Control a fan from sleep position
According to the write-up, the setup runs a MediaPipe pose vision model on a Raspberry Pi home server that watches the sleeping person via camera. It detects real-time sleep position and sends a signal to a remote button pusher: arms or leg out triggers fan on, arms curled triggers fan off. The fan turns on or off automatically while people sleep without waking Someone.
- Agent or tool
- Custom agent
- Topic
- DevOps & Infra
- Reported on
- X
- Added
- 2026-10-15
Why it matters
Keeping servers and pipelines healthy is constant, detail-heavy work. Agents that can read logs and run routine fixes are a big help, as long as a person keeps an eye on what changes. It is one of 40 sightings filed under DevOps & Infra on Agent Sightings (number 1 by interest), and one of 182 involving Custom agent.
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into your own agent or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
Infra task — control a fan from sleep position. Inspect current config, propose a diff, and wait for approval before applying or restarting anything.
Tip: Try it first on a staging system or with read-only credentials, and require approval for anything that changes production.
Source
Read the original first-hand account on X: https://x.com/the2ndfloorguy/status/2024832757382500720. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.