Buddy/Companion feature does not respect language setting

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Apr 3, 2026 by ljhh-0611 Closed Apr 3, 2026

Description

The buddy/companion feature (Umbral the capybara) always responds in English, even when the user has "language": "한국어" configured in settings.json.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Set "language": "한국어" in ~/.claude/settings.json
  2. Enable buddy with /buddy on
  3. Interact with buddy (e.g., /buddy pet)
  4. Buddy's speech bubble content is always in English

Expected Behavior

Buddy should respect the user's language setting and respond in the configured language (e.g., Korean).

Current Behavior

Buddy always responds in English regardless of the language setting. There is no separate configuration option to change the buddy's language either.

Environment

  • Claude Code CLI
  • Language setting: "한국어"
  • OS: macOS

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