PageGuide – a browser agent that grounds AI directly on the webpage
PageGuide is a new browser extension designed to enhance user experience while browsing the web. It helps users locate relevant information, follow step-by-step instructions, and minimize distractions. A user study showed significant improvements in task performance and efficiency when using PageGuide compared to traditional browsing methods.
- ▪PageGuide grounds AI answers directly in the HTML DOM via visual overlays.
- ▪In a user study, PageGuide improved Hide accuracy by 26 percentage points and reduced task time by 70%.
- ▪The extension increased Guide completion rates by 30 percentage points and reduced Ctrl+F usage by 80%.
- ▪PageGuide addresses user needs by helping them find, guide, and hide information effectively.
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Users browsing the web daily struggle to locate relevant information on cluttered pages, complete unfamiliar multi-step tasks, and stay focused amid distracting content. State-of-the-art AI assistants and browser agents return answers without showing where information comes from, forcing users to manually verify results and blindly trust every automated step. We present 🍊 PageGuide, a browser extension that grounds LLM answers directly in the HTML DOM via visual overlays, addressing three core user needs: Find — locating and highlighting relevant evidence in-situ so users can instantly verify answers on the page; Guide — showing step-by-step instructions one at a time so users can follow and perform actions by themselves; Hide — hiding distracting content with a per-element justification…
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