Inspiration

“When we abandon facts, we abandon freedom.” — Timothy Snyder. Misinformation is lethal: 232 000 Americans died in 15 months after vaccine-hoax posts deterred them from a free COVID shot. 330 000 South Africans lost their lives—and 35 000 babies were needlessly infected—because one speech denied the HIV-AIDS link. The viral Cluely “cheat-on-everything” AI now pumps out polished essays, deepfakes, even fake lab data, eroding trust in all AI. Every new pandemic and every election is a bigger target. That’s the blaze—Truely is our fire-extinguisher. What It Does Truely is a plug-and-play browser extension that unleashes a fleet of AI agents the instant a page loads: How We Built It Frontend: WXT (Web Extension Toolkit) for modern Chrome extension development with TypeScript Svelte 5 for reactive, component-based UI with excellent performance TailwindCSS for utility-first styling and responsive design Backend: Chrome Extension Manifest V3 for secure background service workers and content scripts LETTA AI API for intelligent fact-checking and misinformation detection Anthropic Claude API as a secondary AI agent for robust analysis Custom DOM parsing engine to extract and clean webpage content for AI analysis WebExtension Messaging API for secure communication between extension components UUID-based action tracking for managing multiple fact-checking annotations Architecture Accomplishments We’re Proud Of Built a real-time AI fact-checker that flags misinformation directly in the browser Designed interactive annotations with clear, cited corrections that don’t interrupt reading Engineered a smart DOM pipeline that filters only essential user-visible content Shipped a performant and secure Manifest V3 Chrome Extension with advanced background capabilities Learnings & Challenges Parsing complex, inconsistent DOM structures across the web Compressing large webpage text into limited AI context windows without losing key facts Building a seamless system to highlight and annotate dynamic content without breaking page layout Coordinating responses across multiple AI agents with different output formats What’s Next Cross-page memory: Agents remember what you’ve seen and flag contradictions or recurring misinformation across sites. Custom AI agents, made by users: Anyone can deploy browser-native agents using just a prompt Monetization through agent marketplaces: Users can create, share, and even monetize their own agents via blockchain-powered rewards Truth has a new home address: your browser. We’re not just fighting misinformation—we’re making honesty the default experience on the internet. Join us.