Raphael

Raphael sits on top of your desktop as a frosted-glass overlay, watches your active window context, and tells you — with surgical sarcasm — when you’ve drifted off task. When you linger too long on an unapproved window, it locks your screen and makes you justify the context switch before you can continue.

Why I built it

Browser blockers are too blunt. They block all of Chrome or none of it, with no awareness of whether you’re reading docs or scrolling a feed. I wanted something that understood what I was looking at, not just where.

Highlights

• Parses the exact browser tab title or file path via XWayland window properties — not just the process name.
• Groq-backed LLM classifier categorizes activity in real time and generates context-aware advisor commentary.
• Distraction challenge forces a typed justification before session metrics resume.
• Mid-session rules via a Chat Console — no config file edits required.
• Local Chart.js dashboard at localhost:5757 showing focus timeline, window breakdown, and session goals.