Akda.ai, transform your browsing into breakthroughs with AI

Akda.ai reclaims your browser for deep work, stops mind blocks, amplifies your thinking and creates a focused space via Chrome AI-assisted writing aids, task management, and goal-based tab grouping.

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Inspiration

This app was inspired by my own struggles with getting things done, dealing with cognitive overload, and sometimes paralyzing perfectionism. I will be the first client of this app.

What it does

It's a hyper-focus-driven minimalist note-taking + todo list + tab manager app with AI superpowers. Use it as an extension to work with tabs, or use it as a Progressive Web App to write notes and accomplish tasks while offline.

Chrome built-in AI is used to:

  • Identify Todo tasks mentioned in the user's notes, and let the AI work on it immediately.
  • Generate micro-tasks based on a given goal, to help the user get started with his goal
  • Organize tabs based on relevance to each other, or to the user's goal
  • Write drafts with multi-modal context -- can ingest surrounding notes and embedded images to generate text

How we built it

Built purely client-side as a Progressive Web App and Chrome Extension using Preact and Tiptap. Features were iterated rapidly with the help of Windsurf and Kiro.

Challenges we ran into

  • UI issues (CSS, layout, etc) since that is not my forte.
  • Package size optimization. The Chrome Built-in AI APIs are surprisingly stable and easy to use, so there were no issues there.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I achieved the vision that I had in my mind for the app, and I'm now able to use it for my own purposes.

What we learned

During development, I contemplated a lot on what were the things that slowed me down whenever I'm working on tasks. This made me realize which areas to address with the app's features.

What's next for Akda.ai

  • Enhancements: greater configurability, better prompting, better UI/UX
  • Future features: pulling in tabs into the AI context, a companion mobile app, third-party integrations, cloud storage, and more

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