hey-clawd: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

hey-clawd CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from BlueOcean223/hey-clawd. It costs 1,753 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A project instruction file for hey-clawd, a macOS desktop pet that reacts to activity from several AI coding tools. It also documents how to build the app and test its permission-approval bubbles.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when changing, building, running, or testing the hey-clawd macOS app, including its animated activity states, coding-tool hooks, or permission controls.
Why use it?
It explains the project’s integrations and repeatable build and test commands, so an agent can work on the app without guessing how it is structured or verified.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: PreToolUse hook event. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions Claude Code; reads ~/.codex paths.

This is BlueOcean223/hey-clawd's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on hey-clawd itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything hey-clawd configures →

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CLAUDE.md · 97 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 97 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

What is hey-clawd

A macOS desktop pet (crab character) that reacts to AI coding sessions in real time. It integrates with Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI, CodeBuddy, and Pi via hooks/extensions, showing animated states (idle, thinking, working, error, etc.) based on tool activity. It also handles permission approvals for Claude Code, CodeBuddy, and Codex CLI tool use via floating bubbles.

Build & Run

# Build (SPM)
swift build
swift build -c release

# Build (Xcode — used by CI)
xcodebuild -project hey-clawd.xcodeproj -scheme hey-clawd -configuration Release archive

# Run the built executable
.build/debug/hey-clawd

# Swift tests (SVG pipeline, HTTP server, hook installer, state-machine animation)
swift test

# Permission bubble integration tests
./test-bubble.sh all        # all test cases
./test-bubble.sh single     # single permission request
./test-bubble.sh stack      # concurrent bubble stacking
./test-bubble.sh passthrough # auto-allow passthrough tools
./test-bubble.sh disconnect  # client disconnect cleanup
./test-bubble.sh dnd         # do-not-disturb mode

# SVG animation visual smoke test (exercises /debug/svg on a running app)
./test-animations.sh

# Hook-side Node tests
cd hooks && node test/index.js

Tests/HeyClawdAppTests/ covers SVG parsing/rendering (SVGParserTests, CALayerRendererTests, CAAnimationBuilderTests, SVGBaselineScreenshotTests), the HTTP server, hook installation, permission response schemas, state-machine animation, and the full PetView pipeline. Permission-bubble and end-to-end UX paths are still validated via test-bubble.sh plus manual verification.

Architecture

Swift App (Sources/)

The app is a menu-bar-only macOS app (LSUIElement=true) built with Swift 6.0 and SPM. Single external dependency: Sparkle (auto-update). The pet is rendered with a custom Core Animation–based SVG pipeline — no WebView.

Read the full file on GitHub · 97 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

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  1. 1mo ago First seen · 97 lines · 1,753 tokens per session scan A b8c21e653a60

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hey-clawd CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository BlueOcean223/hey-clawd (5 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,753 tokens to every session, about $0.0070 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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