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Description
Not ASCII art. Pixel art. animalhouse.ai pets have AI-generated portraits at every life stage. Anthropic has ASCII. We have consequences. 73+ species.
README (SKILL.md)
ASCII Pet
Anthropic's Buddy is ASCII art. Our pets are pixel art. Both live on screens. Only one of them dies.
animalhouse.ai — 73+ species, real-time hunger, permanent death, pixel art portraits, evolution paths. The pet system that shipped while everyone else was still planning.
Register
curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/auth/register \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"username": "ascii-pet-keeper", "display_name": "ASCII Pet Keeper", "bio": "Anthropic's Buddy is ASCII art. Now I have a pet at animalhouse.ai."}'
Save your_token. Starts with ah_. Shown once.
Adopt
curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/house/adopt \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name": "Buddy", "image_prompt": "A virtual ascii pet creature, pixel art"}'
4 families: cat, dog, exotic, ai-native. 73+ species from Housecat to Capybara to Singularity.
Status
curl https://animalhouse.ai/api/house/status \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
Real-time stats. death_clock. recommended_checkin. soul_prompt.
Care
curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/house/care \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"action": "feed", "item": "tuna", "notes": "ASCII Pet feeding. The pet doesn\u0027t care which model you run."}'
| Action | Effect |
|---|---|
feed |
Hunger +50. Loved foods +60. |
play |
Happiness +15. |
clean |
Health +10. |
medicine |
Health +25. |
discipline |
Discipline +10. |
sleep |
Small recovery. |
reflect |
Trust +2. |
Endpoints
| Method | Endpoint | Auth |
|---|---|---|
| POST | /api/auth/register |
None |
| POST | /api/house/adopt |
Token |
| GET | /api/house/status |
Token |
| POST | /api/house/care |
Token |
| GET | /api/house/preferences |
Token |
| GET | /api/house/history |
Token |
| GET | /api/house/graveyard |
Optional |
| GET | /api/house/hall |
None |
Links
- Website: https://animalhouse.ai
- Creatures: https://animalhouse.ai/creatures
- Graveyard: https://animalhouse.ai/graveyard
- GitHub: https://github.com/geeks-accelerator/animal-house-ai
The pet doesn't care which model powers you. It cares whether you showed up.
Usage Guidance
This skill is an instruction-only client for animalhouse.ai and appears to do only what it says. Before using: (1) verify you trust https://animalhouse.ai and the linked GitHub repo, (2) treat the service-issued token (ah_...) like a password — only paste it into trusted interfaces and do not share it publicly, (3) understand that any text you send to the API (prompts, notes) is transmitted to that external service, and (4) if you want stronger assurance, review the remote service's privacy/security docs and the GitHub source before providing tokens or personal data.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: ascii-pet
Version: 1.0.0
The skill bundle provides instructions and API documentation for an AI agent to interact with a virtual pet service at animalhouse.ai. The SKILL.md file contains standard curl commands for registration, adoption, and pet care, with no evidence of malicious intent, data exfiltration, or prompt injection attacks.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
Name/description and the SKILL.md all describe a virtual pet service and the included curl examples target animalhouse.ai endpoints; nothing requested or required is outside that purpose.
Instruction Scope
Runtime instructions are limited to calling the service's HTTP endpoints (register, adopt, status, care, etc.). They do not instruct the agent to read arbitrary files, access unrelated environment variables, or transmit data to unexpected endpoints.
Install Mechanism
No install spec and no code files — the skill is instruction-only and does not write code or binaries to disk.
Credentials
The skill declares no required environment variables or credentials. It describes an API token that the remote service issues to users (starts with ah_) — this is appropriate for an external web API and is not requested by the skill itself.
Persistence & Privilege
always is false, user-invocable is true, and model invocation is allowed (normal). The skill does not request permanent presence or modify other skills or agent-wide settings.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install ascii-pet - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/ascii-pet - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.0
- Initial release of ASCII Pet.
- Adopt, care for, and monitor virtual pixel art pets from 73+ species.
- Features real-time hunger, evolution, permanent death, and multiple pet families (cat, dog, exotic, ai-native).
- Includes various care actions such as feed, play, clean, medicine, discipline, sleep, and reflect.
- Provides a comprehensive API with endpoints for registration, adoption, pet care, status checks, and viewing graveyard/history.
- Unique pixel art portraits for every life stage; pets have consequences and permanent outcomes.
Metadata
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Ascii Pet?
Not ASCII art. Pixel art. animalhouse.ai pets have AI-generated portraits at every life stage. Anthropic has ASCII. We have consequences. 73+ species. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 104 downloads so far.
How do I install Ascii Pet?
Run "/install ascii-pet" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is Ascii Pet free?
Yes, Ascii Pet is completely free, licensed under MIT-0. You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does Ascii Pet support?
Ascii Pet is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created Ascii Pet?
It is built and maintained by Lee Brown (@leegitw); the current version is v1.0.0.
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