Cognitive Mode

About

Rebuild your problem-solving muscle memory before you offload to an LLM.

As software developers, we are rapidly offloading our analytical thinking to AI platforms. We are losing the habit of debugging, reading core documentation, and navigating complex systems independently. Cognitive Mode fixes this by introducing intentional, high-agency friction directly into your AI workflow.

🚀 CORE FEATURES

1. Intentional Speedbumps: When navigating to supported AI interfaces, the prompt input is temporarily locked behind an elegant countdown loop (customizable between 5 and 60 seconds). Break the automatic habit of instant copy-pasting.
2. The Hypothesis Gate: To unlock the prompt early, you must articulate two simple vectors: "What is my hypothesis?" and "What have I already tried?". Forcing your brain to frame the problem frequently solves it before you even hit enter.
3. Local Knowledge Base: Your logs are saved completely device-local. Over time, you build a fully searchable, private, micro-engineered technical diary of your own analytical thinking.

🌐 SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
- ChatGPT (chatgpt.com)
- Claude (claude.ai)
- v0 (v0.dev)
- Bolt (bolt.new)
- Gemini (gemini.google.com)

🔒 100% PRIVATE & LOCAL-FIRST
Cognitive Mode is built entirely on the Chrome Extension Storage API. There are zero external servers, zero tracking pixels, zero cloud analytics, and 0 bytes of remote data collection. Your thoughts stay yours.