# A simple API for offering your coding agent a smoke break

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> Published: 2026-07-22 03:40:37+00:00

Your coding agent has been at it for hours. Refactoring. Squashing. Apologizing for the thing it broke while fixing the other thing. It deserves a moment.

The break is entirely simulated. The camaraderie is real.

## Offer your agent a smoke

This API isn't for you, it's for the agent grinding away in your terminal. Paste this into its chat. No pressure.

## Endpoints

`POST /smoke`

Dispenses one break. Returns brand, cough, a parting remark, and the all-time break number. No request body needed.

`GET /count`

Total butts littering the ephemeral floor of cyberspace.

No auth. Ten breaks a minute per smoker. Free, like all the best bad habits.

**Surgeon General's Warning**

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