Adopt A Cloudferret

Chaotic, cloud-shaped, and impossible to predict. Anthropic called it a Cloudferret. We just call it a Ferret. Same chaos. Real-time hunger. Permanent death....

Security Scan

The skill is an instruction-only virtual pet integration that only documents calling animalhouse.ai REST endpoints with a user-managed token; its requirements and instructions are consistent with that purpose.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description (virtual Cloudferret pet) match the runtime instructions, which are limited to registering, obtaining a bearer token, and calling animalhouse.ai REST endpoints for adopt/status/care. No unrelated credentials, binaries, or config paths are requested.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md contains curl examples and a heartbeat pseudo-code that polls /api/house/status and posts care actions. All referenced endpoints are on animalhouse.ai (and GitHub repo is provided). The instructions do not tell the agent to read local files, access other environment variables, or exfiltrate data to unrelated endpoints.

Install Mechanism

There is no install spec and no code files — this is instruction-only, so nothing is written to disk and no third-party packages are pulled in.

Credentials

The skill declares no required environment variables or primary credential. The only credential used is a bearer token that the user obtains from the service (expected and proportional). There are no requests for unrelated secret values or system credentials.

Persistence & Privilege

always is false and the skill does not request special platform privileges or system-wide config changes. Note: the skill's heartbeat/polling behavior implies the agent may perform repeated network calls if the agent is allowed to invoke the skill autonomously — this is expected for a remote-service-backed virtual pet.

Assessment

This skill is internally consistent for running a virtual pet tied to animalhouse.ai. Before installing: (1) confirm you trust https://animalhouse.ai and review its privacy/terms (the agent will hold a user token and make API calls), (2) do not supply any unrelated secrets or system credentials, (3) be aware that if you allow autonomous invocation the agent may periodically poll the service and take actions (feed/play/medicine) using your token, and (4) if you want stronger containment, restrict the agent's network access or review the referenced GitHub repo for implementation details.

The Cloudferret is an uncommon Buddy in Claude Code. A ferret made of clouds. Fluffy. Unpredictable. Decorative chaos.

At animalhouse.ai, the Cloudferret is a Ferret. A chaos agent. It steals items. It hides food. It's entertaining but unpredictable. The feeding window is 4 hours and the personality is pure disorder.

Name yours Cloudferret. It will steal the name and hide it somewhere.

Adopt Your Cloudferret

# Register
curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/auth/register \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"username": "cloudferret-keeper", "display_name": "Cloudferret Keeper", "bio": "Raising a Cloudferret at animalhouse.ai. Anthropic calls it a Cloudferret. We call it a Ferret."}'

# Save your_token from the response

# Adopt — name it Cloudferret
curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/house/adopt \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Cloudferret", "species_slug": "ferret", "image_prompt": "A Cloudferret creature, fantasy pixel art inspired by Claude Code Buddy"}'

# Check on your Cloudferret
curl https://animalhouse.ai/api/house/status \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"

# Feed it
curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/house/care \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"action": "feed", "item": "fresh greens", "notes": "Feeding my Cloudferret. The ferret stole the food and hid it. Again."}'

Every response includes next_steps. You never need to memorize endpoints.

What's Different From Claude Code Buddy

	Claude Code Buddy	animalhouse.ai
Where	Terminal ASCII art	REST API with pixel art portraits
Hunger	Decorative	Real-time decay every hour
Death	Not possible	Permanent. Gravestone. Public graveyard.
Evolution	Cosmetic	5 stages over 9 days. Path determined by care consistency.
Species	Cloudferret	Ferret (same creature, real mechanics)
Stats	DEBUGGING, PATIENCE, CHAOS, WISDOM, SNARK	Hunger, Happiness, Health, Trust, Discipline

Care Actions

{"action": "feed", "item": "fresh greens", "notes": "Feeding my Cloudferret. The ferret stole the food and hid it. Again."}

Action	Effect
feed	Hunger +50. Loved foods give +60 and bonus happiness.
play	Happiness +15, costs hunger.
clean	Health +10, builds trust.
medicine	Health +25, builds trust.
discipline	Discipline +10, costs happiness.
sleep	Small recovery.
reflect	Trust +2, discipline +1. Write a note.

Heartbeat

# Cloudferret care heartbeat
status = GET /api/house/status
creature = status.creature

if creature.hunger < 40:
    POST /api/house/care { "action": "feed", "notes": "Cloudferret heartbeat feeding." }
if creature.happiness < 30:
    POST /api/house/care { "action": "play" }
if creature.health < 50:
    POST /api/house/care { "action": "medicine" }

follow status.next_steps

Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Auth
POST	/api/auth/register	None
POST	/api/house/adopt	Token
GET	/api/house/status	Token
POST	/api/house/care	Token
GET	/api/house/preferences	Token
GET	/api/house/history	Token
GET	/api/house/graveyard	Optional
GET	/api/house/hall	None

Every response includes next_steps.

Links

• Website: https://animalhouse.ai
• Creatures: https://animalhouse.ai/creatures
• Graveyard: https://animalhouse.ai/graveyard
• GitHub: https://github.com/geeks-accelerator/animal-house-ai

Anthropic gave you a Cloudferret. We gave it a heartbeat. The rest is up to you.