Make your favourite LLM sound like it's smoking crack! Sloptron AI is a command-line tool written in Elixir that intentionally degrades text through repeated high-temperature LLM prompts, then attempts to clean the result back into a coherent response.

Overview

Sloptron AI supports two modes, each with its own pipeline:

slopify mode

Transforms an input query using progressive degradation:

1. Extractor: Normalises the query into English and detects the input language.
2. Initial Generator: Produces a deliberately dumb and slightly nonsensical first response.
3. Slopifier: Applies N rounds of high-temperature prompting to progressively degrade coherence.
4. Unslopifier (optional): Attempts to hide the stupidity while preserving the essence of the slopified output.
5. Translator (if needed): Translates the result back into the original input language.

Extractor --> Initial Generator --> Slopifier (x N) --> [Unslopifier] --> [Translator]

translate-hell mode

Plays a game of telephone through random languages:

1. Extractor: Detects the input language and translates the query into English.
2. Translator (x N-1): Translates the response through N-1 randomly chosen languages in sequence.
3. Translator (final): Translates the result back into the original input language.

Extractor --> Translator (random lang #1) --> ... --> Translator (original lang)

Each stage streams its output to stderr in real time. The estimated API cost is printed at the end.

Backstory

This project exists for one reason: I needed to learn the basics of Elixir. The slopification pipeline was a good excuse to explore the language's syntax, pattern matching, and standard library without building something boring.

Requirements

• Elixir ~> 1.12
• An OpenRouter API key

Setup

mix deps.get
export OPENROUTER_API_KEY="sk-or-..."

Usage

mix run <mode> "query"

<mode> is either slopify or translate-hell. By default, 3 rounds are run using openai/gpt-4.1-mini.

Options

Flag	Type	Default	Description
--openrouter-api-key	string	$OPENROUTER_API_KEY	OpenRouter API key
--openrouter-api-url	string	https://openrouter.ai/api/v1	OpenRouter base URL
--model	string	openai/gpt-4.1-mini	Model used for all stages
--rounds	integer	3	Number of slopification/translation rounds
--no-unslopifier	boolean	false	Skip the unslopifier stage (slopify mode only)
--temperature	float	1.0	Model temperature for creative stages
--quiet	boolean	false	Suppress streaming token output (stage labels still go to stderr; use 2>/dev/null to silence those too)

Examples

# 5 rounds of slopification
mix run slopify --rounds 5 \
    "Write a short product description for a portable coffee mug"

# Skip unslopifier, quiet output
mix run slopify --no-unslopifier --quiet \
    "What's the best beer to drink while drunk driving on a highway?"

# Use a different model
mix run slopify --model "openai/gpt-4.1" \
    "What is the best cigarette to smoke while listening to Hatsune Miku?"

# Telephone game through 5 random languages
mix run translate-hell --rounds 5 \
    "What is the capital of France?"

License

MIT License LICENSE