diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 76fbdb0..096f472 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,24 @@
+import type {StrictlyParseSelector} from 'typed-query-selector/parser.js';
 import reservedNames from 'github-reserved-names/reserved-names.json' with {type: 'json'};
 import {addTests} from './collector.ts';
 
-const $ = <E extends Element>(selector: string) => document.querySelector<E>(selector);
-const exists = (selector: string) => Boolean($(selector));
+function $<Selector extends string, Selected extends Element = StrictlyParseSelector<Selector>>(
+	selector: Selector,
+): Selected | undefined;
+function $<Selected extends Element = HTMLElement>(
+	selector: string,
+): Selected | undefined;
+function $<Selected extends Element>(selector: string): Selected | undefined {
+	return document.querySelector<Selected>(selector) ?? undefined;
+}
+
+function exists<Selector extends string, Selected extends Element = StrictlyParseSelector<Selector>>(
+	selector: Selector,
+): Selected extends never ? never : boolean;
+function exists(selector: string): boolean;
+function exists(selector: string): boolean {
+	return Boolean(document.querySelector(selector));
+}
 
 const combinedTestOnly = ['combinedTestOnly']; // To be used only to skip tests of combined functions, i.e. isPageA() || isPageB()
 
@@ -859,7 +875,7 @@ TEST: addTests('isNewRepoTemplate', [
 ]);
 
 /** Get the logged-in user’s username */
-const getLoggedInUser = (): string | undefined => $('meta[name="user-login"]')?.getAttribute('content') ?? undefined;
+const getLoggedInUser = (): string | undefined => $('meta[name="user-login"] >')?.getAttribute('content') ?? undefined;
 
 /** Drop all redundant slashes */
 const getCleanPathname = (url: URL | HTMLAnchorElement | Location = location): string => url.pathname.replaceAll(/\/\/+/g, '/').replace(/\/$/, '').slice(1);
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9c3bcf2..619c216 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 				"svelte-check": "^4.3.5",
 				"ts-morph": "^27.0.2",
 				"tsx": "^4.21.0",
+				"typed-query-selector": "^2.12.0",
 				"typescript": "5.9.3",
 				"vite": "^7.3.1",
 				"vitest": "^4.0.17",
@@ -8201,6 +8202,13 @@
 				"url": "https://github.com/sponsors/ljharb"
 			}
 		},
+		"node_modules/typed-query-selector": {
+			"version": "2.12.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typed-query-selector/-/typed-query-selector-2.12.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-SbklCd1F0EiZOyPiW192rrHZzZ5sBijB6xM+cpmrwDqObvdtunOHHIk9fCGsoK5JVIYXoyEp4iEdE3upFH3PAg==",
+			"dev": true,
+			"license": "MIT"
+		},
 		"node_modules/typescript": {
 			"version": "5.9.3",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-5.9.3.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b4a74f7..f618c47 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 		"svelte-check": "^4.3.5",
 		"ts-morph": "^27.0.2",
 		"tsx": "^4.21.0",
+		"typed-query-selector": "^2.12.0",
 		"typescript": "5.9.3",
 		"vite": "^7.3.1",
 		"vitest": "^4.0.17",