How it works
From install to recovery.
Here's the full picture.
TryConnection isn't a filter you install and forget. It's a system that learns your story and shows up with you at the moments that matter.
Install the Chrome extension
Add TryConnection to Chrome in one click. No account required to get started. The extension installs and immediately opens your personalized setup.
Unlike other filters that start blocking the moment you install, TryConnection starts by listening — learning who you are before it does anything.
Spend 3 minutes on your setup
No other tool in this space starts by asking about you. TryConnection does. Your answers shape everything — the sites that get blocked, the times your coach is most alert, the way your support person gets notified.
Pornography, compulsive social media, late-night browsing, gambling. Select what applies. Your blocklist gets generated from this.
Late nights? Sunday afternoons? TryConnection tunes its sensitivity higher during your specific windows.
YouTube thumbnails, social media images, and recommendations can be blurred or hidden — zero API cost, pure focus.
Add their name and email. They'll receive warm messages — wins and struggles — with guidance on how to respond.
At the end of setup, your AI coach generates a personalized blocklist and a welcome message tailored to your specific situation.
Browse. TryConnection reads the signals.
TryConnection runs quietly in the background. No internet slowdown. No screenshots. No activity logs sent to your partner or anyone else.
It watches for the behavioral patterns that precede struggle — not just the destination, but the drift. The late-night scroll. The search query that shifts. The pattern of tabs that opens. The time of day.
- ◎Behavioral signals on pages you visit
- ◎Search patterns and query content
- ◎Time of day vs. your vulnerability windows
- ◎Tab patterns and browsing pace
- ◎Social media time on screen
- ✕Take screenshots
- ✕Log URLs to a server
- ✕Send your browsing history anywhere
- ✕Slow down your internet
- ✕Share details of what you viewed
When the pull comes, a pause opens.
Before the moment becomes a decision, TryConnection opens a check-in. Not a wall. Not a block. A pause — and a question: how are you feeling right now?
From there you can open your AI coach for a full urge conversation, breathe through a guided box breathing exercise, or simply close the tab and walk away — knowing the moment was noticed.
For sites you've pre-blocked, getting through requires a code from your support person. That's not a punishment — it's a moment of human contact inserted exactly when it matters most.
Your AI coach walks you through the urge.
Tap “I've Got an Urge” anytime — from the extension popup, or from an intervention check-in. Your coach opens a conversation grounded in your story: your patterns, your vulnerable times, what you've been through before.
The coach doesn't lecture. It asks. It validates. It stays with you through the window — because urges peak and pass in 10–20 minutes, and your job is just to stay present until they do.
When the conversation naturally winds down, your coach asks if you want to share the win with your support person. If you do, they get a message worth celebrating.
- ◎Jay Stringer's research on the roots of unwanted sexual behavior
- ◎Brené Brown's framework on shame, secrecy, and connection
- ◎Kristin Neff's self-compassion research
- ◎Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) urge surfing techniques
- ◎Your own onboarding profile — challenges, vulnerability windows, history
Your support person hears the win.
Every other tool in this space tells your partner when you slip. TryConnection tells them when you stay.
When you process an urge instead of acting on it, your support person receives a message designed for them — with guidance on what to say, what not to say, and why this moment matters. Not a report. A bridge.
If you need them in a moment of real struggle, they hear that too — warmly, with context, not as an automated alert that leaves them confused about what to do.
Ready to build your setup?
Three minutes. Personalized to you. Free to start.