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A companion for your browser

I noticethings youwalk past.

Cotton is a small panel on the side of Chrome. You browse the way you always do. It reads along, remembers your work, and speaks up only when something is worth it.

In private testing. Works in Chrome.
You said one word. It did the rest, up to the last button.
The film · 7 min 39

Watch it do a day's work.

Seven and a half minutes, on real pages. What it notices. What it does when you say yeah. How it sits in on a call. And where it stops and hands over to you.

"I think I've made a weirdly useful thing."

The person who made it, ten seconds in
In the filmWhat it notices·What it does·Calls·Memory·You stay in charge
What it notices

Most of the page goes unread. Not by Cotton.

No one asked it to look. It saw these anyway, and said so in one line. The rest of the time, it says nothing. It doesn't nag, and it won't tell you how you're doing.

01 · A blog post about grants

…almost none of them advertise. The one worth a look this quarter: teams under two years old can claim hosting credits through the founders programme.

“There's a credits deal on this page. You qualify. Want me to apply?”
02 · Your sent mail

Following up on Thursday · Quick question about the order · Intro, as promised · no reply, no reply, no reply …

“Nine people never replied. Want me to draft the follow-ups?”
03 · Page two of the school newsletter

…the library is closed on Monday for stocktaking. Year 4: sports day has moved to Friday the 14th. Please bring a named water bottle.

“Your daughter's sports day moved to the 14th. Put it in your calendar?”
04 · A very full inbox

Weekly digest · Your order has shipped · 14 new replies · Invoice 2291: $47.00, due today · Save the date · The long read…

“Also, you still haven't paid the $47 invoice.”
05 · Before you press message

To: Priya S. — Hi Priya, just wanted to reach out and introduce myself…

“You already wrote to her on Tuesday.”
06 · Your own sign-up list

New today: sam.k@mailbox.net · lee@studiolee.com · j.ortiz@halvorsen-group.com · ana.p@mailbox.net

“This one works at a very large company. Could be a way in.”
07 · A subscription you're about to start

Pro plan, billed monthly. Start subscription · Cancel any time.

“Three services do the same thing. Two are cheaper, one is better. Want to see them first?”
08 · A competitor's pricing page

Pricing, updated today. Starter plan $29 → $39 a month. Team plan unchanged.

“They changed their prices overnight. Here’s before and after.”

"It follows me around all day, fixing my blind spots and pointing at opportunities like, 'Are you seriously not seeing this?'"

Someone in the private test
What it does

It does the dull part. You just say yeah.

Ask in plain words, on the page you're already on. No new tab, no copying and pasting, no explaining yourself again.

Cottonon the page you're on
“Fill this in for me.”
Forms, from what it knows about you.
Even a government form in a language you don't read. Then it shows you which button is Send, and leaves it to you.
Nombre — filled
Número de pasaporte — filled
Domicilio — filled
Send is “Enviar”, bottom right. Yours.

It reads what you're sent.

PDFs, Word files, spreadsheets, scans. If you can open it, it can read it. Give it two versions of a contract and it shows what changed, term by term.

Contract · version 2 against version 32 terms changed
Delivery30 days45 days
RenewalAsk firstAutomatic

It keeps watch.

Tell it what to wait for, and get on with your day. It also writes you a short daily brief of the news that touches your work.

“Tell me when the match starts.” waiting
“Tell me when this page changes.” checked a minute ago
“Every morning, read this and tell me what's new.” tomorrow, 8:00
Calls

On calls, it passes you notes.

Only when you ask. It hears the call in your tab, or the room through your microphone, and turns it into text. Then it stays quiet and slides you cards: the number you couldn't remember, what you agreed last time, a promise worth confirming.

Answer now Your next line, in under two seconds.
Hey Cotton Anyone on the call can ask it something out loud. The answer shows up in your panel.
Bring the paperwork A quote, a contract or a CV. It answers from the document, with the page number, and flags when what's said doesn't match.
When it ends A summary, your promises turned into tasks, theirs noted, and the follow-up already drafted. It stops on its own, so it never runs on forgotten.
Ten languages Including people who switch between two in the middle of a sentence.

"My friend thought I'd hired someone."

After Cotton answered a question asked out loud on a call
Memory

It remembers, so you don't have to.

"I use it because I don't have to keep the internet in my head anymore. Which is good, because my head was doing a terrible job."

Projects Your projects What you're working on, and where each one stands.
People Your people Who you deal with, and what you last said to each other.
Sites Sites, by what they did “What was that site with the lamp with the wooden base?” Found it. You looked at it last Thursday.
Routes The way around Routes it has learned on a site, so the second time is faster than the first.
Notebooks Notebooks Everything it read while working on a job. Kept until you delete them.

Stay on one thing.

Tell it what you're working on. Until you're done, it holds back everything that doesn't help. A mission can last for days. When you come back, it knows where you stopped, what's left, and which pages matter, and it can open them again.

It will also remind you of things, at the time you asked for.

Mission Day 3
Find a flat before the move
You stopped at the second viewing form.Left: two landlords to reply to, one question about the deposit.
Four pages matter. Reopen them?YeahLater
4:30 pmCall the letting agent back. You asked me to remind you.
You stay in charge

It drafts. You send.

It never presses the last button for you. It won't pay, send, post, order or delete.

✓It writes the email.
Send you press this
✓It fills in the form.
Submit and this
✓It fills the cart.
Check out this one too

Privacy, plainly.

This is the whole of it. We won't claim more than is true.

  1. 1You start listening. It never starts on its own.
  2. 2A red bar shows whenever it is listening.
  3. 3The sound of a call is never kept. Only the text.
  4. 4Say "forget that call" and the text is removed too.
  5. 5It never presses the last button. That one is always yours.
Who it's for

For anyone who lives in a browser.

It isn't built for one job. The same panel, a different day. Here's what it said to a few people this week.

If you're starting a company“This sign-up works at a very large company. Could be a way in.”
If you hire“You already wrote to him on Tuesday.”
If you research“982 rows. Done.”
If you run a small shop“Three suppliers do the same thing. Two are cheaper.”
If you sell“Six accounts have gone quiet. The follow-ups are drafted.”
If you market“They changed their prices overnight. Before and after, side by side.”
If you're looking for work“The deadline is on page two. The 30th. Calendar?”
If you have a kid in the match“Kick-off. She's in white, number 3.”

In your language.

Talk to it in Hindi, Spanish, Finnish or English, and it answers in kind. It reads pages and files in any language, and on calls it follows people who switch between two languages mid-sentence.

EnglishThere's a credits deal on this page. You qualify.
EspañolHay una oferta de créditos en esta página. Cumples los requisitos.
SuomiTällä sivulla on krediittitarjous. Olet oikeutettu siihen.
हिन्दीइस पेज पर क्रेडिट का एक ऑफ़र है। आप इसके योग्य हैं।
Private testing

Ask for access.

Cotton is in private testing, and we're letting people in a few at a time. Leave your email. If you like, add one line on what you'd use it for.

"Browsing with it is a total adventure, and very, very productive."