Sankofa is a browser extension created by Vectara that enables users to chat with their browser history. The name “Sankofa” is derived from the Twi language of Ghana and means “to retrieve.” With this extension, users can easily store and query the web pages they visit using Vectara’s powerful semantic search and summarization capabilities.
The main purpose of Sankofa is to provide a convenient way for users to access and interact with their browsing history. Users can index the pages they visit or instruct Sankofa to automatically index them. Once the pages are indexed in a Vectara corpus, users can use Sankofa to find previously visited pages, ask questions about the content of those pages, or even find similar pages to the one they are currently browsing.
To install Sankofa, users have multiple options. They can download the pre-packaged zip files for Google Chrome, Firefox, or Microsoft Edge. Alternatively, they can clone the GitHub repository and build the extension themselves. Detailed installation instructions for each browser are provided in the repository’s README file.
If you’re interested in exploring Sankofa and its capabilities, you can find more information and access the repository on GitHub.