Introduction

Do you remember that episode of the Simpsons where he uses a little dunking bird toy to defraud his employer? Yeah. Like that but with prompts. Here’s the thing. Some of my coding agents, no matter how “dangerously” I like to live, still stop every 10 minutes, needing my input to continue. I know Ralph Wiggum method doesn’t have this problem, but that supposes you have planned out your project to some degree. Also I’m lazy, and it is easier ask AI to write a tool to do a ridiculous thing than to figure out another ridiculous thing.

If I’m really living the agentic dream, why don’t my agents work while I’m dreaming?

What is Dunking Bird?

Dunking bird is my metaphor for programs which sit outside the interface of agents and act on them externally, repeatedly sending a set prompt until a completion state is reached. It’s also a sample implementation of the concept I coded up today.

What does it do?

• Feature 1: Click-to-capture a window (tested on KDE/wayland)
• Feature 2: Prompt at a settable interval (1. ; continue; yes that’s a great idea!, etc )
• Feature 3: test button for confidence
• Feature 4: Insecure!

Screenshot

Here’s Dunking Bird in action:

The Story Behind Dunking Bird

I’ve been working on a PS1 version of Johnny Castaway for about a year now. I have agents doing static analysis and resource conversion, and it’s a pain to have to type “continue” every 10 minutes or so. To that end, I vibe-coded up a tool that’d work for my development environments.

Try It Out

GitHub Repository: You can find the complete source code, installation instructions, and documentation on GitHub: huntergdavis/dunkingbird

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