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ai-vampire-guard

Prevent AI-amplified burnout by making cognitive load visible. Inspired by Steve Yegge's "AI Vampire" concept — when AI tools amplify your productivity so much that you burn through energy without realizing it.

  • Area: Foundational
  • Category: productivity
  • Level: advanced
  • Input: conversation
  • Output: document
  • Setup: install
  • Roles:

Monitors Claude Code usage intensity and generates an energy burn-rate gauge.

How you ask

  • “Check my Claude Code usage intensity”
  • “Am I overworking in Claude Code today?”
  • “Show my energy burn-rate gauge”
  • “What's my current work zone and usage score?”

Inputs

  • request — What to produce

Outputs

  • ai-vampire-guard-yyyy-mm-dd (markdown)
  • {me.inbox}/ai_vampire_guard_YYYY-MM-DD.md