v0.2.0 — Side Panel, Smart Caching, Muted Keywords

What's New

Side Panel (replaces Popup)

The popup is gone. Sift now lives in Chrome's side panel — always visible while you browse. The panel shows:

• 25 built-in categories with toggle grid (tech, world, lifestyle groups)
• Page scoring for the active tab
• Model status (Ready — WEBGPU/WASM)
• Training data stats and export
• Taste profile radar chart
• Muted keywords at the bottom

Sections are collapsible — collapsed by default for a clean look.

Embedding Cache

getOrEmbed() with an LRU cache holding 2,000 embeddings. Instant re-scores on tab switches and infinite scroll — no redundant model inference for items you've already seen.

Muted Keywords

Block the noise before it reaches the model. Items matching your keywords (case-insensitive substring) render at ~8% opacity — near-invisible, zero compute spent. Add keywords as comma-separated or newline-separated in the side panel.

Collapsible Sections

Categories, Taste Profile, Settings, and Training Data are now collapsible with animated chevrons. Collapsed by default to reduce visual clutter.

Stale Page Score Fix

Fixed a race condition where rapid tab switches could render stale page scores. Request sequencing now ignores responses from superseded loads.

Automated Screenshot Capture

New scripts/capture-screenshots.mjs uses Playwright to load the extension, mock state via chrome.storage.local, and capture composite screenshots (site + side panel) for the demo video. No live model needed — deterministic and CI-friendly.

Updated Demo Video

scripts/generate-video.mjs updated for v0.2: 20 scenes showcasing the side panel, muted keywords, and smart caching. All popup references removed.

Install

1. Clone this repo
2. cd chrome-extension && npm install && npm run build
3. Open chrome://extensions, enable Developer Mode
4. Click "Load unpacked" → select chrome-extension/dist/
5. Click the Sift icon (or pin it) to open the side panel

v0.1.2

Install

1. Download sift-v0.1.2.zip from the assets below
2. Unzip the file
3. Open chrome://extensions in Chrome
4. Enable Developer Mode (toggle in the top-right corner)
5. Click Load unpacked and select the dist/ folder from the unzipped archive
6. Pin Sift from the extensions toolbar — you're ready to go

First time? Open the Sift popup, pick your interests, then browse Hacker News, Reddit, or X to see scoring in action.

Full Changelog: v0.1.1...v0.1.2

v0.1.1

Install

1. Download sift-v0.1.1.zip from the assets below
2. Unzip the file
3. Open chrome://extensions in Chrome
4. Enable Developer Mode (toggle in the top-right corner)
5. Click Load unpacked and select the dist/ folder from the unzipped archive
6. Pin Sift from the extensions toolbar — you're ready to go

First time? Open the Sift popup, pick your interests, then browse Hacker News, Reddit, or X to see scoring in action.

Full Changelog: v0.1.0...v0.1.1

v0.1.0

Full Changelog: https://github.com/shreyaskarnik/Sift/commits/v0.1.0