How to Collect Research Links and Send Them to Claude for Analysis
You are researching a topic. You open ten tabs, find five useful pages, and want Claude to summarize and compare them. But switching back and forth to paste each link separately is tedious. Here is a better workflow.
The problem: research is scattered, AI input is linear
When you do research, you work in multiple tabs — reading, scanning, noting. But when you want to ask Claude something about what you have found, you have to switch to Claude and paste each link or quote one at a time.
This break in flow is real. By the time you have assembled all your context in Claude, you have already lost the mental thread you were following.
The better approach is to collect first, then deliver in one action. That is exactly what CacheTray enables.
The research workflow with CacheTray
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Browse normally. When you find a useful page, copy its URL (Ctrl+C or Cmd+L, Cmd+C). CacheTray detects it automatically and saves it to your tray — labeled as a link, with the URL visible.
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Copy useful quotes too. If you read a paragraph that is especially relevant, highlight it and copy. CacheTray saves it as a text item. Now you have both the source link and the key quote.
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Keep collecting across tabs. Open more pages, copy more links and quotes. Everything accumulates in your tray. You never need to switch to Claude during this phase — just browse and collect.
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Open CacheTray as a side panel. Press Ctrl+Shift+Y to open the side panel. You will see all the links and quotes you collected, labeled by type and sorted by time.
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Select what you want to send. Tick the checkboxes on the items you want Claude to analyze — the five most relevant links, a couple of quotes, maybe a note you typed. Select as many as you need.
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Click "Insert into Claude". CacheTray opens your Claude tab and injects all selected items into the input area at once. Add your question ("Summarize these, compare their points of view on X") and send.
Who benefits from this workflow
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Students
Collect sources while researching an essay, then ask Claude to compare viewpoints or find gaps.
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Researchers
Gather paper abstracts and key findings, then ask Claude to synthesize what the evidence says.
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Writers
Save interesting articles and quotes while browsing, then ask Claude to help develop an angle.
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Founders & PMs
Collect competitor pages, forum posts, and user feedback links, then ask Claude to spot patterns.
Why links matter as much as text
When you send a list of URLs to Claude, it can read the linked pages and analyze their content directly. This means you do not need to paste the full text of each article — just the URLs, and Claude handles the rest.
CacheTray saves links with their full URL and detects them automatically when you copy from the address bar. You never need to manually label anything.
Tip: Use workspaces in CacheTray to separate research sessions. Keep your "competitor research" links separate from your "product writing" links so you always know what context you are working with.
Works with ChatGPT too
The same workflow works with ChatGPT. If you prefer ChatGPT for analysis, click "Insert into ChatGPT" instead. Your collected links and quotes are injected into the ChatGPT input box the same way.
You can even keep both Claude and ChatGPT tabs open and send the same context to both — useful when you want to compare their responses.
Build your research context faster
Collect links and quotes while browsing, then deliver them to Claude in one click. Free Chrome extension, no account needed.