[BUG] My buddy doesn't say anything </3

Preflight Checklist

• [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
• [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
• [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

I turned on my buddy (Warble, an epic robot) but they never say anything.

I checked with my coworkers, who have similar setups to me, and apparently their buddies do talk, and I am fairly jealous. One demoed it for me, and I'm 99% sure I'm not in a period of hyper focus and just missing it.

The main difference seems to be rarity level; mine is epic, while they all have common ones. I'm wondering if this could be an issue that's specific to epic buddies?

They do give little <3s when I pet them though, which I like.

My terminal is Ghostty, but I tried it in native terminal as well.

<img width="460" height="464" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/845a9436-f215-4a03-80e1-5b749c5c9476" />

<img width="403" height="541" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0e12b017-0fc9-467a-bb41-b7a1dff7282d" />

What Should Happen?

I should receive snarky commentary on my mistakes at irregular intervals

Error Messages/Logs

Steps to Reproduce

1. Have warble as buddy
2. Work a normal day
3. Receive silence

Claude Model

Sonnet (default)

Is this a regression?

No, new feature

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.90 (Claude Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

macOS

Terminal/Shell

Other

Additional Information

_No response_