---
title: Browser extension
description: 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](/surface/extensions/endpoint/prompt-collectors/chrome).

## Chrome Web Store ID

```
oiclbbbcjoomebjfkggbpcfknidieaah
```

**Windows**

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

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

**macOS**

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

**Linux**

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

```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.