What is Merlin?
Merlin is an AI assistant available as a web app, Chrome extension, and mobile app. It provides access to models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, Mistral, Meta, and xAI through one interface. Users can ask questions, search the web, write and revise content, generate images, work with documents, summarize videos, and get coding assistance.
The Chrome extension brings Merlin into websites such as Google Search, YouTube, Gmail, LinkedIn, and X. It can use content from the current page as context, reducing the need to move material between tabs. Chat history, custom prompts, and custom bots can be accessed across supported devices.
Key Features
- Multiple AI models: Users can access a selection of language and image models, including GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama, Grok, and Flux options listed by Merlin.
- Context-aware browser assistant: The Chrome extension can summarize pages, answer questions about website content, draft email replies, and create social media posts without leaving the active tab.
- Document and video analysis: Merlin accepts materials such as PDFs, presentations, spreadsheets, CSV files, and YouTube videos for summaries, transcription, questions, and content repurposing.
- Projects and custom bots: Users can assemble reusable knowledge bases, instructions, and source material for research, brand-specific writing, or specialized chatbots.
- Visual and coding tools: Merlin Crafts can produce diagrams, mind maps, charts, infographics, and editable React and Shadcn app snippets from prompts.
- Live research: Web search features can combine current online sources with uploaded or saved context for reports and cited research.
Use Cases
- Students can summarize lectures, create study materials, and build course-focused assistants.
- Marketers and creators can draft brand-aware articles, outreach emails, social posts, and images.
- Developers can ask questions about documentation, debug code, and generate web components.
- Consultants, product managers, and analysts can research topics, examine uploaded data, and present findings visually.
Pricing
Merlin can be started for free. The homepage also advertises a paid plan at $19 per month when billed annually; additional plan details and current limits are available on the official pricing page.
Who Is It For?
Merlin is designed for students, marketers, content creators, entrepreneurs, developers, consultants, product managers, and analysts who want one assistant for research, communication, content production, coding, and data-related questions.
