What is claude-pet?
claude-pet is a Claude Code mod by YuehengHan that a pet in the status line that levels up with your work, gets dizzy on errors, sleeps when you're away, and unlocks achievements. It is listed under While you wait and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | YuehengHan |
| Repository | YuehengHan/my-claude-mods |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | While you wait |
| Security | High risk (37/100) |
| Rank | #5,220 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #156 in While you wait |
| Last commit | 2026-10-09 |
| Hooks | 6 events |
| Sees | classic hooks, every prompt, every tool call |
| Draws on | nothing |
Is claude-pet safe to install?
claude-pet scores 37/100 on the MCPMods security check: High risk. Things to review: starts processes outside the sandbox; watches every prompt or event; validator reported problems. It passed 4 of 8 checks.
Mod footprints come from claude plugin validate, which lists every event a mod hooks and every API call it makes without running it.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| No network access | Pass |
| Starts processes outside the sandbox | Review |
| Writes no files or config | Pass |
| Doesn't read environment variables | Pass |
| Watches every prompt or event | Review |
| Doesn't drive Claude | Pass |
| Validator reported problems | Flag |
| No license detected | Note |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.clock.every | |
$.clock.now | |
$.command.register | |
$.process.run | runs processes |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.ui.status | draws interface |
$.ui.toast | draws interface |
How do I install claude-pet?
- Check your Claude Code version. Mods need Claude Code 2.1.287 or later and are on by default.
claude --version
- Read its footprint. This lists every event it hooks and every API call it makes, without running it.
git clone https://github.com/YuehengHan/my-claude-mods claude plugin validate ./my-claude-mods/plugins/claude-pet
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
git clone https://github.com/YuehengHan/my-claude-mods && claude --plugin-dir ./my-claude-mods/plugins/claude-pet
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs claude-pet for you:
Install the "claude-pet" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/YuehengHan/my-claude-mods/tree/main/plugins/claude-pet. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.
More from YuehengHan/my-claude-mods
This repository has at least 9 Claude Code mods on MCPMods.
- claude-mood: Claude's mood in the status line, from what the turn has read, written and broken (High risk)
- control-tower: /tower: one pane showing every Claude Code session on this machine — which is working, which waits for you, which is don (High risk)
- done-ping: When a long turn finishes or Claude needs you: a macOS notification with a distinct sound for done, failed and needs-you (Review before installing)
- fortune: Programmer jokes after the working spinner, and a daily fortune (/fortune) — 今日宜重构，忌周五上线 (Review before installing)
- repo-guard: Blocks destructive git commands and asks before Claude first edits a repo other than the session's own (Low risk)
- sdk-sync: After an SDK release (v* tag): /release-check gathers what changed and asks Claude for a read-only audit of the sibling (Review before installing)
- tldr: A one-line TL;DR under every long answer, written by Haiku, so a session you switch back to reads at a glance (Low risk)
- where-am-i: A band above the prompt: repo, branch, uncommitted changes and this session's task (Low risk)