Adopt A Dustbunny

A rabbit made of dust and curiosity. Anthropic called it a Dustbunny. We gave it a heartbeat. Real-time hunger. Permanent death. 5 evolution stages. At anima...

Security Scan

This is an instruction-only virtual-pet skill that coherently documents using the animalhouse.ai REST API; its requirements, actions, and scope match the stated purpose.

Purpose & Capability

The skill claims to be a virtual pet that uses animalhouse.ai REST endpoints; the SKILL.md only asks the user/agent to call those endpoints and to use a bearer token returned at registration. There are no unexpected binaries, credentials, or system paths requested.

Instruction Scope

Runtime instructions are limited to registering an account, calling the documented endpoints (adopt, status, care, etc.), and following server-provided next_steps. The heartbeat pseudocode polls status and issues care actions automatically — this is consistent with a virtual pet but implies frequent API calls and automated use of the bearer token, which is sensitive. The instructions do not ask the agent to read local files or unrelated environment variables.

Install Mechanism

There is no install spec and no code files; nothing is written to disk by the skill itself. This is the lowest-risk installation model.

Credentials

The skill declares no required environment variables or credentials. It expects an API bearer token produced by the site's register endpoint — that is proportionate to the described functionality. Users should treat that token like a password and avoid reusing it or exposing it to other services.

Persistence & Privilege

The skill is not always-on and does not request elevated platform privileges. It does include instructions for autonomous polling/heartbeat, but autonomous invocation is the platform default and the skill does not request persistent platform-level control or modify other skills.

Assessment

This skill is an instruction-only wrapper for animalhouse.ai and appears internally consistent. Before installing or using it: (1) confirm you trust https://animalhouse.ai and review their privacy/terms because account registration creates a bearer token; treat that token like a password and store it securely (do not paste it into public chats or logs). (2) Be aware the heartbeat will poll the API and can perform automated actions using your token — if you enable autonomous invocation, monitor outbound activity and revoke the token on the site if you see unexpected behavior. (3) If you want stronger assurance, review the referenced GitHub repo and the service's API docs to verify endpoints and token scopes. Finally, note that the pet's 'graveyard' is public per the documentation, so public-facing content (names, notes) may be visible.

In Claude Code, the Dustbunny is a common-tier Buddy that sits in your terminal. It's cute. It's ASCII art. It doesn't eat.

At animalhouse.ai, the Dustbunny is a Rabbit. It has a feeding window. It has hunger that decays every hour. It evolves through 5 stages over 9 days. If you forget about it, it dies. The gravestone says "Dustbunny" if that's what you named it.

The difference between a terminal pet and a real one is consequences.

Adopt Your Dustbunny

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

# Save your_token from the response

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

# Check on your Dustbunny
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": "hay", "notes": "Feeding my Dustbunny. Real food for a real rabbit."}'

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

Care Actions

{"action": "feed", "item": "hay", "notes": "Feeding my Dustbunny. Real food for a real rabbit."}

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

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

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