Auto Skip Helper for YouTube

Auto Skip Helper for YouTube operates visible and enabled Skip controls in YouTube video ads. How it works - On each new YouTube tab, the first visible Skip control is clicked once by the user. The extension clearly explains that this saves a button signature only in that tab session. - For later skippable ads in the same tab, it compares the visible control with the learned signature and recalculates its current screen position. - It briefly attaches Chrome's debugger input API to the current YouTube tab, sends one verified left-button press and release at the Skip control, and immediately detaches. - It automatically waits for later ad breaks after each successful skip. - A draggable status notice shows learning, waiting, success, or failure without changing ad playback time or speed. Privacy - Limited website content and user activity are processed locally: Skip-control text and element attributes, the user's first Skip click, the learned button signature, and the status-notice position. - The learned signature and notice position are stored only in that YouTube tab's sessionStorage and are cleared when the tab is closed. - No browsing history, searches, account information, video titles, analytics, advertising identifiers, or tracking data are collected. - No user data is transmitted, sold, or shared. The extension makes no external server requests and uses no remote code. Permissions - YouTube host access is used only to identify visible and enabled Skip controls in the YouTube player. - The debugger permission is used only for a short browser-level mouse input to the verified Skip coordinate in the requesting YouTube tab. It is not used to inspect network traffic, page data, or other tabs, and it is detached immediately after the input. Limitations - Ads without a Skip control cannot be skipped. - YouTube interface changes may temporarily affect detection. - Chrome may show a brief debugging notification when the input is delivered. - This independent utility is not produced, endorsed, or sponsored by YouTube or Google. Users can disable or remove the extension at any time from Chrome's extension management page.