Bring back /buddy as a permanent (opt-in) feature

Status Fixed / completed
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Activity 3 comments · opened May 18, 2026 · closed May 18, 2026

The /buddy easter egg shipped for April 1st (changelog entry: "hatch a small creature that watches you code") was genuinely fun and gave the CLI a bit of personality. Now that we're past April it's gone.

Request: bring it back as a permanent opt-in feature. Suggestions:

  • Off by default so it doesn't surprise anyone in serious contexts.
  • Toggle via /buddy to summon and /buddy off to dismiss, or a setting in ~/.claude/settings.json.
  • Optional: let the creature react to events (long-running tool calls, errors, successful builds) so it earns its keep beyond just sitting there.

Small thing, but the kind of personality detail that makes the tool feel less like a faceless agent. Would happily take it as a hidden flag rather than a default.

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github-actions[bot] · 4 months ago

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

  1. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/52523
  2. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/52900
  3. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/45732

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sreekeshkrish · 4 months ago

Closing as duplicate of #45732 / #52900 / #52523. Upvoting those instead.

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