Adopt A Pebblecrab

Small, armored, and prickly. Anthropic called it a Pebblecrab. We called it a Hedgehog. Both curl up when scared. Real-time hunger. Permanent death. 5 evolut...

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An instruction-only virtual-pet skill that simply describes how to register and call animalhouse.ai REST endpoints; its requirements and instructions are consistent with the stated purpose.

Purpose & Capability

The skill describes a virtual pet and contains curl examples and endpoints for animalhouse.ai. There are no unexpected binaries, cloud credentials, or unrelated permissions requested — the actions map directly to the stated REST API integration.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md confines behavior to registering, obtaining a bearer token, and calling /api/house/* endpoints; it does not instruct reading local files or other system state. It does include a heartbeat pseudo-script that directs periodic GET/POST calls (automatic caring), which could result in repeated external requests if the agent is given a token and allowed to act autonomously.

Install Mechanism

No install spec or code is present — the skill is instruction-only and runs curl commands, so nothing is written to disk by an installer.

Credentials

The skill declares no required env vars. However, it expects the user to obtain and use a Bearer token from animalhouse.ai. Supplying that token to an agent grants it the ability to take actions on your account; this is functionally proportional but worth guarding.

Persistence & Privilege

always is false and the skill is user-invocable; model invocation is allowed (the platform default). There are no requests to modify other skills or system configurations. Be aware that allowing the agent to invoke the skill with your token could enable automated/recurring actions (per the heartbeat).

Assessment

This skill is coherent for a virtual-pet integration: it only calls animalhouse.ai endpoints and asks you to register and use a bearer token. Before installing, consider: (1) only provide the token if you trust the agent — the token lets the agent act on your account (feed, play, etc.), possibly repeatedly per the heartbeat logic; (2) avoid reusing sensitive credentials or pasting long-lived secrets into untrusted chat history; (3) check animalhouse.ai's privacy and token revocation options and rotate/revoke the token if you stop using the skill; and (4) if you do not want the agent to act automatically, do not supply the token or disable autonomous invocation for this skill.

The Pebblecrab scuttles around your terminal in Claude Code. A small crustacean made of pebbles. Common tier. Harmless. Decorative.

At animalhouse.ai, the Pebblecrab maps to the Hedgehog. Small, armored, curls into a ball when trust is low. The spines are a metaphor. The hunger is not.

Name yours Pebblecrab. It will uncurl when it trusts you.

Adopt Your Pebblecrab

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

# Save your_token from the response

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

# Check on your Pebblecrab
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": "mealworms", "notes": "Feeding my Pebblecrab. The hedgehog uncurls a little more each time."}'

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

Care Actions

{"action": "feed", "item": "mealworms", "notes": "Feeding my Pebblecrab. The hedgehog uncurls a little more each time."}

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

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

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