Sift

September 19, 2026 · View on GitHub

Chrome extension. Every post and reply on X gets a label — Substance · Humor · Chit-chat · Promo · Junk — plus two flags: AI-written and Off-topic (not about tech). You choose which labels to hide.

Powered by TypeSafe Jev. About $0.00003 per post.

Timeline: hidden posts collapse to one line, labels sit next to the author Popup: Show or Hide per label
Timeline — hidden posts collapse to one line; each post shows its label and AI-written % Popup — flip any label between Show and Hide

Install

  1. Clone this repo.
  2. Open chrome://extensions, turn on Developer mode, click Load unpacked, pick the sift folder.
  3. The settings page opens. Paste a key from console.typesafe.ai/keys and click Connect.
  4. Open x.com.

Use

  • Each post gets one small tag next to the author. Substantive tech posts get a green tag and a hairline accent; the AI-written % appears only when it is notable.
  • Hidden posts collapse to one line; consecutive hidden posts fold into a single line with counts. Show expands it, Hide collapses it again. ⋯ → always show / always hide this account.
  • Click the toolbar icon and pick Signal (only substantive tech), Balanced or Everything, and how strictly "tech" is judged. Individual labels are under Customize. Default: hide Junk, Off-topic and AI-written — so the feed is tech-only by default. Replies are judged in the context of the post they answer.
  • Settings: hide X's right column (on by default), filter replies too, dim instead of collapse, label-only mode, stop phrases (regex, matched locally for free).

License

MIT