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-# AI Interview Assistant Chrome Extension
+# AI Assistant Chrome Extension
 
 ## Overview
 
-The AI Interview Assistant is a Chrome extension designed to help users during interviews or meetings by providing real-time AI-powered responses to questions. It listens to the audio from the current tab, transcribes the speech, identifies questions, and generates concise answers using OpenAI's GPT model.
+AI Assistant is a Chrome extension for live meeting/interview support. It captures audio, transcribes speech, and generates concise AI responses with configurable chat and STT providers.
+
+Current extension version: `1.1.0`
 
 <div align="center">
-	<img src="screenshot.png">
+	<img src="Screenshot.png" alt="AI Assistant side panel">
 </div>
 
+## Screenshots
+
+### Main side panel
+
+<div align="center">
+  <img src="Screenshot.png" alt="Main side panel">
+</div>
+
+### Advanced setup
+
+<div align="center">
+  <img src="Screenshot-advanced.png" alt="Advanced settings">
+</div>
+
+## Table of Contents
+
+- [Documentation Index](#documentation-index)
+- [Quick Start (2 Minutes)](#quick-start-2-minutes)
+- [Features](#features)
+- [Installation](#installation)
+- [Usage](#usage)
+- [Custom Sessions (Context Profiles)](#custom-sessions-context-profiles)
+- [Automation in Side Panel](#automation-in-side-panel)
+- [Plans & Roadmap](#plans--roadmap)
+- [Recent Improvements](#recent-improvements)
+- [Privacy and Security](#privacy-and-security)
+- [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
+- [Contributing](#contributing)
+- [License](#license)
+- [Disclaimer](#disclaimer)
+
+## Documentation Index
+
+Use this `README.md` as the main entrypoint. Additional docs:
+
+- Product roadmap and task tracking: `Plans_and_Todo.md`
+- AI provider setup/details: `AI_PROVIDERS_GUIDE.md`
+- New features and updates: `NEW_FEATURES_GUIDE.md`
+- Local self-hosted STT bridge: `local_stt_bridge/LOCAL_STT_BRIDGE_GUIDE.md`
+
+## Quick Start (2 Minutes)
+
+1. Load the extension in `chrome://extensions` (Developer Mode → Load unpacked).
+2. Open the side panel and set **AI Provider**, **Model**, and **API key**.
+3. In **Assistant Setup**, choose **Speech-to-Text Provider** (`OpenAI`, `Local faster-whisper`, or `Browser`).
+4. Configure STT quality controls (`Language Mode`, optional `Forced language`, `Task`, `VAD`, `Beam size`).
+5. Use **Test STT Connection** to validate STT endpoint/key.
+6. In **Session Context**, pick a profile (or create one in **Context → Manage Profiles**).
+7. (Optional) Pick an **Automation Preset**.
+8. Click **Start Listening**.
+
 ## Features
 
 - Real-time audio capture (tab, mic, or mixed mode)
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 - AI-powered responses with multiple providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, Ollama)
 - Persistent side panel interface
 - Secure API key storage
-- Context management (upload or paste documents for better answers)
+- Context profiles (prebuilt + custom) with profile-scoped context isolation
+- Context management (upload or paste documents per profile)
 - Speed mode (faster, shorter responses)
+- Automation preset selector in side panel (automatic or one selected automation)
+- Separate STT settings (OpenAI Whisper, Browser STT, or local faster-whisper bridge)
+- Multilingual STT controls (auto/forced language, task mode, VAD, beam size)
 - Multi-device demo mode for remote access
 - Overlay controls: drag, resize, minimize, detach, hide/show
 - Mic monitor with input device selection and live level meter
@@ -38,21 +95,56 @@ The AI Interview Assistant is a Chrome extension designed to help users during i
 
 4. Click on "Load unpacked" and select the directory containing the extension files.
 
-5. The AI Interview Assistant extension should now appear in your list of installed extensions.
+5. The AI Assistant extension should now appear in your list of installed extensions.
 
 ## Usage
 
-1. Click on the AI Interview Assistant icon in the Chrome toolbar to open the side panel.
+1. Click on the AI Assistant icon in the Chrome toolbar to open the side panel.
 
-2. Enter your OpenAI API key in the provided input field and click "Save API Key".
+2. Select your provider/model and save the provider API key.
 
-3. Click "Start Listening" to begin capturing audio from the current tab.
+3. In **Assistant Setup**, configure **Speech-to-Text Provider**:
+   - `OpenAI Whisper` for hosted tab/mixed transcription
+   - `Local faster-whisper bridge` for self-hosted STT (`local_stt_bridge/LOCAL_STT_BRIDGE_GUIDE.md`)
+   - `Browser SpeechRecognition` for mic-oriented local recognition
+   - Tune multilingual/quality options:
+     - `Language Mode`: `Auto-detect` or `Force language`
+     - `Forced language`: language code (for example `en`, `fr`, `de`, `ar`)
+     - `Task`: `Transcribe` or `Translate to English`
+     - `VAD`: enable/disable silence filtering
+     - `Beam size`: decoding quality/performance tradeoff (default `5`)
+   - Click **Test STT Connection** before starting live capture
 
-4. As questions are detected in the audio, they will appear in the "Transcript" section.
+4. In **Session Context**, choose a profile (Interview/Standup/Sales or your custom profile).
 
-5. AI-generated responses will appear in the "AI Response" section.
+5. (Optional) In **Automation Preset**, choose:
+   - `Automatic` to run all enabled automations that match each trigger, or
+   - a single automation to run only that one for session start/end.
 
-6. Click "Stop Listening" to end the audio capture.
+6. Click **Start Listening** to begin capturing audio from the current tab.
+
+7. Click **Stop Listening** to end the audio capture.
+
+## Custom Sessions (Context Profiles)
+
+Custom session behavior is configured through **profiles**.
+
+1. Open side panel → **Context** → **Manage Profiles**.
+2. Click **New Profile**.
+3. Set:
+   - Profile name (for example: `Interview (Backend)` or `Meeting (Sales Discovery)`)
+   - Mode (`interview`, `meeting`, `standup`, or `custom`)
+   - System prompt (instructions specific to this profile)
+4. Click **Save Profile**.
+5. Back in **Session**, select that profile in **Session Context** before clicking **Start Listening**.
+
+Each profile uses its own scoped context store to reduce prompt/context leakage between use cases.
+
+## Automation in Side Panel
+
+- Use **Automation Preset** to choose how automations run for the current session.
+- Use **Run Selected Automation Now** to manually test from the side panel.
+- Use **Advanced Settings (⚙️)** for full automation editing (actions, MCP tools, webhook args, triggers, approval behavior).
 
 ## Plans & Roadmap
 
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 - Ensure you have granted the necessary permissions for the extension to access tab audio.
 - If you're not seeing responses, check that your API key is entered correctly and that you have sufficient credits on your OpenAI account.
+- If local STT on a public domain keeps failing with `Invalid HTTP request received`, check protocol mismatch:
+  - `http://` endpoints on HSTS domains may be auto-upgraded to `https://` by Chrome.
+  - Use a proper HTTPS reverse proxy in front of the STT service, or use localhost/IP for plain HTTP testing.
 - For any issues, please check the Chrome developer console for error messages.
 
 ## Contributing
 
-Contributions to the AI Interview Assistant are welcome! Please feel free to submit pull requests or create issues for bugs and feature requests.
+Contributions to the AI Assistant are welcome! Please feel free to submit pull requests or create issues for bugs and feature requests.
 
 ## License