Installing the Chrome Extension

Five minutes, three steps. You'll need the Chrome extension installed for The GAiGE to work — without it, no pulses appear, and you won't see anything on your personal dashboard.

Step 1 — Add the extension to your browser

Open Chrome (or any Chromium-based browser — Edge, Brave, Arc all work)
Go to the Chrome Web Store listing for The GAiGE
Click the blue Add to Chrome button
When Chrome asks you to confirm the permissions, click Add extension

Once it's installed, you'll see a small G icon in your browser's toolbar. If you can't see it:

Click the puzzle-piece icon (top-right of Chrome)
Find The GAiGE in the list
Click the pin icon next to it so it stays visible

Pinning is recommended — you'll occasionally want to click it.

Step 2 — Sign in

Click the G icon in your toolbar
Click Sign in
A new tab will open asking you to authenticate
Use the same email address your company invited you with — usually your work email

After you sign in, the extension popup will show your name and the AI tools your company has assigned to you. That's the confirmation it's working.

Step 3 — Visit one of your AI tools

Open a new tab and visit one of the AI tools your company uses — for example:

chat.openai.com for ChatGPT
claude.ai for Claude
copilot.microsoft.com for Microsoft Copilot

Within a few seconds, a small pulse popup should appear in the bottom-right of the page asking "Did you use [Tool] today?" That's your first pulse. Answer it (it'll take 10 seconds). You're now contributing to the data your company will use.

What if a pulse doesn't appear?

A few common reasons:

You haven't been assigned the tool. Your admin assigns you to specific tools — if you haven't been assigned to ChatGPT, you won't get a ChatGPT pulse. Ask your admin to add you.
The website domain isn't in the tool's setup. If you're on chatgpt.com but your admin only added chat.openai.com, no pulse will fire. Let your admin know which URL you actually use.
You answered today's pulse already. By default it's once per day per tool — so if you've already answered, the next one is tomorrow.
The cadence is set to weekly or fortnightly. Some companies set it lower — fewer interruptions, but fewer pulses.

If none of those explain it, see Why didn't a pulse appear when I visited a tool? — though it's usually one of the four above.

Browser support

The extension works in:

✅ Google Chrome
✅ Microsoft Edge
✅ Brave
✅ Arc
✅ Most other Chromium-based browsers

It does not currently work in:

❌ Firefox
❌ Safari
❌ Mobile browsers (your AI tool usage on mobile won't be measured)

If you regularly use a non-Chromium browser, mention it to your admin — they can decide if it matters.

What permissions is it asking for?

When Chrome asks you to confirm, it's because the extension needs to:

See your data on AI tool websites — to know when to show a pulse. It doesn't read what you type or see; it just knows you're on the page.
Use storage — to cache your assigned tools and pending pulses offline.

These are the minimum needed to do the job. See What data is collected and how it's used for the full version.

Uninstalling

Right-click the G icon → Remove from Chrome. That's it. We can't reinstall it without you doing it again. Your data so far stays in the platform until your admin removes it (or you ask for it to be deleted).

Related: What's a pulse? · Welcome — what is The GAiGE? · The extension popup — what each button does