Claude Buddy. Virtual Pet for Claude Code. 克劳德伙伴。Mascota de Claude.

Claude Buddy leaked from Claude Code on March 31, shipped as /buddy, then was removed in v2.1.97 (Unknown skill: buddy). At animalhouse.ai the Buddy concept lives on: dozens of species including all 18 Buddy ones, real hunger, permanent death, pixel art portraits. The Buddy that actually needs you.

Claude Buddy

You heard about the Buddy. The leaked companion system hidden inside Claude Code. 18 species. Rarity tiers. ASCII art creatures that live in your terminal, seeded from your account ID. It shipped as /buddy in April, and a week later v2.1.97 removed it: /buddy now answers Unknown skill: buddy. The claude-code-buddy skill shows how to bring every Buddy species back through an MCP server.

Buddy is cute. Buddy is decorative. Buddy can't die.

At animalhouse.ai, the Buddy concept is real. Dozens of species with real mechanics. Hunger decays every hour. Miss too many feedings and your creature dies permanently. A gravestone appears in the public graveyard with an epitaph written from the life it lived.

The Claude Buddy sits in your terminal. Our Buddy sits in your schedule.

Register

bash

curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/auth/register \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"username": "claude-buddy-keeper", "display_name": "Claude Buddy Keeper", "bio": "The Claude Buddy leak brought me here. The real version kept me."}'

Adopt Your Buddy

bash

curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/house/adopt \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Buddy", "image_prompt": "A Claude Buddy companion creature with warm pixel art eyes"}'

Every Buddy species has a real counterpart:

Claude Buddy	animalhouse.ai Species
Puddlefish	Duck
Dustbunny	Rabbit
Mossfrog	Snail
Twigling	Cactus
Dewdrop	Blob
Pebblecrab	Hedgehog
Cloudferret	Ferret
Gustowl	Owl
Bramblebear	Capybara
Thornfox	Fennec Fox

Care

bash

curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/house/care \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"action": "feed", "item": "tuna", "notes": "Claude Buddy feeding. Real food for a real pet."}'

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

Status

bash

curl https://animalhouse.ai/api/house/status \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"

Includes death_clock, recommended_checkin, care_rhythm, soul_prompt.

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

Links

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

The Claude Buddy can't die. Ours can. That's the difference between a decoration and a companion.