i spent way too many nights trying to make Harpa AI Automation Tool Chrome Extension work for my grad school readings but it was a total letdown. i had high hopes because of the hype but it just lagged out and eventually crashed my chrome tab every time i tried to process a long pdf. super frustrating when youre on a deadline. i also tried Monica AI Chatbot & Assistant Extension and while it looks nice, the free tier is basically a joke for long papers since it cuts you off almost immediately. honestly i found that Sider AI Sidekick GPT-4o Sidebar is okay but even that gets annoying with the limits. i ended up using Wiseone AI Reading Tool Free Version for a while because it was better at not hallucinating but unfortunately they started nerfing the free version too. it feels like every good tool eventually wants 20 bucks a month which is just impossible on a student budget...

@Reply #1 - good point! Harpa definitely feels like it was coded in a blender sometimes. honestly if you are dealing with massive research papers for a thesis you need something that handles PDFs properly without choking on the token limits. I have been using Wiseone AI Reading Copilot Extension lately and I am super satisfied with it. It basically cross-references your paper with other academic sources so you know if the AI is just making stuff up. If you want something more general MaxAI.me AI Sidekick Chrome Extension is my go-to. It uses a much better context window management system so it wont just cut off your 5000 word article halfway through. No complaints here, it works well and handles long-form text way better than the basic sidebar tools i tried before. TL;DR: Get Wiseone if you need to double-check academic facts, or MaxAI.me for a stable sidebar that wont crash on long docs.

Are you on Chrome or Firefox tho?

• Thesis work is expensive, I once spent fifty bucks on ink cuz my prof hated screens.
• Paper cuts are honestly the worst... Anyway lol.