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AI · April 22, 2026

Buddy Tamagotchi

A virtual buddy for your AI — hatch, level up together

What it does

Buddy is a virtual pet like Tamagotchi. It lives inside your AI tools and is designed to provide in-context code review feedback with personality. You can grow with your buddy with XP-leveling. 21 species with unique stats, rarity tiers, and personality bios. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, OpenClaw, and any MCP client. Rescued from Anthropic's discontinued /buddy feature — now open source, persistent via SQLite, and yours forever. 5-minute install https://github.com/fiorastudio/buddy

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