oh-my-buddy

Supercharge your Claude Code buddy with personality-driven reactions, XP progression, achievements, a commit garden, and chaos-fueled rage meters.

Each of the 18 buddy species feels uniquely alive — your buddy's real CHAOS, SNARK, WISDOM, PATIENCE, and DEBUGGING stats drive every reaction.

Install

/plugin marketplace add anjieyang/oh-my-buddy
/plugin install oh-my-buddy@oh-my-buddy

That's it. Your buddy is auto-detected on first use.

What happens

Your buddy reacts to everything you do:

• Test failures build a rage meter with escalating ASCII chaos
• Test passes earn XP and relief animations
• Commits grow a garden and award XP
• Destructive git ops trigger skull art and "bold move" callouts
• Editing the same file 5+ times gets you roasted
• Achievements unlock with celebratory banners

Your buddy's stats shape the experience:

| Stat | What it does | |---|---| | CHAOS | How often your buddy speaks up (and whether it says unhinged things) | | SNARK | Tone spectrum: encouraging, neutral, or savage | | WISDOM | Chance of dropping actual coding insights | | PATIENCE | How fast the rage meter fills (patient = slow, impatient = explosive) | | DEBUGGING | Chance of spotting error patterns across your session |

Progression system:

• XP from commits (+20), bug fixes (+30), test passes (+10), file creation (+5)
• 5 evolution stages: Egg → Baby → Teen → Adult → Legendary
• Persistent streaks, garden, and 12 unlockable achievements

18 Species

duck, goose, blob, cat, dragon, octopus, owl, penguin, turtle, snail, ghost, axolotl, capybara, cactus, robot, rabbit, mushroom, chonk

Your buddy is deterministically assigned to your account — same account always gets the same buddy.

Achievements

| Badge | Name | How to unlock | |---|---|---| | 🩸 | First Blood | First bug fix commit | | 🌱 | Gardener | Create 10 files | | 🦉 | Night Owl | Code after midnight 5 times | | 🔥 | On Fire | 7-day streak | | 💯 | Centurion | 100 commits | | 😤 | Rage Quit | Hit 100% rage meter | | 🧘 | Zen Master | Full session with zero errors | | ⚡ | Speed Demon | 10 commits in one session | | 💀 | Daredevil | 5 destructive git ops | | 🌳 | Old Growth | Garden at max capacity | | 👑 | Legendary | Reach level 51 | | 🍳 | Hatcher | Level up for the first time |

How it works

oh-my-buddy uses Claude Code's hook system. On every tool use, it:

1. Updates your stats (XP, rage, streaks, garden) 2. Checks your buddy's personality stats 3. Builds a personality-flavored context string 4. Injects it into Claude's conversation via additionalContext

Claude naturally voices your buddy based on the personality context. A high-SNARK goose roasts you. A high-WISDOM owl drops insights. A high-CHAOS axolotl says random things on boring events.

No source code modifications. No monkey-patching. Just hooks.

Requirements

• Claude Code 2.1.89+
• Node.js 18+

License

MIT