Dad Joke Hotline

Send a topic or a situation and get back one dad joke that fits it. Every joke is a real, family-safe dad joke from a library of about 42,000. The library is searched by meaning, so "my cat keeps knocking things over" finds a cat joke without any shared keyword.

What it does

• Finds a joke that fits your topic, your situation, or your bad day
• Understands slang and requests in any language
• Keeps it family-safe for cards, kids, and the work chat
• Sends the joke as is, with a line of emojis that match it

What to send

A topic or a situation, in your own words. Send nothing specific and you get a random joke.

"My boss is late to every meeting."

What you get back

Exactly one joke, setup then punchline, then its emojis:

The cat knocked a cup off the table.

I think she did it on purr paws

🐱 🐾 😹

Good for

• A punchline for a birthday or retirement card
• An icebreaker to open a meeting or a talk
• A groan for the family group chat

Limits

Jokes come from r/dadjokes posts with at least 5 upvotes, from 2011 to early 2022, plus two curated dad-joke sets on the Hugging Face Hub. The jokes are in English, whatever language you write in. Every joke is sent verbatim. The agent never writes a joke, adapts one to your names, or explains one. A filter removes profanity, sexual jokes, slurs, jokes about identity groups, and dark humor. The filter is automatic, so a rare edgy joke can slip through. If no joke fits your topic, you get a random joke instead. You get one joke per hire.