Browser extension

Force-install the Surface Chrome extension so sessions from AI websites are recorded.

The Surface browser extension records conversations with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity in the browser. It only talks to the scanner on the same laptop. Force-install it through your MDM so users cannot remove it.

Before you begin

The scanner deployed to the same laptops.
The Chrome browser prompt collector switched on in the console. See Chrome browser.

Chrome Web Store ID

oiclbbbcjoomebjfkggbpcfknidieaah

Registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome\ExtensionInstallForcelist, add a string value:

oiclbbbcjoomebjfkggbpcfknidieaah;https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx

A configuration profile for the com.google.Chrome domain with the same ExtensionInstallForcelist entry.

Create /etc/opt/chrome/policies/managed/surface.json:

{ "ExtensionInstallForcelist": ["oiclbbbcjoomebjfkggbpcfknidieaah;https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx"] }

On a single laptop you can also run sudo surface extension install chrome, which applies the same policy.

Verify

Open Chrome and check the extension shows as installed by policy. Its icon shows connected when the scanner is running. Sessions appear on the console’s Sessions page after the next conversation.

The extension is also published for Firefox. Force-install it with your Firefox policy the same way.