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OpenPets

by alvinunreal

OpenPets is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by alvinunreal in openpets.

1.1K stars95 forkson alvinunreal/openpetsAdded 2026/08/20+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/18
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Install OpenPets
Copy OpenPets into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.
terminal
npx degit https://github.com/alvinunreal/openpets/tree/main/skills/openpets ~/.claude/skills/openpets

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/alvinunreal/openpets.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file
skills/openpets/SKILL.md in alvinunreal/openpets
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/openpets
Collection
One of 2 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
AI Engineering — 2451 skills

What OpenPets does

OpenPets helps install, configure, verify, and troubleshoot the OpenPets desktop companion app for coding agents. Use it when setting up pets, connecting Claude Code, OpenCode, Cursor, Codex, or MCP clients, or debugging openpets_status, openpets_react, or openpets_say.

OpenPets is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. OpenPets comes from a repository tagged ai-agents, claude-code, coding-agents, desktop-companion and desktop-pet.

Documentation

README

OpenPets

OpenPets is a desktop companion app for coding agents. The desktop app runs locally and exposes pet controls through CLI, MCP, hooks, plugins, and local IPC.

Use this skill to help users onboard quickly and safely:

  • install or verify the OpenPets desktop app
  • install pets from the public catalog
  • configure Claude Code, OpenCode, Cursor, Codex, or another MCP client
  • configure a project to use a specific pet
  • validate openpets_status, openpets_react, and openpets_say
  • explain how OpenPets works
  • troubleshoot setup problems

CLI rule: install once, then use openpets

For the cleanest onboarding, install the OpenPets CLI globally first:

npm install -g @open-pets/cli

Then use the openpets command:

openpets <command>

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about OpenPets

  • What else does alvinunreal publish alongside OpenPets?

    OpenPets is one of 2 skills that DirSkills catalogs from alvinunreal/openpets, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include CLI Review. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way OpenPets does, and is maintained by alvinunreal in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the alvinunreal/openpets page.

  • How does OpenPets compare to other AI Engineering skills?

    OpenPets ranks #1276 by stars among the 2451 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of OpenPets against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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