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A small pet on your Mac that watches your Claude Code and Codex sessions Buddy is now open source: github.com/varun-ml/buddy. Buddy is a small pet that lives on your Mac. It tells you when Claude Code or Codex has finished a task or needs your input, so you don’t have to keep checking every session. It’s also just fun. The cat runs around your screen, the bear eats honey, and the robot dances every time you merge a PR. Stitch turns into a full alien when a PR’s checks fail. This month the pug is dressed up for Pujo and plays the dhak. ...

How I use Buddy, a pet on my screen that watches my sessions My work is being driven through Claude more often than not, and I think that is true for most people. The hooks and the mods are a great way to stay in touch with it. On a Friday night I started a project to explore mods. Then I conceptualised it, and it became a thing: claude-mods, small tools around Claude Code and Codex, one folder per mod. Buddy is one of them. ...