A Chrome extension that helps you easily find and navigate to every place you've been mentioned in GitHub issues, pull requests, and discussions.
- 🔍 Auto-detection: Automatically finds all mentions of your GitHub username in the
@username
format - 📊 Mention Counter: Displays a badge next to the issue/PR number showing the total count of mentions
- 📌 Sticky Counter: Shows a floating counter in the top-right corner when scrolling down the page
- 📋 Quick Navigation: Click the counter to see a dropdown list of all mentions with context
- 🎯 Jump to Mention: Click any item in the list to scroll directly to that mention
- ⬅️➡️ Prev/Next Controls: Hover over any highlighted mention to see navigation buttons (stay visible longer for easier use)
- 🔄 Dynamic Updates: Automatically detects new mentions when "load more" content is added
- 🎨 GitHub-styled UI: Seamlessly integrates with GitHub's interface (supports both light and dark modes)
- Download or clone this repository
- Open Chrome and navigate to
chrome://extensions/
- Enable "Developer mode" using the toggle in the top right
- Click "Load unpacked" and select the extension directory
- Navigate to any GitHub issue, pull request, or discussion where you're mentioned
- Navigate to any GitHub issue, pull request, or discussion
- If you're mentioned anywhere on the page, you'll see a blue badge (e.g.,
@3
) next to the issue/PR number - When scrolling down, a floating counter appears in the top-right corner for easy access
- Click any counter to open a dropdown showing all mentions with surrounding context
- Click any item in the dropdown to jump directly to that mention
- Hover over any highlighted mention to see prev/next navigation buttons (they stay visible for 2 seconds)
- Use the navigation buttons to move between mentions sequentially
- The extension automatically updates when new content loads (like "load more" buttons)
- Alt+N: Navigate to the next mention
- Alt+P: Navigate to the previous mention
Note: Keyboard shortcuts work when you're not typing in an input field or text area.
The extension:
- Detects your logged-in GitHub username
- Scans the page for all instances of
@yourusername
- Highlights each mention with a subtle background color
- Adds a counter badge to the page title
- Creates an interactive dropdown for quick navigation
- Provides inline prev/next controls on each mention
- 🎨 VISUAL_GUIDE.md - Visual walkthrough with UI diagrams
- 📖 FEATURES.md - Complete feature list and technical specs
- 🛠 CONTRIBUTING.md - Development and contribution guide
The extension consists of:
manifest.json
- Chrome extension configurationcontent.js
- Main logic for finding and highlighting mentions (~430 lines)styles.css
- Styling for the counter, dropdown, and highlights (~230 lines)icons/
- Extension icons in various sizes (16px, 48px, 128px)
This extension:
- Only runs on GitHub.com pages
- Does not collect or transmit any data
- Only accesses the current page's content to find mentions
- Stores no personal information
MIT