✨ Inspiration People read a lot online, but understanding content often requires extra searching and background knowledge. We noticed how frustrating it is to leave a page just to understand what you’re reading. ContextIQ was inspired by the need to bring clarity directly into the reading experience. 🔍 What it does ContextIQ allows users to highlight any text on a webpage and instantly receive a simple explanation, background context, and a basic bias indicator — without leaving the page. 🛠️ How we built it ContextIQ was built as a Chrome Extension with a lightweight popup UI. A Node.js and Express backend processes the selected text and returns structured explanations using an AI-ready modular design. 🚧 Challenges we ran into Working solo with limited time and no live AI API access was challenging. Designing a smooth user experience while keeping the system simple required careful prioritization. 🏆 Accomplishments that we're proud of Building a complete, working end-to-end product solo and delivering a clear, impactful demo that solves a real problem. 📘 What we learned We learned how important focus, architecture planning, and user experience are in hackathon projects. 🚀 What's next for ContextIQ Integrating Google Gemini for deeper reasoning, adding credibility scoring, and personalizing explanations for different user levels.
Built With
- chrome
- css
- express.js
- html
- javascript
- node.js
- rest-api-architecture
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