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 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-20",
 "id": "jarrodwatts-intermission--play-doom-while-claude-works",
 "repo": "jarrodwatts/intermission",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/jarrodwatts/intermission",
 "repo_slug": "jarrodwatts-intermission",
 "title": "Play Doom deathmatch while Claude runs tasks",
 "page_title": "How to play Doom deathmatch while Claude runs tasks with Intermission",
 "summary": "Install the plugin on macOS and get dropped into a shared Doom game each time Claude is busy.",
 "who": "A Claude Code user on macOS who waits on long Claude tasks and wants something to do in the gap.",
 "problem": "Waiting for Claude to finish work leaves idle time that is easy to waste.",
 "outcome": "Claude opens a game pane after about two seconds of work, returns control with a three-second countdown when it finishes, and yields at once for permission prompts.",
 "steps": [
  "Open Claude Code in Ghostty or kitty on macOS 15 or later.",
  "Run `/plugin install intermission --marketplace jarrodwatts/intermission`.",
  "Run `/intermission` to turn it on and let the first-time download finish.",
  "Give Claude a task and click the game pane to play; use WASD or the arrow keys to move and left click to fire.",
  "Run `/intermission off` when you want to stop it."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "In the Claude Code session, install the plugin from jarrodwatts/intermission using the marketplace install command, then run /intermission. Confirm the game pane opens after Claude starts a task of a few seconds. Report whether the pane appeared and whether /intermission off stops it.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Beginner",
 "time": "15 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README lists macOS and Windows only, so Linux users have no supported path and the game needs a terminal that can show pictures.",
 "category": "Games and hobbies",
 "tags": [
  "Games and hobbies"
 ],
 "lang": "javascript",
 "requirements": [
  "Claude Code 2.1.287 or later",
  "macOS 15 or later in Ghostty or kitty, or Windows 10 or 11 x64 in Rio",
  "Internet access for the first-time game download (about 20 MB) and the UDP connection to the intermission server"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": true,
 "score": 1.0,
 "evidence": [],
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