Mode 02 · Web Assist
One shortcut, answered on the page.
Press Cmd+Shift+Enter on any page. Dexly captures it, sends it to your local agent (Codex in this recording), and renders a copy-ready answer right on the page — no prompt typed.
Chrome side panel + your local coding agent
Browser-to-Code Workflow, Refined.
Turn live browser context into work for your local coding agent — Codex, OpenCode, DeepSeek Harness, or Cursor Agent. Act on what you see without manually copying page details into a prompt.
Checkout settingsLive page
Selected DOM target
Pricing card with CTA, copy, and visual state.
See Dexly in action
From browser context to your local agent.
Two modes, two shortcuts, no copy-paste. Each demo starts as it scrolls into view and pauses when it leaves.
Mode 01 · Code Assist
Click the element, change the code.
Select live page elements, attach screenshots or console and network evidence, and let your agent (Codex in this recording) edit your local workspace with approvals in view.
Web Assist shortcuts
Use Cmd on macOS and Ctrl on Windows and Linux. Open Dexly on a page once to enable it there, then the shortcuts work with the side panel minimised.
- CmdShiftEnterCapture the full page, auto-scrolling as needed, and send it straight to your selected Web Assist agent.
- CmdShiftSpaceCapture just the visible area and add it to the prompt without sending. Repeat after scrolling to stack several captures — useful where auto-scroll cannot reach, such as virtualised lists or embedded editors.
- CmdEnterSend everything queued, with an optional typed question from the side panel.
Two focused modes
Browser context that arrives ready to use.
Capture the right context, keep the task local, and stay in one narrow side-panel workflow.
Mode 01
Code Assist
Select precise UI elements, attach scoped screenshots, and stream a browser-grounded task into your local workspace.
- Click, drag-region, multi-select, and parent or child refinement
- Prompt preview before anything is sent
- Live approvals, command output, and file-change updates
- Works with Codex, OpenCode, DeepSeek Harness, or Cursor Agent
Mode 02
Web Assist
Ask read-only questions about a live page while your agent can review relevant local workspace files for grounded guidance. OpenCode, DeepSeek Harness, and Cursor run Web Assist in a separate read-only profile.
- Structured page-context answers without copying content by hand
- Optional form context for field mapping and review
- Cmd+Shift+Enter captures the whole page and answers it, with copy-ready Markdown on the page
- Cmd+Shift+Space stacks visible-area captures, then Cmd+Enter sends them — even with the panel minimised
- One active thread per workspace with recent-task continuity
Bring your own agent
One side panel, four local coding agents.
Choose the agent during setup, and pick a different one for Code Assist and Web Assist later in Settings. Every agent runs on your machine; Dexly's hosted backend never sees a prompt or learns which agent ran a task.
Default · app-server
Codex
OpenAI's Codex CLI over its app-server protocol. Dexly installs the pinned version after you confirm, and you sign in with your own ChatGPT account inside Codex.
- Code Assist with approval cards and the deny-first policy engine
- Native structured Web Assist output
- Model picker, Codex Apps inventory, and usage stats
Beta · ACP
OpenCode
Open-source coding agent over the Agent Client Protocol. Dexly Companion reuses a compatible install or installs the pinned runtime after you confirm.
- Any provider OpenCode supports, including local models through Ollama
- Web Assist in an isolated, deny-by-default read-only profile
- Model and mode options from the running agent
Preview · ACP
DeepSeek Harness
DeepSeek's coding agent (dsh) over ACP, installed by Dexly Companion as an exact pinned package. Needs Node.js 22.19 or newer and your DeepSeek API key.
- Web Assist uses its native read-only sandbox mode
- Text prompts only in the pinned preview
- Telemetry disabled by Dexly
Preview · ACP
Cursor Agent
Cursor's CLI agent over ACP. You install cursor-agent and sign in from Dexly with one click; Dexly never downloads or updates the Cursor CLI.
- Code Assist in Agent mode with permission cards
- Web Assist forced into read-only Ask mode
- Verified minimum CLI version before every connect
Beta and Preview agents are labelled as such in the extension and can be paused independently through Dexly's rollout switches without affecting Codex.
Local-first by design
Data stays exactly where it belongs: with you.
Prompts, screenshots, active page URLs and titles, selected browser page content, inspect and capture interaction data, local workspace files and paths, and your agent's thread history stay between the extension and your local agent — whether that is Codex, OpenCode, DeepSeek Harness, or Cursor Agent.
What stays out of the hosted backend
- Prompts and effective prompts
- Screenshots and selected-element images
- Browser DOM content and page captures
- Local workspace files and paths
- Agent thread history and transcript content
- Which agent or model provider ran a task
Workflow
From install to your local agent in four steps.
Install the extension
Add Dexly to Chrome and keep it open beside the page you are working on.
Connect Companion and pick an agent
Run npx -y @dexlyai/dexly install, then choose Codex, OpenCode, DeepSeek Harness, or Cursor Agent in the side panel. Dexly installs the pinned Codex, OpenCode, or DeepSeek runtime only after you confirm.
Choose mode and context
Select Code Assist or Web Assist, then capture only the page context your task needs.
Send to your local agent
Review the effective prompt, start the task, and follow approvals and output in the side panel.
Pricing
Choose your hosted quota headroom.
Extension features stay the same across plans. Only hosted limits and billing entitlements change.
Included
Dexly Free
$0/month
Start with the complete local-first workflow and a 15-day unlimited trial for new accounts.
- 20 prompts per UTC monthly period after trial
- 5 section captures and 10 selected-element images
- 3 visible threads and 1 workspace
Flexible credits
Monthly Boost
One-time30-day pack
Add short-term headroom without moving to a recurring subscription.
- +25 prompts and +5 section captures
- +10 selected-element images
- +3 visible threads and +1 workspace
- Multiple active packs stack and expire independently
Recurring access
Dexly Pro
Monthlysubscription
For people who use Dexly as part of their daily local coding-agent workflow.
- Prompts and capture actions uncapped by Dexly
- Visible threads and workspaces uncapped by Dexly
- Stripe Checkout and Customer Portal management
- Bypasses hosted metered usage writes while effective