The Wish extension

Set up on a home computer (recommended)

On a normal home computer this is the route that works: load the extension yourself and pair it with a connect code. Four steps, once per computer.

1. On this site, open Settings → Browser extension and click Generate / regenerate code for the person whose computer this is. The code is shown once — keep that tab open until step 4.
2. Download the extension (.zip) and unzip it into a folder you won't move or delete — Chrome runs the extension from that folder, so if the folder goes, the extension breaks.
3. Open chrome://extensions (in Edge: edge://extensions), turn on Developer mode (top-right), click Load unpacked and pick the unzipped folder. The 🎁 Wish button appears — pin it via the puzzle-piece menu if it hides there.
4. Right-click the Wish button → Options, paste the connect code from step 1 and click Connect. The options page now shows this computer is set to that person — done.

Updates: an unpacked extension doesn't update itself. When a new version ships, download a fresh zip, unzip it over the same folder, then open chrome://extensions and click the reload (↻) button on the Wish card. Your connect code stays put.

One quirk to expect: Chrome may show a developer-mode notice on startup (a prompt to disable developer-mode extensions). That's normal for unpacked extensions — it isn't an error, and you can dismiss it.

Managed computers (work, school, or domain-joined)

There's a slicker route for managed machines: a per-person setup file that installs the extension by browser policy and pre-binds it to the person — no code to paste, and it updates itself from this site. Why is it the second section? Chrome only lets policies force-install self-hosted extensions on enterprise-managed machines; on a home PC the policy lands fine, then Chrome declines the install. So the setup files below are for managed computers — home computers should use the route above.

Windows: download the person's wish-setup-<name>.reg in Settings → Browser extension, double-click it and approve the prompts (it needs administrator rights — it writes the browser policy keys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE), then restart the browser. The 🎁 Wish button appears, already set to that person, and the extension's settings page shows “Set by computer policy” for them.

Mac: download the person's wish-setup-<name>.mobileconfig in Settings and open it — nothing seems to happen; macOS has quietly registered the profile. Open System Settings → General → Device Management (on older macOS: System Preferences → Profiles), select the “Wish Extension — <name>” profile and click Install. macOS may warn that the profile is unsigned — that's expected for a self-hosted profile; it's the file you just downloaded from this site. Then fully quit and restart Chrome / Edge and the button appears, already set to that person.

Both setup files carry a fresh connect code for that person, so downloading a new one later retires their old code. To undo on Windows, delete the two ExtensionInstallForcelist policy entries the file added; on a Mac, delete the profile in Device Management (or ask Ian).

Add from a phone

Android: install Wish on the phone first (open wish.carrgarage.com in Chrome → menu → Add to Home screen). Once it's installed, Wish shows up in the share sheet: in Amazon or any shopping app, tap Share → Wish and the item lands on your default list with its name, photo and price filled in. (Amazon hides the link inside the shared text rather than sending it as a URL — Wish digs it out automatically.)

iPhone: Safari can't put web apps in the share sheet, so iPhones use a one-time Shortcut instead. It takes two minutes, once per phone:

1. Open the Shortcuts app, tap ＋ to make a new shortcut, and name it Add to Wish.
2. Tap the shortcut's settings (ⓘ) and turn on Show in Share Sheet, set to accept URLs.
3. Add the action Get Contents of URL. Set the URL to https://wish.carrgarage.com/api/agent/items and the method to POST.
4. In that same action, add two headers: Content-Type = application/json, and Authorization = Bearer followed by the family agent token. The token is never shown inside the app — it's the same one the agent API uses, and Ian keeps it with the server settings; ask him for it and don't share it outside the family.
5. Set the action's Request Body to JSON with two fields: link = Shortcut Input, and person = whose list it goes to, in lowercase — ian, brittany, arthur, caleb or eli. Leave the list out and it lands on that person's default list.
6. Optional but nice: add a Show Notification action after it with the text Added to Wish 🎁, so you get a confirmation tap.
7. Use it: in Amazon or Safari, tap Share → Add to Wish. Done — the item is on the list, priced and pictured like any other add.