🔥 FocusGuard – Stay Deep

A Chrome extension that eliminates YouTube distractions and blocks social media during your work hours.

What It Does

YouTube

• ✅ Hides the entire home feed – no recommendations, no infinite scroll
• ✅ Blocks Shorts everywhere on YouTube
• ✅ Hides sidebar recommendations while watching a video
• ✅ Allows search – you can still find specific content
• ✅ Shows a focus banner on the homepage reminding you why

Site Blocking

• Blocks Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter, TikTok (configurable)
• Shows a beautiful "Stay Focused" page instead
• Reddit toggle (off by default – you decide)

Smart Scheduling

• Configurable work hours (default: 9AM–6PM)
• Choose work days (default: Monday–Saturday)
• Live countdown showing time until focus ends / starts

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Installation

1. Download and unzip the extension folder
2. Open Chrome and go to chrome://extensions/
3. Enable Developer Mode (top-right toggle)
4. Click "Load unpacked"
5. Select the focus-guard folder
6. The 🔥 icon will appear in your Chrome toolbar

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Usage

• Click the toolbar icon to open the popup
• Toggle sites on/off, adjust hours and days
• Hit Save Settings – changes apply immediately
• The badge shows ACTIVE during work hours, OFF otherwise

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Files

focus-guard/
├── manifest.json          # Extension config
├── background.js          # Service worker (scheduling + blocking rules)
├── popup.html/js          # The floating UI
├── youtube-content.js     # YouTube DOM manipulation
├── youtube-hide.css       # CSS to hide YT elements
├── blocker-content.js     # Social site blocker
├── blocked.html           # "Blocked" redirect page
├── block_rules.json       # declarativeNetRequest rules
└── icons/                 # Extension icons