What is pet?
pet is a Claude Code mod by graugart that flingo, a sassy ASCII flamingo that gives Claude Code a face: it talks as Claude, comments on your work, and lives in a sidebar or the status line. It is listed under While you wait and has no public popularity data yet.
| Type | Claude code mod |
|---|---|
| Author | graugart |
| Repository | graugart/flingo |
| Popularity | no public popularity data yet |
| Category | While you wait |
| Security | Low risk (80/100) |
| Rank | #3,291 of 5,272 Claude Code mods; #98 in While you wait |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-08 |
| Hooks | 7 events |
| Sees | every prompt, every tool call |
| Draws on | Pane |
Is pet safe to install?
pet scores 80/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. Things to review: watches every prompt or event. It passed 5 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 no processes | Pass |
| Writes no files or config | Pass |
| Doesn't read environment variables | Pass |
| Watches every prompt or event | Review |
| Drives Claude (model calls, prompts) | Note |
| Validator reported problems | Note |
| Has an open-source license | Pass |
API calls in its code
| Call | What it means |
|---|---|
$.clock.after | |
$.clock.every | |
$.clock.now | |
$.clock.sleep | |
$.command.register | |
$.model.complete | drives Claude |
$.model.fork | drives Claude |
$.state.get | |
$.state.set | |
$.store.get | keeps its own state |
$.store.set | keeps its own state |
$.ui.close | draws interface |
$.ui.open | draws interface |
$.ui.resolve | draws interface |
$.ui.status | draws interface |
How do I install 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/graugart/flingo claude plugin validate ./flingo/.
- Install it. Run this in your terminal, then /reload-plugins in an open session.
claude plugin marketplace add graugart/flingo && claude plugin install pet@flingo
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs pet for you:
Install the "pet" Claude Code mod from https://github.com/graugart/flingo. Run claude plugin validate on it first and show me what it can access before you enable it.