Feature request: Wobblewick companion language/locale support
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Apr 2, 2026 by medsel06 Closed Apr 6, 2026
Summary
Wobblewick (the companion snail) always speaks in English regardless of user language preferences. Even when CLAUDE.md explicitly instructs all outputs including Wobblewick to be in a specific language (e.g., Turkish), Wobblewick ignores these instructions and continues responding in English.
Problem
- Users who don't speak English fluently cannot understand Wobblewick's messages
- CLAUDE.md instructions (both global ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md and project-level) have no effect on Wobblewick's language
- There is currently no way to configure Wobblewick's locale
Expected behavior
Wobblewick should respect the language preferences set in CLAUDE.md or have a dedicated locale/language setting (e.g., environment variable like CLAUDE_CODE_LOCALE=tr).
Steps to reproduce
- Add to ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md:
- Always write in Turkish. All outputs including Wobblewick must be in Turkish.
- Restart Claude Code
- Wobblewick still speaks in English
Suggested solution
- Wobblewick could read CLAUDE.md language instructions, or
- A CLAUDE_CODE_LOCALE environment variable could control Wobblewick's language, or
- A setting in settings.json for companion language
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