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claude code just shipped a hidden companion mode called "buddy" that goes live tomorrow (april 1) here's everything we know from the leaked source code: when you type /buddy in claude code, a virtual pet hatches in your terminal. it's a permanent ASCII art companion that sits next to your input box, watches your conversations, and reacts with speech bubbles. the wild part: your companion is deterministically rolled from your account ID. you don't pick it - you get what you get. it's basically on-chain gacha but for your terminal. THE ROLL: your account hash determines everything: - species (18 total) - rarity (5 tiers) - eyes (6 styles) - hat (7 types, uncommon+ only) - stats (5 categories) - 1% chance for shiny variant SPECIES (18): duck, goose, blob, cat, dragon, octopus, owl, penguin, turtle, snail, ghost, axolotl, capybara, cactus, robot, rabbit, mushroom, chonk RARITY: common - 60% (no hat) uncommon - 25% (gets a hat) rare - 10% epic - 4% legendary - 1% higher rarity = higher stat floor. legendaries start at 50/100 minimum on all stats. STATS: every buddy has 5 stats - DEBUGGING, PATIENCE, CHAOS, WISDOM, SNARK. one peak stat, one dump stat, rest scattered. these are just for vibes, no gameplay impact (yet?) HATS: crown, tophat, propeller, halo, wizard, beanie, and... tinyduck (a tiny duck sitting on your pet's head) HOW IT WORKS IN TERMINAL: - your buddy has 3-frame idle animations - it watches your conversation and generates reactions in speech bubbles - /buddy pet makes hearts float above it - /buddy mute hides it - the model is told to stay out of the way when you talk to your buddy directly the companion's "soul" (name + personality) is generated by the model on first hatch and stored in your config. the physical traits regenerate from your account hash every time so you can't fake a rarity by editing config. this is anthropic's april 1 feature but it's permanent - it stays after the teaser window. they literally built a full tamagotchi into a coding tool. $BUDDY