Warden

An extension to keep you focused on what you're doing. Stay focused. TEAM NUMBER 10

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Inspiration

11:59pm. This is the deadline that students need to work toward. But what happens when they take a break? It becomes from 5 minutes to 30 minutes and ultimately 2 hours. We all know this problem. When students start their work, they may lose interest and focus on something more engaging. This is a pressing problem of procrastination that needs to be addressed.

What it does

We coded a Chrome extension to lock the user’s tabs, allowing the user to focus on their tasks and be forced to stay in their work. Our extension keeps track of user authentication, while also storing tasks in progress and in need of accomplishment. If the user attempts to disconnect, they need to show proof of their work session, which our built-in AI checks to make sure the user’s tabs satisfy their initial prompt.

How we built it

Used javascript for front-end development, adding a backend to store authentication information. Backend utilizes javascript, with an OpenAI key, utilizing AI to check for user's work and whether their escape requests are valid.

Challenges we ran into

We faced initial issues with git version control and keeping track of our changes. We also couldn't find ways to display the frontend, halfway through in our project, but we managed to fix and implement these changes.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Creating a working AI model that keeps track of work done during the time. The UI was done very nicely with Tailwind CSS presets. We managed to fix our entire project after it broke down 25 minutes before the deadline.

What we learned

We learned to incorporate git version issues and fix the bugs in our extension. We learned how to write cleaner code, with less bugs, in addition to the importance of iterative testing. This helped us make sure and limit the amount of bugs, yet we learned how to engineer prompts to better fulfill our tasks.

What's next for Warden

We aim to make Warden more widespread among mobile and desktop, in addition to deploying to different browsers. In addition, we aim to spread this extension among more people to help people be more focussed in the future and study hard.

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