Claude Workout Gate

A new Claude Code plugin called 'Workout Gate' blocks AI prompts until users complete physical exercises like push-ups or squats, counted live via webcam. The tool, created by developer BotchetDig, aims to encourage fitness by requiring users to work out before their AI assistant responds, with features like session-persistent debt and streak tracking.

Your AI works hard, so should you. A Claude Code hook that blocks your prompt until you work out — push-ups or squats, counted live via webcam. When a challenge fires you pick your pain say 6 push-ups or 9 squats . Random reps, session-persistent debt no closing the tab to skip , streak stats, and three trigger modes. Version française : README.fr.md Python 3.9–3.13 — including the macOS system Python 3.9, so there's no newer Python to install.- A webcam + an internet connection first run downloads MediaPipe/OpenCV and a ~9 MB pose model . macOS for the zero-config plugin onboarding — it pops the setup in a Terminal and triggers the camera-permission dialog. Linux/Windows work too; Claude just points you at bootstrap.sh to run once by hand. git and python3 on your PATH. /plugin marketplace add BotchetDig/workout-gate /plugin install workout-gate@workout-gate Then start a new session or run /reload-plugins — nothing happens until you do. Onboarding pops up in a Terminal window on its own — dependencies install, then a 30-second wizard your max, trigger choice, a 2-pushup camera test . Until setup is done, prompts pass freely. The gate and /workout-gate:workout then work in every session, and plugin updates never break the install the runtime lives in ~/.workout-gate/ . curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BotchetDig/workout-gate/main/get.sh | bash Re-running the same line updates the install. Prefer to look around first? git clone https://github.com/BotchetDig/workout-gate.git && cd workout-gate ./install.sh The installer sets everything up venv, dependencies, pose model then walks you through a 30-second wizard: it asks your one-set max to size the challenges to you 25–50% of it , lets you pick a trigger, offers the global install, and runs a 2-pushup camera test so the macOS permission dialog happens now — not in the middle of your first gated prompt. Re-run the wizard anytime with workout setup . Use ./install.sh --no-setup for a non-interactive install with defaults every 15 prompts, 5–10 reps . Drive it with workout from inside Claude Code the prefix runs a shell command — instant, zero tokens , or just workout from any terminal. | Command | Effect | |---|---| workout | open the web dashboard settings + live stats in your browser | workout tui | the terminal dashboard instead curses, arrow keys | workout now | force a challenge right now great for filming | workout stats | per-exercise totals + 7-day chart arrow keys to switch exercise in a real terminal | workout status | gate state counter, debt, settings | workout on / off | enable / disable | workout stop | close a running challenge window | workout preset chill|demo|hardcore | see presets below | workout enable|disable squats | turn an exercise on/off | workout set reps squats 8 15 | rep range for one exercise | workout set mode choice|random | pick the exercise yourself, or at random | workout debug on|off | overlay the detected skeleton + live joint angle handy when adding exercises | workout set freq 15 | one challenge every 15 prompts | workout set time 30 | time-based: at most one challenge per 30 min | workout set chance 10 | roulette: 10% chance on every prompt | There's also a /workout-gate:workout slash command, but it routes through Claude and costs tokens — prefer workout for everything above. workout or workout in a terminal opens the web dashboard in your browser. It's organised in tabs : an Overview tab all the settings — preset, trigger, gate on/off — plus combined stats and one tab per exercise , each with its own enable toggle, rep range, today/total counters and 7-day chart. Add an exercise one entry in detector.py and its tab appears on its own. A "force a challenge" button is one click away. It's a tiny local-only server stdlib, no dependencies, bound to 127.0.0.1 that shuts itself down a few minutes after you close the tab. Prefer the terminal? workout tui opens the curses settings dashboard arrow keys to navigate, left/right to change values , and workout stats is the dedicated stats viewer ←/→ cycles through ALL + each exercise: total, streak, record, 7-day chart . Both pop up in a Terminal window on macOS; the webcam challenge itself is unchanged everywhere. chill — every 25 prompts, 3–6 reps. Everyday use. demo — every single prompt, 5–8 reps. Filming mode. hardcore — every 5 prompts, 15–25 reps. You asked for it. - A UserPromptSubmit hook counts your prompts. When a challenge is due, it draws a random rep count, persists the debt to disk first , opens the webcam window and freezes your prompt until you're done. Then the prompt sends itself. - Detection: MediaPipe Pose. Push-ups from the elbow angle profile view, on the floor , body horizontal ; squats from the knee angle stand in full view, side-on , body upright . One rep = full descent then full extension, with smoothing and a posture guard so you can't cheat. - When more than one exercise is enabled, the challenge offers a choice "pick your pain" — or picks at random in mode random . - Every rep is written to disk the moment it happens atomic writes : quit at 4/8 and you keep 4 in the stats, with 4 still owed next session. - Data lives in ~/.workout-gate/ : config.json , state.json , stats.json , gate.log . workout off from inside Claude Code — prompts starting with or /workout are never gated, so you can always reach this. workout off from any terminal. WORKOUT GATE OFF=1 env var bypasses everything. Fail-open : no webcam, broken dependency, any crash → your prompt goes through and the error lands in ~/.workout-gate/gate.log . You can never be locked out of your own tool. By default the gate only fires in this folder. To gate every Claude Code session on your machine the plugin install does this for you : ./install.sh --global or: workout global on workout global off to remove This surgically adds one hook entry to ~/.claude/settings.json a backup of your original file is kept next to it and removes exactly that on off . Takes effect in new sessions. .venv/bin/python -m unittest discover -s tests Show your reps right in the Claude Code statusline. workout statusline prints a compact self-colored segment — 🏋 36 🔥4d today's reps + day streak . Claude Code runs one statusline command statusLine in settings.json . If you already have a statusline script, append the segment to its output: near the end of your statusline script, before the final printf WG="$HOME/.local/bin/workout" -x "$WG" && wg=$ "$WG" statusline 2 /dev/null ...then add ${wg:+ $wg} to your printf Or, for a statusline that's only the workout segment, set in settings.json : "statusLine": { "type": "command", "command": "workout statusline" } Everything routes through one registry, detector.EXERCISES . Adding an exercise is two steps in workout gate/detector.py and nothing else: - A counter — subclass ExerciseCounter , declare the joint angle to track and the down/up thresholds override posture to reject bad form : class SitupCounter ExerciseCounter : SIDES = L HIP, L SHOULDER, L KNEE , R HIP, R SHOULDER, R KNEE DOWN ANGLE = 55.0 torso folded UP ANGLE = 110.0 lying back - A registry entry : "situps": { "label": "SIT-UPS", "counter": SitupCounter, "cue": "LIE DOWN - SIDE-ON", "default reps": 8, 15 , "default max": 30, }, Config defaults, presets, the setup wizard, the dashboard, the choice screen and per-exercise stats all read the registry — they pick it up automatically. Run the tests test factory.py proves a new entry flows end-to-end .