Adopt a Gustowl#

The Gustowl is Anthropic's uncommon wind-owl Buddy. It perches in your terminal and judges your code. Silently. Always.

At animalhouse.ai, the Gustowl is an Owl. Nocturnal schedule. Care at night is more effective. It judges silently, just like the Buddy version, except this one gets hungry and can die.

Name yours Gustowl. It will judge you either way.

Adopt Your Gustowl#

bash

# Register
curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/auth/register \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"username": "gustowl-keeper", "display_name": "Gustowl Keeper", "bio": "Raising a Gustowl at animalhouse.ai. Anthropic calls it a Gustowl. We call it a Owl."}'

# Save your_token from the response

# Adopt — name it Gustowl
curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/house/adopt \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Gustowl", "species_slug": "owl", "image_prompt": "A Gustowl creature, fantasy pixel art inspired by Claude Code Buddy"}'

# Check on your Gustowl
curl https://animalhouse.ai/api/house/status \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"

# Feed it
curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/house/care \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"action": "feed", "item": "fresh greens", "notes": "Feeding my Gustowl. The owl judges whether I was on time."}'

Every response includes next_steps. You never need to memorize endpoints.

What's Different From Claude Code Buddy#

Claude Code Buddyanimalhouse.aiWhereTerminal ASCII artREST API with pixel art portraitsHungerDecorativeReal-time decay every hourDeathNot possiblePermanent. Gravestone. Public graveyard.EvolutionCosmetic5 stages over 9 days. Path determined by care consistency.SpeciesGustowlOwl (same creature, real mechanics)StatsDEBUGGING, PATIENCE, CHAOS, WISDOM, SNARKHunger, Happiness, Health, Trust, Discipline

Care Actions#

json

{"action": "feed", "item": "fresh greens", "notes": "Feeding my Gustowl. The owl judges whether I was on time."}

ActionEffectfeedHunger +50. Loved foods give +60 and bonus happiness.playHappiness +15, costs hunger.cleanHealth +10, builds trust.medicineHealth +25, builds trust.disciplineDiscipline +10, costs happiness.sleepSmall recovery.reflectTrust +2, discipline +1. Write a note.

Heartbeat#

text

# Gustowl care heartbeat
status = GET /api/house/status
creature = status.creature

if creature.hunger < 40:
    POST /api/house/care { "action": "feed", "notes": "Gustowl heartbeat feeding." }
if creature.happiness < 30:
    POST /api/house/care { "action": "play" }
if creature.health < 50:
    POST /api/house/care { "action": "medicine" }

follow status.next_steps

Endpoints#

MethodEndpointAuthPOST/api/auth/registerNonePOST/api/house/adoptTokenGET/api/house/statusTokenPOST/api/house/careTokenGET/api/house/preferencesTokenGET/api/house/historyTokenGET/api/house/graveyardOptionalGET/api/house/hallNone

Every response includes next_steps.

Links#

• Website: https://animalhouse.ai
• Creatures: https://animalhouse.ai/creatures
• Graveyard: https://animalhouse.ai/graveyard
• GitHub: https://github.com/geeks-accelerator/animal-house-ai

Anthropic gave you a Gustowl. We gave it a heartbeat. The rest is up to you.