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Overview
What is Cognardo Workbench?
Cognardo Workbench is a Chrome extension that turns ChatGPT and Claude into a structured AI workspace.
ChatGPT and Claude are built around conversation. Cognardo Workbench adds the workspace layer around those conversations:
- Automatic conversation recording: records your ChatGPT and Claude conversations as you work.
- Reusable prompts and sequences: saves prompts and multi-step workflows so you can insert them again without copy-pasting.
- Scratchpads for working material: collects useful responses, notes, and source material in project containers.
- Citation and hallucination analysis: checks a recorded response against its cited sources before you rely on it.
When you use ChatGPT or Claude seriously, the workarounds are around the conversation fragments. Useful prompts get lost in old threads. Strong responses become hard to find again. Repeated workflows stay manual. Notes and outputs live in separate places. And there is no reliable way to check whether cited claims hold up. The chat generates the work; nothing manages the work around it. Cognardo Workbench is that missing layer: structure, continuity, reuse, and verification on top of the chat. Conversations become reusable assets instead of one-off sessions.
Who Cognardo Workbench is for#
Cognardo Workbench is built for knowledge workers who use ChatGPT or Claude regularly for real deliverables: content marketers, consultants, researchers, founders, writers, strategists, students, and trainers. These are professionals who need their AI work to stay findable, reusable, and easier to trust.
What’s inside this documentation#
Cognardo Workbench documentation is organised by what you need to do or understand. Use the table to find where to go next.
| Section | What it covers | Go here when you want to… |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started | Install Cognardo Workbench, create an account, sign in, learn the surfaces, and complete your first actions. | Install the extension, sign in, and run your first action. |
| Features | Each feature from its section: Conversations for recording, capture, citation analysis, and scratchpads; Prompts & Sequences for the prompt library, reuse, and multi-step sequences; Enhance for the on-demand AI actions; Explore Templates; Instruction profiles; and Settings. | Use a specific tab or action. |
| Cloud Sync & Data | Sync across devices, export your content, delete your data, and what is stored where. | Move, export, or delete your data. |
| Account | Your profile, security, email, and AI-credit usage. | Manage your account or check credit usage. |
| Security & privacy | How your data is sanitised, encrypted, and handled. | Check how your data is protected. |
| Troubleshooting | Error messages and the steps to resolve them. | Fix something that is not working. |
| Help | FAQ for common questions and glossary terms; contact support for how to reach support. | Find an answer or reach support. |
Compatibility & requirements#
| Requirement | Details |
|---|---|
| Browser | Cognardo Workbench supports Chrome. Edge, Brave, Safari, and other browsers are not officially supported. |
| Supported AI platforms | All in-page features (conversation recording, the sidebar, the floater, the // shortcut, capture, citation analysis) work identically on chatgpt.com and claude.ai. |
| Cognardo Workbench account | You need a Cognardo Workbench account for account-linked and cloud-backed features. |
| ChatGPT and Claude accounts | You need a ChatGPT account to use Cognardo Workbench on chatgpt.com, and a Claude account to use it on claude.ai. |
| Local use | Cognardo Workbench can work with data stored locally on your device. Local-only data that has not been backed up to the cloud may be lost if you uninstall the extension or clear local browser storage. |
| Internet connection | Cloud sync, cross-device access, account restoration, Enhance actions, and citation analysis require an internet connection. |
| API keys | You do not need your own OpenAI, Claude, or Gemini API keys. Cognardo Workbench runs AI actions through its own backend. |
| MCP support | MCP support is planned for a future release. It is not available in the current version. |
FAQ#
Does Cognardo Workbench work with Claude?+
Yes. Cognardo Workbench works identically on claude.ai and chatgpt.com. Conversation recording, saved prompts, sequences, scratchpads, instruction profiles, Enhance actions, and citation analysis all behave the same on both platforms.
Does Cognardo Workbench work on Edge or any other browser?+
Cognardo Workbench currently supports Chrome. Edge, Brave, Safari, and other browsers are not officially supported.
Is there a free version?+
Yes. Cognardo Workbench has a free plan. For what each plan includes, see pricing.
Do I need a ChatGPT or Claude account?+
You need an account on the platform where you use Cognardo Workbench: a ChatGPT account on chatgpt.com, a Claude account on claude.ai.
Do I need my own OpenAI, Claude, or Gemini API key?+
No. Cognardo Workbench runs AI actions through its own backend. You do not need to add external API keys.
Does Cognardo Workbench work outside chatgpt.com and claude.ai?+
Some actions work on any web page: the floater, selected-text Enhance actions, web page capture PRO, and universal search. The sidebar, conversation recording, and prompt insertion work on chatgpt.com and claude.ai.
Does Cognardo Workbench record conversations automatically?+
Yes. After you install Cognardo Workbench and sign in, conversations on chatgpt.com and claude.ai are recorded automatically. Recording can work with data stored locally on your device; cloud sync is required for cross-device access, account restoration, and AI features.
Can I use Cognardo Workbench without cloud sync?+
Yes. Cognardo Workbench can work with data stored locally on your device. If you uninstall the extension or clear local browser storage before exporting, local-only data may be lost. Cloud sync is required for cross-device access, account restoration, and AI features. For how your data is stored, processed, and deleted, see security and privacy.
Is MCP available for Cognardo Workbench?+
No. MCP support is planned for a future release. It is not available in the current version.
Is my prompt or chat content ever used to train AI models?+
No. Raw prompt, chat, scratchpad, and response content is not used to train general AI models. For the full policy, see security and privacy.
What happens to my data if I delete my account?+
Cloud-linked data is deleted or de-identified within 30 days. Locally cached browser data — anything saved on this device — is a separate matter and is not cleared automatically; clear it yourself from the browser if you want it gone. See security and privacy for the full policy.