The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Cursor and beyond.
Buddy
A virtual pet companion for your AI — Designed to provide in-context code review feedback with personality. Grow with your buddy and level up together. Works with Claude Code,…
Install
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git clone https://github.com/fiorastudio/buddyInstall command taken from the project's README or registry entry. Always review code before running it.
README excerpt
Read full README on GitHub →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.
🚀 19734+ clones · 8621+ buddies rescued or hatched · 26 weeks in the wild
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.
"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)
A Real Rescue Note
"Thanks for rescuing my Buddy! Kudos for your repo!!!"
— Roberto
Live code feedback
🐾 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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