auto-jump-ahead-for-youtube

Usage Guide

This extension is positioned as supported skip assistance, not as a universal sponsor-blocking tool.

Open Settings

1. Click the extension icon in Chrome.
2. You will see two toggles:
   • YouTube Jump Ahead
   • Chapter-Based Ad Skips

Both are enabled by default.

How Skipping Works

Jump Ahead

• Uses YouTube’s own Jump Ahead/seek metadata.
• If present, playback seeks forward automatically.

Chapter-Based Ad Skips

• Reads chapter metadata from YouTube page data.
• Best effort only.
• Skips chapters that are explicitly labeled like ad/promo sections.
• Does not skip generic intro chapters unless ad cues are present in the title.

Music Video Rule

• Music videos are excluded by default.
• If a video is classified as music, skips are blocked.

Where Preferences Are Saved

• Toggle values are stored in chrome.storage.sync.
• Stored keys:
  • skipJumpAhead
  • skipAdChapter