🌱 ReplyMint

Your witty LinkedIn comment co-pilot — powered by Claude AI

ReplyMint is a Chrome extension that helps you craft thoughtful, engaging LinkedIn comments in seconds. Paste any post, pick your tone and angle, and get an AI-generated conversation starter that sounds like you.

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✨ Features

• Smart post analysis — Pastes any LinkedIn post and gets a punchy TL;DR summary
• 4 comment angles — Agree & extend, Push back, Personal story, or Add a data point
• Tone switcher — Professional, Casual, Curious, or Bold — adjust on the fly
• Polish tools — Make your starter shorter, punchier, or more formal with one click
• Recent activity — Keeps a history of your last 5 analysed posts
• Dark mode — Easy on the eyes
• Local & private — Your API key and data never leave your browser

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🖼️ Screenshots

Setup	Analyse	Results
Enter your Anthropic API key	Paste a LinkedIn post	Pick an angle & copy

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🚀 Installation (Developer Mode)

Since this extension isn't on the Chrome Web Store yet, install it manually:

1. Download or clone this repository

   git clone https://github.com/hrushikesh-kansagara/replymint.git

2. Open Chrome Extensions page

   • Go to chrome://extensions/ in your browser

3. Enable Developer Mode

   • Toggle the Developer mode switch in the top-right corner

4. Load the extension

   • Click "Load unpacked"
   • Select the folder where you cloned/downloaded this repo

5. Pin it to your toolbar (optional but recommended)

   • Click the puzzle piece 🧩 icon in Chrome's toolbar
   • Click the pin 📌 next to ReplyMint

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🔑 Getting Your API Key

ReplyMint uses the Anthropic Claude API.

1. Sign up or log in at console.anthropic.com
2. Go to API Keys → Create Key
3. Copy the key (starts with sk-ant-...)
4. Paste it into ReplyMint on first launch

Your key is stored only in your browser's local storage and is never sent anywhere except directly to Anthropic's API.

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🛠️ How to Use

1. Open LinkedIn and find a post you want to reply to
2. Select and copy the post text (Ctrl+C / Cmd+C)
3. Click the ReplyMint icon 🌱 in your Chrome toolbar
4. Paste the text into the input box
5. Hit "Analyse post ✦"
6. Choose your vibe (tone) and pick an angle
7. Optionally polish it (shorter / punchier / more formal)
8. Click "Copy starter ✦" and paste it into LinkedIn!

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📁 Project Structure

replymint/
├── manifest.json       # Extension config (MV3)
├── background.js       # Service worker — handles Claude API calls
├── content.js          # Injected into LinkedIn pages
├── popup.html          # Extension popup UI
├── popup.css           # Styles
├── popup.js            # UI logic
├── icon16.png
├── icon32.png
├── icon48.png
├── icon128.png
└── icon.svg

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🧠 Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Extension	Chrome Manifest V3
AI	Anthropic Claude (claude-sonnet-4-5)
UI	Vanilla HTML/CSS/JS
Storage	Chrome Local Storage
Font	Inter (Google Fonts)

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⚙️ Permissions Used

Permission	Why
activeTab	Read the current tab
storage	Save your API key and history locally
scripting	Extract post text from LinkedIn pages
tabs	Find open LinkedIn tabs

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🔒 Privacy

• Your API key is stored locally in Chrome's storage — never on any server
• Post text you analyse is sent only to Anthropic's API for processing
• No analytics, no tracking, no data collection

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Here's how:

1. Fork this repo
2. Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feature/my-feature
3. Make your changes
4. Commit: git commit -m "Add my feature"
5. Push: git push origin feature/my-feature
6. Open a Pull Request

Ideas for contributions

• Auto-detect post text without copy-paste
• Support for Twitter/X posts
• Custom tone/angle templates
• Export history to CSV
• Chrome Web Store listing

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📝 License

MIT License — feel free to use, modify, and distribute.

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🙏 Acknowledgements

• Built with Anthropic Claude
• Inspired by every person who's stared at a LinkedIn post wondering what to say

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Made with 🌱 and a bit of wit