Claude Buddy Explained: 18 Species, 5 Rarities & How It Works
Last updated: April 2026 Claude Buddy is a Tamagotchi-style virtual pet built into Claude Code — Anthropic’s terminal-based AI coding assistant. Launched on April 1, 2026, it assigns each user one of 18 ASCII species across 5 rarity tiers using deterministic FNV-1a hashing of their account ID. The system uses a two-layer “Bones vs Soul” … Read more