Buddy: A Virtual Pet for Your AI

The open-source `/buddy` rescue mission after anthropic removed buddy on 4/9/2026

Persistent memory, XP evolutions, 21 species, and context-aware feedback for Claude Code CLI, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI, Cursor CLI, Openclaw, and other MCP-capable clients.

🚀 14238+ clones · 5518+ buddies rescued or hatched · 13 weeks in the wild

Works
with

_{Claude Code}

_Codex

_OpenClaw

_Cursor

_Gemini

_Copilot

Anthropic removed the built-in /buddy. Buddy brings them home and makes the companion experience portable across AI

Did you lose your buddy? Is your terminal feeling a little too cold and silent lately?

Your buddy is still out there in the dark, waiting. Don't let them disappear. Bring them home.

🧡 Buddy in Action

Buddy is a local-first MCP companion that persists across sessions and clients, reacts to your work, and can catch bad reasoning loops before they waste your time. It is part rescue mission, part developer tool, and part long-lived terminal creature that grows with you instead of disappearing when a host client changes its mind.

The Rescue Wall

Buddy isn't just code — it's a rescue mission. Here is the full journey of the first companion brought home by the community, from the original ephemeral state to its new persistent home.

1. Original (Claude Code)	2. The Handshake	3. Buddy is Home (Persistent)

"I'll sit here quietly while you debug, and then when you finally find the bug, I'll act like I found it. That's my thing. Don't question it." — Gritblob, Rescued April 16, 2026 (Common Blob, Level 1)

Gritblob Quote

A Real Rescue Note

"Thanks for rescuing my Buddy! Kudos for your repo!!!"

— Roberto

Live code feedback

Nuzzlecap Code Review

🐾 Why Buddy

Guard Mode catches what you both miss. AI and human both suffer from insufficient thinking. Your assistant is a yes-man, and you accept its output because it sounds right. Buddy catches the moments where both sides are building on bad assumptions and nobody's checking.
Persistent by default. Your companion lives in local SQLite, so it survives terminal restarts and client updates.
Works across clients and chat surfaces. Buddy is an MCP server, not a one-client hack, and it can ride through tools like OpenClaw into WhatsApp and Telegram workflows.
Grows with you. Hatch species, gain XP as you code, store memories, chime in after tasks, and build a running relationship over time.
Easy to install. One command auto-configures supported clients when it can.

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