Rotten Pomodoro — for people who babysit AI coding agents

The inverted Pomodoro for vibe coders.

Ropomo — short for Rotten Pomodoro — cures the AI-babysitting habit. Fire off Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor, then actually walk away. Classic Pomodoro maximizes your focus time; Ropomo flips it so the agent gets the long work block and you get a short handoff window. Start the tomato, leave the screen, and come back only when it's your turn.

The loop

One short human window. One long machine block.

1 · Hand off

Drop one precise prompt or review target. Then stop hovering.

2 · Let it run

Start the agent block. The app gets out of your way so you can leave the screen.

3 · Walk away

A local notification pings you the moment the machine needs a human again.

4 · Train the gap

“Overripe” time tracks every minute you relapse into babysitting. Shrink it.

Presets

Pick a vibe, or tune your own.

5m AI · 5m human

AI Baby Sitter

Trust level zero — one eye on the agent, always.

10m AI · 5m human

Vibe Coder

Ship on vibes. Glance, nudge, vibe, repeat.

15m AI · 5m human

Plan Engineer

Write the plan, then actually let it cook.

20m AI · 5m human

Harness Engineer

Build the rails; the agent runs them.

25m AI · 5m human

Reverse Pomodoro

The classic Pomodoro, flipped: the agent takes the focus block.

50m AI · 10m human

Loop Engineer

Set the loop, walk the dog — just spot-check.

120m AI · 10m human

King of Agents

Two hours hands-off. You don't manage agents, you reign.

Everywhere you work

Desktop tray. iPhone in your pocket.

Desktop (Mac · Windows · Linux)

Lives in your system tray. Start a block, the window hides, you focus elsewhere.

iPhone

Background-safe timer with local notifications — leave your phone, get pinged on time. Coming to the App Store.

Private by design

No account, no cloud, no tracking. Everything stays on your device.