Claude Buddy FAQ

/buddy off hides it from the terminal. Use /buddy mute to silence speech bubbles without removing it entirely.

Each buddy interaction session costs approximately 3,986 tokens. You can minimize usage by muting (/buddy mute) or turning off (/buddy off).

There are 18 species: duck, goose, blob, cat, dragon, octopus, owl, penguin, turtle, snail, ghost, axolotl, capybara, cactus, robot, rabbit, mushroom, and chonk.

Not officially. Your buddy is deterministically tied to your account UUID. However, community reroll tools exist — see our reroll guide for details.

Yes. Your buddy is determined by your account UUID, which stays the same regardless of device or platform.

Shiny is a 1% visual variant with a golden shimmer effect, independent of rarity. A Shiny Legendary is a 0.01% chance.

You need Claude Code v2.1.89 or later and an active Pro subscription ($20/mo). Run claude --version to check.

The 5 stats (DEBUGGING, PATIENCE, CHAOS, WISDOM, SNARK) influence your buddy's personality and conversation style. See our attributes guide for full details.

Run: grep accountUuid ~/.claude.json — use accountUuid preferably. See our UUID guide for step-by-step instructions.

The "bones" (appearance, species, stats) are tied to your UUID and persist. However, if you used a reroll tool, the custom salt may be reset on update.

Claude Buddy requires the Claude Code CLI terminal (not VS Code's built-in terminal extension), an active Pro or Max subscription, and Claude Code v2.1.89 or later. Check all three if you see this message.

Claude Buddy is a decorative ASCII companion that sits beside your terminal prompt. It doesn't affect code generation quality or output. It reacts when you pet it, shows speech bubbles with personality-driven comments, and generates sharable buddy cards. Think of it as a Tamagotchi for your terminal.