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Chrome Step ToolBox

by hairy.basil

v3.25 Updated Aug 4, 2025 1.82MiB
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★ 4.06
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Description

This add-on displays a table underneath missed questions on USMLE WORLD question bank that suggests study resources to help improve test scores. Additionally, this add-on populates question banks for the USMLE STEP exams with images from local flashcard files (e.g. Anki) to help bolster spaced repetition. Additional functionality includes automatically copying Anki flashcard deck tags to the user's clipboard when a question is viewed in uworld. To use the add-on, you must already have the ankiconnect add-on installed in Anki and have UWORLD set as an allowed site in the settings, as well as the Anking deck (version 10+). Complete install instructions included in the extension menu. To open the extension menu, click on the extension icon in your toolbar (toggle icon visibility on if it does not apper), then click on the installation instructions.
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Reviews (8 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2025-11-12
L P

not working. basil med - all of that has been done and yet it still does not work. anki and chrome are updated. all permissions are enabled and site access is allowed for all . local network access is also enabled. i removed the extension and put it back on. the first aid, sketchy , etc pictures are NOT showing, although the buttons that take one to the anki cards work. it is not working for step 1 or step 2. i would appreciate if we could work to troubleshoot as this is affecting my studying.

★☆☆☆☆2025-04-10
Jay Jackson

Paid for access to for Step 2 questions, doesn't work on ARM platforms like Surface pro X (can only use chrome through chrome canary). Please fix this or provide solution.

★☆☆☆☆2024-11-19
Isabella Johnson

Just got it yesterday, was working well then suddenly stopped working with out warning.

★☆☆☆☆2024-02-17
J W

Doesn't work and there doesn't seem to be support for this extension with everyone having the same problem of getting results of 0 of 0 cards.

★☆☆☆☆2023-12-27
Minnie

Hi, I recently purchased this and downloaded the Anking v11 (since you have to pay for v12) and its not recognizing any of the UWorld questions. As a matter of fact, nothing pops up when I'm reviewing my question sets and I followed the instructions to the T. Any suggestions to get this working? If not, I'd like my $15 refund, please.

★★☆☆☆2025-12-12
James Burmeister

This extension stopped working on UWorld because UWorld now blocks network requests (XMLHttpRequest / fetch) that are executed from scripts injected into the page. The error is Uncaught (in promise) failed to issue request, which indicates the request is being blocked at the browser level, not failing due to bad data or configuration. This can be fixed by moving all network requests out of the page/content script and into the extension background (service worker), then passing the data back via runtime.sendMessage. Requests made from the extension context are still allowed. This is a recent change on UWorld’s side and affects many extensions. The extension itself isn’t “broken”, but it needs this architectural update to work again. Chrome now enforces Private Network Access (PNA), which blocks page-level requests from https://apps.uworld.com to http://localhost regardless of CORS or local network access settings. The console error is: “Permission was denied for this request to access the ‘unknown’ address space” This indicates the request is being blocked by Chrome before it reaches AnkiConnect, even though AnkiConnect allows https://apps.uworld.com in webCorsOriginList. To restore functionality, the AnkiConnect calls need to be routed through the extension background/service worker, not made directly from page JavaScript. Extensions are still allowed to access localhost; web pages are not under PNA. This doesn’t appear to be a user configuration issue, but an architectural change required due to recent Chrome security updates.

★★★☆☆2024-09-04
Waniya S

The missed cards feature isn't working. I have tried everything; I reinstalled both, this extension and the ankiconnect add-on (didn't work). I made sure to follow the instructions and configured the ankiconnect info to that provided in the extension instructions (didn't work). I do not have an ad-blocked. The red/yellow/green boxes still show up when I open the uworld questions, its only the 'missed uworld question' feature that is missing (which I found the most useful). Please let me know a fix for this. Otherwise this is a 10/10 app.

★★★☆☆2023-03-21
Xiu Fang Wang

Hello, when I click search for anki cards, it takes me to my anki but it can't find any cards. I'm not sure what is going on

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Permissions

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Details

Version 3.25
Updated Aug 4, 2025
Size 1.82MiB
First Seen Mar 24, 2026