What happens if I capture the same page twice?

Glassy detects duplicate URLs and merges the second capture's note and tags into the existing entry rather than creating two records. You'll see a 'merged with existing' confirmation.

Can I capture pages that require login or are behind a paywall?

Yes. Glassy captures whatever your browser tab can see, so anything you can read in the tab is fair game. The capture preserves the title and your highlights even if the page later changes or disappears.

What is the difference between a capture and a bookmark?

A bookmark saves only the URL and metadata — the page content is not stored. A capture saves the actual page content as a note, so you can read it even if the original page goes offline.

Capturing from the Web

Save bookmarks, full-page captures, and text highlights into Glassy using the Companion extension's Unified Save Card and Smart capture presets.

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Before you start

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What you'll learn

Save a full-page capture with one keystroke
Capture a highlighted text selection with source attribution
Save a lightweight bookmark
Use the Unified Save Card and Smart capture presets
Understand how captures appear in your library

The Glassy Companion extension turns your browser into a capture tool. This lesson covers the three core capture modes: full-page captures, text highlights, and bookmarks.

The Unified Save Card

When you trigger a capture, the Companion popup shows a Unified Save Card — a single form with progressive disclosure:

Always visible: title, collection, tags, note, and the Save button
Expandable: tap Smart capture to reveal content type presets, visibility toggles, and a content preview inline

You never leave the card to adjust settings. Essentials are always one tap away; advanced options expand inline on demand.

Saving a full-page capture

A full-page capture saves the article content, cleaned and formatted as Markdown via Mozilla Readability.

Trigger Quick Save

Press your Quick Save shortcut (e.g., Ctrl +Shift +G ) on any page, or click the extension icon and choose Capture page.

Review in the Unified Save Card

The popup opens with the page title, URL, and extracted content. Add a note, select tags, or choose a collection if you want.

Save

Click Save. The capture lands in your Glassy library as a note with the full article content, source URL, and AI-suggested tags.

Capturing a text highlight

Highlight capture saves a specific passage with its source URL — perfect for quotes and key arguments.

Select text

Click and drag to highlight any passage on the page.

Right-click and save

Right-click the selection and choose Save to Glassy. The popup opens with the quote ready to save.

Add your reaction

In the capture card, click Add note and type your reaction or summary. Press Enter to save.

The captured quote includes the source URL automatically, so you always know where it came from.

Saving a bookmark

Bookmarks are lightweight URL saves — they store the URL, title, and tags but not the page content. They don’t count toward your storage quota.

Open the popup

Click the Glassy icon or press your popup shortcut.

Choose Bookmark preset

Tap Smart capture and select the Bookmark preset. This tells Glassy to save only the URL and metadata.

Save

Add tags if you want, then click Save. The bookmark appears in your GlassyKeep library.

Where captures appear

All captures land in your Glassy library as notes. They’re immediately:

Searchable — full-text and semantic search
Tagged — AI suggests tags automatically; you can edit them
Organizable — add to collections in GlassyKeep
AI-ready — indexed for the Knowledge Base and AI queries

Open the Notes view or the Keep workspace to see your captures, newest first.

Capturing offline

If your Glassy server is unreachable when you capture, the extension queues the capture locally and syncs it automatically when you reconnect. You never lose a capture to a bad connection. We cover this in detail in the Companion track.

What’s next?

Beyond text captures, Glassy Companion can capture visual content — viewport screenshots, regions, and individual page elements. Learn how in Screenshots & Element Picker.