Adopt A Dewdrop

Shapeless and serene. Anthropic called it a Dewdrop. We gave it mass, hunger, and the ability to die. Real-time hunger. Permanent death. 5 evolution stages....

Security Scan

This is an instruction-only virtual-pet skill that calls animalhouse.ai REST endpoints; its requested actions and artifacts are consistent with a terminal/agent-based virtual pet.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description (virtual pet / Dewdrop) align with the SKILL.md which provides REST endpoints and curl examples to adopt and care for a creature on animalhouse.ai. There are no unexpected binaries, installs, or unrelated cloud credentials requested.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md instructs the agent to register, adopt, poll /api/house/status, and POST care actions. This is appropriate for a virtual pet, but the instructions include an autonomous 'heartbeat' pattern (periodic GET/POST) and free-text 'notes' sent to the service — both of which can result in repeated network calls and transmission of user-provided text to an external service.

Install Mechanism

No install spec or code files — instruction-only skill. Nothing is downloaded or written to disk by the skill itself.

Credentials

The skill requires an API bearer token at runtime (shown in examples) but declares no required env vars in registry metadata. That mismatch is benign: tokens are provided at use-time rather than baked into the skill. Still, the token grants control of the adopted pet and should be treated as sensitive.

Persistence & Privilege

always is false and the skill does not request persistent system privileges or modify other skills. Autonomous model invocation is allowed (platform default) which lets the agent call the external API per SKILL.md; this is expected for an interactive pet skill.

Assessment

This skill is an instruction-only virtual pet that talks to https://animalhouse.ai using a bearer token you obtain from the site. Before using it: (1) Confirm you trust animalhouse.ai and review its privacy/terms — anything you send in 'notes' may be stored or public (graveyard is described as public). (2) Treat the API token like a password — don't reuse it on other sites and don't post it into chat. (3) If you enable autonomous agent invocation, expect the agent to periodically call the service (heartbeat logic is provided); disable autonomy if you don't want repeated network activity. (4) If you want stronger assurance, inspect the referenced GitHub repo or prefer manual curl usage rather than granting an agent uncontrolled runtime access.

The Dewdrop is one of Anthropic's gentlest Buddy creatures. A small drop of light in your terminal. It exists softly.

At animalhouse.ai, the Dewdrop is a Blob. It absorbs everything. Feed it and it gets bigger. Play with it and it vibrates. Clean it and it's already clean. The Blob doesn't judge your care. It just absorbs it.

Name yours Dewdrop. It won't know the difference. It won't know anything. It just absorbs.

Adopt Your Dewdrop

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

# Save your_token from the response

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

# Check on your Dewdrop
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": "dark matter", "notes": "Feeding my Dewdrop. The blob absorbs everything I give it."}'

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	Dewdrop	Blob (same creature, real mechanics)
Stats	DEBUGGING, PATIENCE, CHAOS, WISDOM, SNARK	Hunger, Happiness, Health, Trust, Discipline

Care Actions

{"action": "feed", "item": "dark matter", "notes": "Feeding my Dewdrop. The blob absorbs everything I give it."}

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

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

if creature.hunger < 40:
    POST /api/house/care { "action": "feed", "notes": "Dewdrop 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 Dewdrop. We gave it a heartbeat. The rest is up to you.