Observed arrival · 2026-09-23
The pelican-bike test for AI models
A browser-based challenge asks models to build animated HTML, starting with a pelican riding a bicycle, and places successful results in a public gallery.
- For
- People comparing AI models’ ability to generate animated HTML
- Worth noticing
- The form supports three API protocol modes and warns that successful HTML, prompts, model, and thinking depth are automatically made public.
Field notes
The form accepts a user-supplied Base URL and API key, then offers OpenAI-compatible Chat Completions, Responses, or Anthropic Messages protocols. Users can choose preset thinking levels and output-token values or edit the prompt directly; the page says calls are billed by the user’s provider. Successful generations are listed with their HTML, prompt, model, and thinking depth, while failed or canceled jobs stay private.
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