Guide

How to keep your notes and tasks with the pages they are about

Humble sits beside every page you visit. Save a note or a task on the page it is about. Come back to the page, and it is there.

In short

  • Your notes are in one app. The page they are about is in another tab.
  • Humble saves each note and task with its page.
  • Open the page again, and Humble shows what you saved.
Add to browser (opens in a new tab) See the setup guide

Works on a computer, in Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc and more. Or read the full guide: about 8 minutes.

Use cases in this guide

5 ways to use what this guide teaches. Each one opens its own page with the steps.

Chapter 01~1 min read

Your work is spread across tabs

Why do I lose what I found on the web?

You read a page. You have a thought about it. You write the thought in one app, and the page stays in another tab.

Later, you find the note but not the page. Or you find the page, and forget why it mattered.

So the tabs pile up. Closing one feels like losing it.

Chapter 02~1 min read

Bookmarks keep only half of it

Don’t bookmarks fix this?

A bookmark saves where a page is. It does not save:

  • Why you saved it. A bookmark has the page’s name, not your thought.
  • What to do next. There is no task and no date.
  • Who or what it is for. It is not linked to the person or project it is about.

So bookmarks pile up too, in folders you never open.

Chapter 03~1 min read

Keep the note with the page

What works better?

Save your thought on the page itself. Then the page brings back the thought, and the thought brings back the page.

It works because of three things:

  • The note links to the page. Open the note, and the page is one click away.
  • The page shows the note. Open the page again, and your note is there.
  • Both stay with the rest of your work. The note sits in a folder, with the task and the person it is about.
Chapter 04~2 min read

Humble sits beside every page

How does Humble do this?

The Humble A small add-on for your web browser, such as Chrome. It puts a button in your toolbar and opens a panel beside the page you are on. opens a sidebar next to the page you are on. It has three tabs: Notes, Tasks and Contacts.

  • Save in one click. In Notes, select + next to This page. Humble links the note to the page for you.
  • Green means you have been here. The Humble icon turns green when you have a note on this page or this site, or a task linked to this page.
  • Everything stays organised. Put notes and tasks in folders, such as a client or a project, so you find them again with the rest of that work.

How the sidebar sorts your notes

  • This page. Notes linked to the exact page you are on.
  • This site. Notes linked to other pages on the same website. On LinkedIn, each profile counts as its own site. Each AI chat does too.
  • Other notes. Your latest notes, from anywhere.

Linking a note to a page or a person is private. It shares nothing with anyone. Sharing is its own step.

Chapter 05~2 min read · five use cases

Ways to use it

What does this look like day to day?

Here are five ways to start. Each one has its own page with the steps.

  • The problem: I keep tabs open for days, so I do not forget why I opened them.

    Keep notes with the page they are about (opens in a new tab)

    Write a note on any page with the Humble extension. The note keeps a link back to the page.

  • The problem: An email needs an answer, then it sinks in my inbox.

    Turn an email into a task (opens in a new tab)

    Click Humble on an email to make it a task. The task links back to the email.

  • The problem: I met someone great last month. Now I cannot remember their name.

    Remember everyone you meet (opens in a new tab)

    Note how you met on their LinkedIn page. Find them later by the day you met.

  • The problem: I saw a useful website last week. I cannot find it again.

    Find a website you saw last week (opens in a new tab)

    Save useful pages with a short note. Find them later by day, by word or by person.

  • The problem: I lose track of my day.

    See your day in every new tab (opens in a new tab)

    Every new tab shows your meetings, your tasks and what to do now.

Find more in all use cases for the browser extension (opens in a new tab).

Chapter 06~1 min read · 5 min to do

How to start in 5 minutes

Add Humble, save one note on a page, then open the page again.

0–2 minutesAdd Humble to your browser from the Chrome Web Store. Sign in if it asks.You’ll have: The Humble icon in your toolbar.
2–3 minutesOpen a page you use often, such as a client’s website. Select the Humble icon.You’ll have: The sidebar, beside the page.
3–4 minutesIn Notes, select + next to This page. Write one line, then select Save.You’ll have: Your first note, linked to the page.
4–5 minutesClose the tab. Open the page again.You’ll have: A green Humble icon, and your note under This page.

Want every step, with your new tab and the keyboard shortcut too? Follow Set up Humble in your browser.

Chapter 07~1 min read

Common questions

Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Ecosia, Dia and Opera, on a computer. It does not work in Safari or Firefox. There, you can still use Humble at my.humbleai.com.

It uses the page’s address to find your notes and tasks for that page. It does not save the page. See each permission and why it is needed.

No. Linking is private. To share a note or task, you share it as its own step.

Green means Humble has something for the page you are on: a note on this page or this site, or a task linked to this page. Purple means there is nothing yet.

The extension is for computers. On your phone, open Humble at my.humbleai.com. The notes and tasks you saved on your computer are there too. See Humble on your phone.

See how it works in Humble

Everything in this guide works in Humble today, in Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc and more.

Watch the sidebar at work on LinkedIn, Gmail and a client’s website.

See Humble for your browser See the setup guide
Chapter 08~1 min read

About this guide

This guide was written by the Humble team. It shows one way to keep your notes and tasks with the pages they are about, not the only way.

Browsers change often. Company names in the examples, such as Tidewell and Brightmoor, are invented. The guide describes Humble as of November 2026.

Last reviewed: 3 November 2026.

Found something wrong or missing? Email hello@thehumbleai.com. We read everything.

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Add Humble to your browser. Save one note on a page you use often. Then open the page again tomorrow, and see your note waiting.

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