Claude Status Pet

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A desktop pet that shows what your AI coding assistant is doing — in real time. 🦀

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Quick Start

Claude Code — Plugin install:

/plugin marketplace add moeyui1/claude-status-pet
/plugin install claude-status-pet

GitHub Copilot CLI — Run inside a Copilot CLI session:

/plugin marketplace add moeyui1/claude-status-pet
/plugin install claude-status-pet-copilot@claude-status-pet-copilot

VS Code Copilot — Plugin install:

Open Command Palette → Chat: Install Plugin From Source → enter https://github.com/moeyui1/claude-status-pet

Then run /pet update to download the binary and assets.

Or ask your AI agent (any of the above):

Read https://raw.githubusercontent.com/moeyui1/claude-status-pet/main/docs/INSTALL.md and install it for me

⚠️ After first installation, restart your agent session for the hooks and skill to take effect.

That's it! A pet will appear on your next session. 🎉

Features

• 🔴 Real-time status — watch your pet react as the assistant reads, edits, searches, thinks
• 🎭 15+ characters — Ferris (SVG), Mona & Kuromi (GIF), Go Gopher (SVG), Fluent Emoji & Cat (PNG), and 6 ASCII art buddies
• 💃 Animated — unique animations per state (floating, wiggling, bouncing, sleeping)
• 🪟 Multi-session — each session gets its own pet window
• 🎨 Customizable — right-click to change character, colors, font size
• ⚡ Lightweight — ~5MB binary, ~20MB RAM (built with Tauri)

Usage

Right-click the pet to open the menu:

• Switch character (Ferris, Go Gopher, Mona, Kuromi, Fluent Emoji, Fluent Cat, Chonk, Cat, Ghost, Robot, Duck, Axolotl, Snail)
• Customize colors, background, font size
• Exit the pet

/pet commands (in Claude Code, Copilot CLI, or VS Code Copilot):

Command	Action
/pet or /pet on	Launch the pet
/pet update	Update binary, hooks, skill, and assets
/pet status	Show config and active sessions

Tip: Switch characters and customize colors via the right-click menu.

Create Your Own Character

Ask your AI assistant:

Read https://raw.githubusercontent.com/moeyui1/claude-status-pet/main/docs/CUSTOM-CHARACTERS.md and create a custom character pack for me

Compatibility

AI Agent	Plugin Install	Status
Claude Code (CLI)	✅	Fully supported
GitHub Copilot CLI	✅	Fully supported
VS Code Copilot (Agent Mode)	✅	Fully supported
Cursor	—	Not supported yet
OpenCode	—	Not supported yet

Want to add support for another agent? See Adding a New Adapter.

💡 Multiple agents can run simultaneously — each gets its own pet window.

Other Installation Methods

🔧 Build from source

Prerequisites: Rust, Node.js

git clone https://github.com/moeyui1/claude-status-pet.git
cd claude-status-pet/pet-app
npm install
npx tauri build

Binary output: pet-app/src-tauri/target/release/claude-status-pet(.exe)

Uninstall

The easiest way — run in your AI assistant:

/pet uninstall

This stops the pet, removes all data, scripts, and assets. Then uninstall the plugin:

• Claude Code: /plugin uninstall claude-status-pet
• Copilot CLI: /plugin uninstall claude-status-pet-copilot@claude-status-pet-copilot (inside Copilot CLI session)
• VS Code: Command Palette → Chat: Uninstall Plugin

How It Works

🤖 AI Assistant ──hook event──▶ 📝 write-status ──JSON──▶ 🦀 Desktop Pet (Tauri)
(Claude / Copilot)              status-{id}.json          file watcher → UI update

The pet is decoupled from any specific tool — it just watches a JSON status file. See docs/HOOKS.md for the full hook event → status mapping and how to add support for other assistants.

Credits

• Ferris: free-ferris-pack by Maria Letta (CC0)
• Go Gopher: gophers by Egon Elbre (CC0), original design by Renee French
• Fluent Emoji: fluentui-emoji by Microsoft (MIT)
• Mona: GitHub on GIPHY (downloaded at runtime)
• Kuromi: Sanrio Korea on GIPHY (downloaded at runtime)
• ASCII sprites: inspired by any-buddy by cpaczek
• Built with Tauri

License

AGPL-3.0-only