshot data to AI providers. The screenshot is uploaded to Clipus only when you confirm campaign creation.

Limited intelligence snapshots

When you are signed in, Clipus may also collect limited metric-like DOM snapshots from SaaS product pages to power intelligence features. These snapshots are separate from the Workbench campaign flow, run at most once per domain per hour, and are designed for aggregate product metrics rather than full page recording.

What it cannot see

Your browsing history
Your bookmarks
Cookies or saved passwords
Audio or video from your screen
Pages outside the host permissions granted to the extension

Permissions in the manifest

activeTabCapture selected evidence from the current tab after you start the Workbench campaign flow.
storageStore Clipus sign-in state, tokens, Workbench session state, and limited local extension state.
offscreenRun locally bundled image and text processing without opening a visible tab or window.
scriptingRun locally bundled content scripts on the active tab during user-initiated Workbench flows.
sidePanelShow the Clipus Workbench after you click the toolbar icon.

Host permission: https://*/* — used for user-started Workbench capture and limited signed-in intelligence snapshots on SaaS pages.