Open-source AI agent DeskBreak prescribes screen-free outdoor breaks

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Developer Aman Maurya created DeskBreak, an open-source AI agent designed to combat screen fatigue. The tool quickly generates personalized outdoor sensory missions based on local daylight conditions in under 350 milliseconds. It then immediately locks the user's screen with a countdown timer to enforce a technology-free break. The project was submitted for the Hacktoberfest AI Challenge and demonstrates Sentry Agent Tracing for observability. The web app requires no setup and is hosted statically on GitHub Pages under an MIT license.

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