Click-bait-Filter 📰🚫

An AI-powered Chrome extension that helps users avoid clickbait articles by summarizing and rating content before they click. Built to save time, attention, and limited article views by identifying whether a link is actually worth reading.

🚀 Problem Statement

In today’s digital world:

• Many headlines are misleading or sensationalized
• Users waste time clicking articles that don’t deliver value
• Paywalled sites often limit free article views

Click-bait-Filter solves this by analyzing article links and giving users a quick AI-generated summary and clickbait score.

💡 Solution

Click-bait-Filter is a Chrome Extension that:

• Detects potential clickbait links
• Generates a short summary of the article
• Rates the level of clickbait using AI
• Helps users decide whether to open the link or skip it

📁 Project Structure (Current)

Click-bait-Filter/
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├── manifest.json      # Extension configuration & permissions
├── background.js      # Handles AI requests & background logic
├── content.js         # Detects links from webpages
├── popup.html         # Extension popup UI
├── popup.js           # Popup interaction logic
├── LICENSE
└── README.md

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▶️ How to Run (Development Mode)

1. Clone the repository
2. Open Chrome Extensions
3. Enable Developer Mode
4. Click Load Unpacked
5. Select the project folder

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✨ Features

• 🔍 Clickbait Detection – Identifies exaggerated or misleading headlines
• 🤖 AI Summarization – Uses Gemini 1.5 Flash to summarize article content
• ⭐ Clickbait Rating – Gives a score to judge credibility
• 🧩 Chrome Extension – Lightweight and easy to use
• ⏱️ Time-Saving – Avoids unnecessary clicks

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• AI Model: Gemini 1.5 Flash
• Platform: Google Chrome Extension
• APIs: Google AI APIs

👥 Team Members

Name	GitHub Profile
Piyali Barman	@piyali2608
Shree Goswami	@shreeg25

🚧 Development Status

This project is actively being developed. Implementation, features and frameworks will continue to evolve.