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MulaLens - Workplace Context Extension

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Published Chrome Web Store extension that adds identity, workplace, salary, job, story, and cited-research context to Deshi Mula company pages.

Published Chrome Web Store extension that adds identity, workplace, salary, job, story, and cited-research context to Deshi Mula company pages.

MulaLens - Workplace Context Extension is a browser extension created to make a real workflow clearer, faster, and easier to trust. It turns a focused product idea into something people can use, evaluate, and understand without needing to inspect the source code.

Why MulaLens - Workplace Context Extension exists

Deshi Mula company pages surface community conversation, but job seekers need structured identity, salary, workplace, story, and cited-research context at the decision point.

The goal is not simply to add another tool. MulaLens - Workplace Context Extension is designed to reduce the friction around that problem and give people a more dependable way to complete the work.

What it delivers

  • Users can open workplace context without leaving the company page.
  • Inspect salary and narrative signals alongside source links.
  • Install MulaLens directly from its published Chrome Web Store listing.
  • Understand that evidence is advisory and API-dependent.

The experience

Published Chrome Web Store extension that adds identity, workplace, salary, job, story, and cited-research context to Deshi Mula company pages.

The project brings the important parts of the workflow into one coherent experience. Its interface and behavior are shaped around the people using it, while the implementation stays focused on predictable results and honest feedback.

What to know

Every product has boundaries. These are the most important considerations for MulaLens - Workplace Context Extension:

  • Salary/workplace reports may be community-submitted and require independent verification.
  • The extension depends on the hosted b4join API and cannot operate as a complete offline research system.
  • Page matching and injection must remain narrow to avoid collecting unrelated browsing data.

These limitations are presented openly so visitors can understand where the project works well, what it depends on, and what may change in future versions.

Current status

Published on the Chrome Web Store. The current release demonstrates the core value of the project and the main end-to-end experience.

My role was product design and browser-extension engineering, covering browser integration, provider workflows, and privacy. The related case study explains the decisions and delivery process in greater depth for visitors who want the engineering story behind the product.

Project stack

  • TypeScript
  • Chrome Manifest V3
  • Chrome Extensions API
  • esbuild
  • TanStack Start
  • React
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Vitest
  • Netlify
  • GitHub Actions
  • CI/CD
  • Git

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