The AI’s job
Write a realistic list
It reads your goals, time and priorities. Three important tasks beat forty imaginary ones.
A new accountability primitive
Finish the list, or the hitman gets paid.
Put $1,000 at stake daily. The only way to get it back is to complete the list. Don’t, and the hitman gets paid.
- $1,000
- Daily stake
- 1 day
- Per commitment
- 0 excuses
- Accepted
Today · Daily contract6 hrs left
$1,000
staked on-chain · 3 commitments
Run 5k before 8:00
Ship the onboarding PR
45 min of Spanish, no phone
You said 18:00. It’s 12:04. Open the file.
Prove itNot another AI to-do list
Motivation is unreliable. Contract law has better branding.
Most productivity apps ask nicely. Commitment Protocol writes a realistic day, records your promise and gives procrastination a precise exchange rate.
Your job
Sign it for $1,000
Approve tomorrow before it begins. Then do exactly what you said you would.
His job
Collect on failure
The fictional hitman does nothing sinister. He simply has an excellent accounts-receivable department.
How it works
takes about 2 minutes each eveningOne day at a time. Every day.
01
Connect your actual life
Give the AI your goals, calendar and priorities. It plans around the day you have, not the fantasy version.
02
AI writes the list
Every evening, it sets tomorrow’s short task list and concrete deadlines. No 40-item productivity theatre.
03
Stake exactly $1,000
Approve the plan before the day starts. The smart contract holds the same amount every time. Your word has a fixed price.
04
Prove it or fund him
Submit proof by each deadline. Finish and the stake stays yours. Miss the list and our entirely fictional hitman gets paid.
What’s under the hood
Programmable stakes. Public record. One very odd beneficiary.
A promise is just words until something rides on it. Every plan, proof and outcome is written on-chain so yesterday cannot be edited into a better story.
One plan. Locked.
The AI’s task list and deadlines become an immutable daily commitment once you approve them.
$1,000 means $1,000
No courage slider and no symbolic five-dollar gesture. The protocol holds the same meaningful amount every day.
Show, don’t tell
A commit, workout log, screenshot or other task-appropriate evidence is attached to the signed record.
No self-grading
Proof is checked against the promise you approved. Ambiguous evidence goes to review instead of wishful thinking.
Your word, on-chain
Commitments, stakes and outcomes are tamper-resistant. Neither you nor the protocol can quietly rewrite yesterday.
The hitman gets paid
A fictional character receives the forfeited stake. That is the entire joke. He does not perform violence or contact you.
Kind in the morning. Less kind by dinner.
The protocol talks like a friend who has your money in escrow and a fictional contractor waiting for the transfer. The clock controls the tone.
MorningCalm
Plenty of runway. Start anyway. Future-you will be smug about it.
you’ve got this →AfternoonNudge
This afternoon. Not tonight. Pick the hardest task first.
small steps countEveningStern
You signed the list. It’s 18:12. Open the file.
Last callFinal
No more snoozing. Prove it, or he invoices us.
Fine print, in large type
Things you should know before signing anything.
especially the hitman part.Parody, clearly marked
Your word. Priced.
Let the AI write tomorrow. Put $1,000 behind it. Discover what gets done when the consequence is real money and the beneficiary has a comically alarming job title.
Lock in tomorrow
No wallet connection yet. No funds move in this prototype.