Inverted Pomodoro — for people who babysit AI coding agents
The inverted Pomodoro for vibe coders.
Inpomo — short for Inverted Pomodoro — helps you step away from AI-babysitting. Fire off Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor, then actually walk away. Classic Pomodoro maximizes your focus time; Inpomo 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.
AI Baby Sitter
Trust level zero — one eye on the agent, always.
Vibe Coder
Ship on vibes. Glance, nudge, vibe, repeat.
Plan Engineer
Write the plan, then actually let it cook.
Harness Engineer
Build the rails; the agent runs them.
Reverse Pomodoro
The classic Pomodoro, flipped: the agent takes the focus block.
Loop Engineer
Set the loop, walk the dog — just spot-check.
King of Agents
Two hours hands-off. You don't manage agents, you reign.
Two tabs, nothing more
A timer to leave behind. A list for the ideas that hit while you're gone.
Timer
One big ring, Start & leave, and your “overripe” overrun — the time you relapse into babysitting. Timestamp-based, so it stays correct even after your phone sleeps.
Prompts
A quick local list to park ideas while you're away — type it or dictate it. Back at your desk, check off the ones you acted on and train the gap longer.
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.
Give the agent the timer. Take back your attention.
Start the tomato, walk away from the screen, and come back only when a human is actually needed. Private, on-device, on desktop and iPhone.