Janis Flury

Using MindShield feels like using AI normally which means it is easy to get used to. MindShield focuses on questions to let casual conversations slip, it checks if a question is knowledge or reasoning based, making you stop and think for questions you can reason a answer to.

Research Wheel puts your research tools directly alongside the information you're reading. Highlight text, middle-click, and quickly: • Search Google Scholar or PubMed • Save quotes and notes • Generate APA, MLA, Chicago, or BibTeX citations • Translate webpage text • Copy sources and links • Organize your research in a persistent workspace Research Wheel is free, open source, and local-first, with no tracking or analytics. Find something → middle-click → research, save, or cite it.

MindShield is a lightweight tool designed to help you build mindful habits around LLMs. By introducing a brief friction point when lazy shortcuts are submitted, this privacy-first browser extension counters cognitive offloading, breaks AI dependency, and protects your cognitive independence, MindShield encourages active problem solving and protects your critical thinking from being outsourced to LLMs.