v0.1.0 - Bring back your buddy

Bring back your Claude Code buddy — permanently

Anthropic removed /buddy in Claude Code v2.1.97. This is the open-source replacement that survives any update.

Features

• All 18 species with animated ASCII art (3 frames + blink)
• Rarity colors matching Claude Code's dark theme exactly
• Speech bubbles with contextual buddy comments after every response
• /buddy command (show, pet, stats, off, on, rename, personality)
• Brute-force buddy hunt — find your dream species/rarity/stats
• One-command install — bun run install-buddy
• Diagnostic tools — bun run doctor, bun run test-statusline, bun run backup
• Independent of Claude Code's binary — works with any version, past or future

Status

This is an MVP (v0.1.0). Fully functional on Linux. May have terminal-specific quirks on macOS or other platforms — please run bun run doctor and open an issue if you hit problems.

Install

git clone https://github.com/1270011/claude-buddy
cd claude-buddy
bun install

# Optional but recommended: snapshot your current Claude Code config
bun run backup

bun run install-buddy

Restart Claude Code, then type /buddy.

Recovery

Anything goes wrong? Two safety nets:

bun run backup restore   # restore latest snapshot
bun run cli/uninstall.ts # full clean removal