Point your AI agent at the dumbtv repo to kill TV ads and tracking
dumbtv is an open-source repo you hand to your own agent: it turns off TV ads, viewing trackers (ACR) and forced updates so the TV only shows your apps and HDMI inputs. The builder coded it with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5.5.
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@DevMuzzammil on X · 2026-10-18
Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-20.
What they did
dumbtv is an open-source repo you hand to your own agent: it turns off TV ads, viewing trackers (ACR) and forced updates so the TV only shows your apps and HDMI inputs. The builder coded it with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5.5.
Result (as claimed)
Launch post: 300k views and 5.9k likes. Per TechCrunch it is tested on Fire TV and on Android/Google TVs from Sony, TCL, Philips, Hisense, Xiaomi and Shield.
Tools they used
Cost: Claude Opus 5.5: from $4 in / $20 out per 1M tokens; DeepSeek Flash: from $0.30 in / $1.20 out per 1M tokens.
Set it up
Define the job
Say exactly what you want done and what the agent may and may not do on your behalf.
Share only what is needed
Give Claude Opus 5.5 the minimum files or access required. Avoid sharing passwords in chat when a safer login flow exists.
Review the plan
Ask the agent to show its plan or draft before it acts, and approve each step that has real consequences.
Check the result
Confirm the outcome yourself (order placed, request sent, document understood) and keep a record.
Copy the full setup prompt
Paste into your agent and it will walk you through the setup, asking before anything that sends, posts or spends.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Claude Code. Goal: Point your AI agent at the dumbtv repo to kill TV ads and tracking What the original author did: dumbtv is an open-source repo you hand to your own agent: it turns off TV ads, viewing trackers (ACR) and forced updates so the TV only shows your apps and HDMI inputs. The builder coded it with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5.5. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Launch post: 300k views and 5.9k likes. Per TechCrunch it is tested on Fire TV and on Android/Google TVs from Sony, TCL, Philips, Hisense, Xiaomi and Shield. Source: https://x.com/DevMuzzammil/status/2111912547318395338 Tools they used: Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet, DeepSeek Flash, ADB, Fire TV Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Codex. Goal: Point your AI agent at the dumbtv repo to kill TV ads and tracking What the original author did: dumbtv is an open-source repo you hand to your own agent: it turns off TV ads, viewing trackers (ACR) and forced updates so the TV only shows your apps and HDMI inputs. The builder coded it with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5.5. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Launch post: 300k views and 5.9k likes. Per TechCrunch it is tested on Fire TV and on Android/Google TVs from Sony, TCL, Philips, Hisense, Xiaomi and Shield. Source: https://x.com/DevMuzzammil/status/2111912547318395338 Tools they used: Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet, DeepSeek Flash, ADB, Fire TV Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
You are helping me set up this AI use case end to end in Grok Bot. Goal: Point your AI agent at the dumbtv repo to kill TV ads and tracking What the original author did: dumbtv is an open-source repo you hand to your own agent: it turns off TV ads, viewing trackers (ACR) and forced updates so the TV only shows your apps and HDMI inputs. The builder coded it with DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, Claude Opus 5.5 and Claude Sonnet 5.5. Reported result (as claimed by the author): Launch post: 300k views and 5.9k likes. Per TechCrunch it is tested on Fire TV and on Android/Google TVs from Sony, TCL, Philips, Hisense, Xiaomi and Shield. Source: https://x.com/DevMuzzammil/status/2111912547318395338 Tools they used: Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet, DeepSeek Flash, ADB, Fire TV Category: Personal & life Please: 1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like). 2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure. 3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data. 4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.
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