Claude Code Buddy

Your Claude Code buddy — permanently. Survives every update.

Anthropic removed /buddy in Claude Code v2.1.97. This brings it back — forever. Same species, same stats, same personality. Now powered by MCP, so no update can ever take it away again.

🛡️

Survives Updates
_{MCP-based, not binary-patched. Your buddy lives through every Claude Code release.}

🎨

18 Species
_{From ducks to dragons — each with animated ASCII art and rarity colors.}

💬

Speech Bubbles
_{Your buddy comments on your code in real time. Invisible, contextual, alive.}

⚡

One-Command Install
_{Zero config. Works on any Claude Code v2.1.80+. Uninstall anytime.}

📋 Requirements

bun on PATH — claude-buddy's MCP server runs on bun. Install once: curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash
Claude Code v2.1.80+
Linux or macOS (Windows is experimental)

🚀 Quick Start

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

Then restart Claude Code and type /buddy. That's it.

_{💡 Want a global claude-buddy command? → bun link}
_{💡 Need help? → bun run help or claude-buddy help (if linked) in terminal · /buddy help in Claude Code}

🐙 Meet the 18 Species

Every buddy is uniquely generated from your Claude Code account — same species, same stats, same personality every time. 18 species, each with 3 idle animation frames + a blink.

all 18 species

 duck        goose       blob        cat         dragon      octopus
   __         (°>        .----.       /\_/\      /^\  /^\     .----.
 <(° )___      ||       ( °  ° )    ( °   °)   <  °  °  >   ( °  ° )
  (  ._>     _(__)_     (      )    (  ω  )    (   ~~   )   (______)
   `--'       ^^^^       `----'     (")_(")     `-vvvv-'    /\/\/\/\

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Claude Code Buddy

Your Claude Code buddy — permanently. Survives every update.

🛡️

🎨

💬

⚡

📋 Requirements

🚀 Quick Start

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