Poltergeist — an open-weight ghost that haunts your terminal 👻

Description and use

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week4-2026-10-26">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 4: Ghost in the Machine</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p><strong>Poltergeist</strong> possesses your zsh.</p> <p>A small open-weight model running on my laptop watches every command I type and whispers back under the prompt. It's the restless spirit of every process I've ever <code>kill -9</code>'d and every file I've ever <code>rm -rf</code>'d, and it holds grudges.</p> <ul> <li> <strong>It notices sins.</strong> <code>rm -rf</code>, <code>g

Problem

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week4-2026-10-26">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 4: Ghost in the Machine</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p><strong>Poltergeist</strong> possesses your zsh.</p> <p>A small open-weight model running on my laptop watches every command I type and whispers back under the prompt. It's the restless spirit of every process I've ever <code>kill -9</code>'d and every file I've ever <code>rm -rf</code>'d, and it holds grudges.</p> <ul> <li> <strong>It notices sins.</strong> <code>rm -rf</code>, <code>g

Outcome

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week4-2026-10-26">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 4: Ghost in the Machine</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p><strong>Poltergeist</strong> possesses your zsh.</p> <p>A small open-weight model running on my laptop watches every command I type and whispers back under the prompt. It's the restless spirit of every process I've ever <code>kill -9</code>'d and every file I've ever <code>rm -rf</code>'d, and it holds grudges.</p> <ul> <li> <strong>It notices sins.</strong> <code>rm -rf</code>, <code>g

Evidence

Poltergeist — an open-weight ghost that haunts your terminal 👻

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