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Chrome Extension — CHERP Capture

CHERP Capture is a Chrome extension (also works in Arc and other Chromium browsers) for capturing hotel, venue, and brand images while browsing the web.

Features

  • Capture images from any website — photos, logos (including SVGs), and Instagram screenshots
  • Search existing hotels, venues, or brands in Chirk and add images to them
  • Create new entities directly from the extension
  • Smart image classification — auto-detects logos, exteriors, interiors, rooms, food/drink, amenities
  • Logo routing — logos detected on hotel or venue pages are automatically saved to the linked brand, not the property
  • Color palette extraction — captures dominant brand colors from the page and saves them to brand records
  • Pick mode — hover and click individual images (including SVGs) on the page instead of bulk capture
  • Instagram support — detects Instagram pages, captures profile pictures as logos

How to Use

  1. Navigate to a hotel, venue, or brand website
  2. Click the CHERP icon in the toolbar — the sidebar (or popup) opens with captured page data
  3. Choose entity type — Hotel, Venue, or Brand
  4. Search or create — find an existing entity in Chirk or create a new one
  5. Review images — select or deselect images, use Pick mode to grab specific ones, use All/None to toggle
  6. Save — images are saved to the entity; logos are routed to the linked brand automatically

Installation

  1. Unzip the cherp-capture-extension.zip file
  2. Open Chrome or Arc and go to chrome://extensions/
  3. Enable Developer mode (top right)
  4. Click Load unpacked and select the unzipped folder

Building from source

cd chrome-extension
npm install
bash build-extension.sh

The built extension outputs to ~/cherp-capture-extension.

Configuration

The API URL and key are baked in at build time via environment variables (VITE_CHERP_API_URL and VITE_CHERP_API_KEY). No manual configuration is needed after install.

If you need to override settings, click the gear icon in the extension UI.

Browser Compatibility

BrowserPanel Type
Chrome / EdgeSide panel (stays open alongside the page)
Arc / other ChromiumPopup window (fallback — Arc doesn’t support sidePanel API)

Tips

  • Pick mode is useful for grabbing a specific logo or hero image without capturing everything on the page
  • When capturing from a hotel website, the extension auto-matches the URL to existing hotels in Chirk — if a match is found, it pre-selects the entity
  • Color extraction works best on brand or property websites where the primary brand colors are used in the page design
  • SVG logos are captured with transparency preserved
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