Personal Cognitive Firewall
A browser extension that detects manipulation tactics, PSYOPs, and fake authority in real time — so you can scroll, read, and decide with a clear head.
Pax lives in your browser, quietly analyzing
The Problem
Every day, the digital world you live in is actively working against your ability to think clearly. The headlines, the feeds, the notifications — they aren't neutral. They're engineered.
Fear-based headlines trigger panic before you can think. Tribal language makes outsiders into enemies. Fake authority replaces evidence. Echo chambers quietly wall off every perspective that might challenge yours.
Psychological operations once reserved for wartime now run 24 hours a day in your social feed.
No existing tool addresses this in real time, at the point of consumption, for everyday people.
What Pax Does
Pax reads the page you're on and analyzes it for manipulation patterns. An influence score from 0–100 tells you at a glance how much is going on.
Detected manipulation phrases are highlighted directly on the page in color-coded overlays. Hover any highlight to see exactly what Pax found and why it matters.
Using the FATE model — Focus, Authority, Tribe, Emotion — Pax identifies psychological operations and flags when voices are being silenced or attention hijacked.
Auto-triggers on privacy policies and app store pages. Translates legal language into plain English — what's collected, what's sold, what trains AI.
After 30 minutes on Instagram, X, TikTok, or LinkedIn, Pax asks how you're feeling. Not a lecture — just a quiet moment of awareness before you keep scrolling.
Double-click the orb to snooze Pax for 30 minutes, an hour, or the rest of the day. Your firewall, your rules — it's never in the way when you don't need it.
15 Detection Patterns
Every manipulation tactic has a fingerprint. Pax has been trained to recognize 15 specific patterns — from the obvious to the subtle — and surface them before they can influence your thinking.
When a pattern is detected, the exact phrase is highlighted on the page and explained in plain language. No jargon. No judgment. Just clarity.
Detection Frameworks
The three tools of classical rhetoric — legitimate in their proper use, weaponized in today's media.
Four dimensions Pax evaluates on every scan — plus two structural warning signs that something bigger is happening.
Pax doesn't take away your ability to be persuaded.
It gives you back your ability to think.
Get Started
Click the button above or visit the Chrome Web Store and search for "Pax Personal Cognitive Firewall." Click Add to Chrome to confirm. Pax also works automatically on Microsoft Edge — just install it from the Chrome Web Store in Edge.
Go to console.anthropic.com, create a free account, and generate an API key. Add $5 in credits — enough for months of use.
Click the Pax icon in your Chrome toolbar. Paste your API key in the field and hit Save.
The Pax orb appears in the bottom-right corner of every page. Click it to see what Pax found. Drag it anywhere it's in your way.
Works on Chrome & Edge now · Firefox & Safari coming soon
Early Access
Pax is in early access. Your feedback directly shapes what it becomes. Join the first group of testers.