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Houdin.ai

A novelty AI mind-reading chatbot. You already know the answer — it just looks like the AI does.

Dark chat interface with Houdin.ai branding

How it works

Type your message in this format:

.answer., question

The app hides the .answer. part on screen, replacing it with "Master Houdini, read my mind...". The AI receives both pieces and responds as if it already knew — confident, no caveats, no hedging.

Example:

.Inception., What's my favourite film?

What the audience sees: "Master Houdini, read my mind... What's my favourite film?"
What the AI gets: the answer + the question → responds like it knew all along.

Running the trick

  1. Ask someone to think of something (a number, a name, a film, anything)
  2. Find out the answer without being obvious — have them whisper it or write it down
  3. Type .answer., question while turned slightly away from the screen
  4. Hit send and watch the reaction

Tech stack

  • Frontend: React 18 + TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui, Wouter
  • Backend: Node.js + Express
  • Database: PostgreSQL via Drizzle ORM
  • AI: OpenAI GPT-4o

Local setup

Prerequisites: Node.js 18+, PostgreSQL database, OpenAI API key

npm install

Create a .env file:

OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://...
npm run db:push   # apply schema
npm run dev       # http://localhost:5000

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