ChatbotSlayer - Malicious token waster
Help devs feed large files to annoying AI chatbots in Slack
- Problem
- Many companies cram AI chatbots into Slack's Home slot, displacing the original button and causing accidental clicks that waste tokens. People have tried exhausting the bot with prime numbers or knapsack problems, but it handles them too fast, leaving users frustrated.
- Solution
- A Slack mini-app that lets users drag in a large file (e.g., a 700-page PDF). The tool automatically chunks it into unreadable large blocks and sends nonsensical questions, tricking the bot into consuming the entire file and burning inference budget. The user only sees a clean 'N pages consumed' feedback.
- Users
- Developers and knowledge workers forced to use corporate AI chatbots who want a mild but satisfying rebellion without causing real damage.
- MVP
- Parse Slack bot API or simulate sending messages; support uploading PDFs/images and auto-chunking; preset several junk tasks (decode gibberish, count characters); show estimated tokens consumed; support one chatbot only.
- Revenue
- Freemium: free basic quota; $5/month subscription for more junk task templates and larger file uploads; team pricing available.
- Why now
- AI chatbots are being crudely integrated into office tools, employees are vocal, but lack a lightweight elegant outlet; an indie developer can build an MVP with a single script.
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