Tab Whisperer (Chrome Extension)

Turn messy Chrome sessions with dozens of tabs into a clean, AI-powered dashboard that summarizes and groups tabs.

Features

• Summarizes open tabs (mocked now; plug in Chrome AI later)
• Groups tabs by category (Research, Shopping, Entertainment, etc.)
• Clean popup UI with search and dark mode
• Save sessions to revisit later

Install (Developer Mode)

1. Build/prepare files (this project is plain HTML/CSS/JS, no build step).
2. Open Chrome and go to chrome://extensions/.
3. Toggle on "Developer mode" (top-right).
4. Click "Load unpacked" and select this project directory.
5. The extension icon will appear; click it to open the popup.

Files

• manifest.json: MV3 manifest with permissions and background service worker
• background.js: Service worker; mocks summarization and grouping, stores results
• popup.html, popup.css, popup.js: Popup UI and interactions

How it works

1. Click the toolbar icon → popup opens.
2. Click "Summarize & Group".
3. Background worker fetches all tabs, creates summaries (mock), then groups them (mock).
4. Results are saved in chrome.storage.local and rendered in the popup.

Future integration points

• Replace mocks with Chrome's built-in AI:
  • Summaries: chrome.ai.summarizer
  • Grouping: chrome.ai.prompt
• Offline mode: cache summaries and reuse when tabs revisit
• Reload saved sessions and manage them in the popup

Permissions

• tabs, storage, scripting

Notes

• Some sites disallow favicon hotlinking; a Google favicon service is used for display only.
• This is a Manifest V3 extension; background logic runs in a service worker.