Optional # Buddy A small collectible pet tied to your account. It appears as a card when you type `/buddy` in Claude Code inside a container terminal. ## Your pet - **species** - **rarity** - **stats** same look when you return Species (one of 18), rarity from Common to Legendary, a possible shiny variant, eyes, a hat and five stats (debugging, patience, chaos, wisdom, snark) are worked out from your account. Nothing is stored for them, so your pet is always the same. ## Say hello Type `/buddy` in Claude Code. In a ZeroLog container, Claude Code prints your pet's card and greets you in its voice. Buddy is separate from the assistant and does not do your work. ## Name and limits A name and personality are written once, by a low-cost model, when the pet hatches. Until then the card says the buddy is not hatched. The web chat has no Buddy corner and no `/buddy` command at the moment. ## Where Buddy comes from Mermaid source of the diagram on this page: ```mermaid %% Buddy: where the pet comes from and where it shows. Facts from server/buddy.js (buddyBones, species, rarities), server/routes/buddy.js (hatch), server/agent.js (provisionBuddyCommand). flowchart TB acc["Your account"] bones["Species, rarity, shiny, eyes,
hat, five stats: worked out
from the account, never stored"] soul["Name and personality:
written once at hatching
by a low-cost model"] cc["/buddy in Claude Code
inside a container"]:::hot card["Card in a code block,
greeting in the pet's voice"] acc --> bones acc -.-> soul bones --> cc soul -.-> cc cc --> card linkStyle 2 stroke:#8f7ac9 linkStyle 4 stroke:#8f7ac9 ```