Interactive user manual

Learn DevRecall by using it.

Choose a workflow or click a control in the simulated extension. The tour changes the mock screen, animates the next action, and explains the result.

DevRecall

Button reference

Understand every major control.

Copy

Copies only the displayed code or formula. AI explanations are excluded.

Extend with AI

Combines the answer with a stated requirement while preserving and validating its language.

Favorite

Boosts the result in search and puts it in the Favorites filter.

Save

Adds curated answers locally. Personal snippets support editing and deletion.

Explain

Sends guarded context to Ollama. Pasted content is marked as untrusted data.

Preview values

Runs selectors only against inert pasted HTML before generating code.

Detailed workflows

From lookup to lasting knowledge.

Universal search

Press Ctrl+Shift+K and describe the desired outcome. Exact titles, aliases, language shortcuts, tags, favorites, notes, personal snippets, and imported code-pack content influence ranking. Arrow keys select results and Enter opens one.

Context menu

Select webpage text and right-click. Explain Selection creates a guarded explanation, Explain Error starts diagnosis, and Save Snippet opens a prefilled form. DevRecall listens even while the panel is already open and never continuously reads the page.

Personal snippets and packs

Save titles, languages, folders, tags, aliases, notes, and code. Export snippets as JSON or Markdown. Optional code packs contain validated references and learning cards and remain absent until imported.

Focused learning

Manual mode provides Previous, Skip, and Next controls for a chosen language or pack. Auto mode uses Chrome alarms to mark cards due from every 15 minutes to weekly without unexpectedly opening the panel.

AI safety

Code, HTML, errors, and retrieved text are wrapped as untrusted data. Wrong-language output is retried once and rejected if still invalid. Extractor scripts are scanned for network, storage, navigation, execution, and DOM-mutation operations.

Ollama setup

Connect a local or cloud model.

DevRecall defaults to http://localhost:11434. Start Ollama, then open Settings and select Discover models.

Windows PowerShell

winget install Ollama.Ollama
ollama serve
ollama pull qwen2.5-coder:7b

[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable(
  "OLLAMA_ORIGINS",
  "chrome-extension://*",
  "User"
)
# Restart Ollama.

macOS

brew install ollama
launchctl setenv OLLAMA_ORIGINS "chrome-extension://*"
ollama serve
ollama pull qwen2.5-coder:7b

Linux

curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
systemctl --user edit ollama
# Add under [Service]:
Environment="OLLAMA_ORIGINS=chrome-extension://*"
systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user restart ollama
ollama pull qwen2.5-coder:7b

Prefer a narrow origin. Replace the wildcard with chrome-extension://YOUR_EXTENSION_ID where supported.

Cloud models

ollama signin
ollama run gpt-oss:120b-cloud

Cloud models require confirmation for every request because data leaves the device and charges or account limits may apply.