Cooked brain, cooked project.

You, by 9 PM:

claude — ~/projects/my-app 2:14 PM
~/my-app
~/api-gateway
~/dashboard
12
Monitoring
12
3 active sessions detected.
Take a Break
Go for a walk
Step outside. Notice 3 things you can see.
4:58
Gymnopédie No.1 — Erik Satie

Hold to exit

3 concurrent sessions. Max plan.
You already know you won't stop on your own.
Brain Bed monitors your AI sessions,
measures your cognitive load in real time,
and forces the break you'll never take yourself.

Download for macOS GitHub

How it works

How it stops the accident

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Claude Code Cursor Gemini CLI
1

It detects decline

Tracks session count, duration, and interaction patterns to model your real-time cognitive state.

  • Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI
  • BFI score in your menu bar
Judgment degrading BFI 78 · Review accuracy dropping
2

It predicts the incident

Identifies the inflection point where you stop catching errors and start approving without verifying.

  • Detects context-switching spirals
  • Flags before the damage reaches production
5:00
3

It locks your keyboard

Locks your keyboard. Shows you something in the real world to do — walk, stretch, make tea.

  • Swipe through activity cards, pick one
  • The diff is still there when you get back

Brain Fry Index

Brain Fry Index — Measure Your AI Cognitive Load

The BFI calculates your AI brain fry level from four signals, weighted by impact on cognitive fatigue and burnout.

Calm 0 – 29
Warming 30 – 59
Heating 60 – 84
Brain Fry 85 – 100
Message Velocity
45% weight
Active Sessions
25% weight
Late Night
15% weight
Snooze Penalty
15% weight

You can't ctrl+Z cognitive overload.

Five minutes. That's the cost. The return is the bug you catch, the design flaw you spot, the clarity hiding behind three hours of prompts.

Download for macOS

Apple Silicon & Intel · macOS 12+ · No sign-up required