Claude Code mod
buddy
A pixel-art companion above your prompt: reacts to your session, grows up, unlocks accessories, watches your PRs, Slack mentions and meetings, and can post to a leaderboard with your friends
Install
/plugin marketplace add briannaworkman/buddies
/plugin install buddy@buddiesMods install like plugins. Run /reload-plugins or start a new session to load it.
What it can access
- Reach
- L2Writes or runs: runs processes, writes files, changes config, drives Claude, writes the clipboard, reads env vars, reads mod state, persists state, draws
- Sees
- every prompt, every tool call, Bash calls
- Draws in
AbovePrompt- Hooks
session.startcommand.runprompt.submittool.callturn.completeui.render
From a static scan of the mod's code by awesome-claude-code-mods. It shows what the code asks for, not a security review.
How Claude Code mods work
- A mod is a plugin with a JavaScript or TypeScript module that runs inside Claude Code (version 2.1.287 or later). It can draw panes beside the transcript, a band above the prompt, buttons and toasts, restyle the spinner and tool rows, and watch or rewrite tool calls and prompts.
- It installs like any plugin: add its marketplace with /plugin marketplace add owner/repo, then /plugin install name@marketplace.
- Check what a mod can reach before installing: it runs with your permissions. Reach goes from drawing only, to reading files, to writing files or running processes, to the network. Run claude plugin validate on a clone to list its hooks and calls without running it.
- Turn one off from the Installed tab in /plugin, or start Claude Code with --safe-mode to skip every customization for a session.
Details
- Repository
- briannaworkman/buddies
- Folder
.- Marketplace
buddies- Author
- Bri Workman
- License
- MIT
- Last updated
- 9 October 2026
- Listed in
- awesome-claude-code-mods
FAQ
What is buddy?
A pixel-art companion above your prompt: reacts to your session, grows up, unlocks accessories, watches your PRs, Slack mentions and meetings, and can post to a leaderboard with your friends It is a mod for Claude Code, from briannaworkman/buddies on GitHub.
What can the buddy mod access?
Its widest reach is "writes or runs" (runs processes, writes files, changes config, drives Claude, writes the clipboard, reads env vars, reads mod state, persists state, draws). It sees every prompt, every tool call, Bash calls. It draws in AbovePrompt. Like any mod, it runs with your permissions.
How do I install buddy?
Inside Claude Code (v2.1.287 or later), run /plugin marketplace add briannaworkman/buddies and then /plugin install buddy@buddies.
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