[FEATURE]: Desktop Pets - Custom AI Companion for OpenCode Desktop

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Describe the enhancement you want to request

The idea

First of all... this feature is completely optional.

Some people love desktop companions.
Some people will disable it in 2 seconds.

Both are happy. 😄

I'd love to have a desktop pet that reacts to what OpenCode is doing, similar to an AI companion, but fully customizable and built for OpenCode.

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Settings

A new section:

Settings
→ Pets

Options:

• Enable Pets
• Active Pet
• Create Pet
• Import Pet
• Manage Pets

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Built-in Pets

Ship OpenCode with a few pets.

Example:

• Fox
• Cat
• Robot
• Ghost
• Bird

Users can switch between them anytime.

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Create Pet (AI)

For users who already have an image generation model configured.

Flow:

1. Enter pet name.
2. Upload 2–5 reference images.
3. (Optional) Describe personality/style.
4. Click Generate.
5. Preview.
6. Save.

Example:

Name:
CyberFox

Reference Images:
📷 📷 📷

Prompt:
Cute cyber fox wearing an orange hoodie.
Pixel-art style.

The generator creates a complete sprite pack automatically.

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Import Pet

Not everyone has image generation.

Some people use OpenCode Zen or other free text-only models.

For those users:

Click "Import Pet"

Import:

CyberFox.zip

Inside:

manifest.json

idle.png
thinking.png
coding.png
searching.png
terminal.png
testing.png
success.png
failure.png
sleeping.png
celebrating.png

OpenCode validates everything before importing.

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Generate Externally

This is probably my favorite part.

If the user doesn't have an image model...

OpenCode can export:

• pet_prompt.md
• manifest.json
• README.md

The prompt is the exact optimized prompt used internally.

The user can take it to:

• ChatGPT
• Gemini
• Claude
• Flux
• ComfyUI
• Midjourney
• or any favorite image model

Generate the sprites.

Zip them.

Import.

Done.

This means nobody is forced to pay for image generation.

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Reference Images

Reference images should always be the primary source.

The AI should preserve:

• face
• body
• colors
• outfit
• accessories
• proportions

Only expressions and poses should change.

Every sprite should clearly be the same character.

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Pet Reactions

The pet reacts to OpenCode events.

Examples:

😴 Idle

🤔 Thinking

⌨️ Coding

🔍 Searching

🧪 Testing

🎉 Success

😖 Error

💤 Sleeping

No AI logic.

Just event-driven animations.

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Interaction

Hover

Shows:

• current model
• current task
• current tool
• elapsed time
• tokens used

Single click

Shows current task.

Double click

Opens the exact session this pet belongs to.

Right click

• Open Session
• Change Pet
• Pause Animation
• Hide
• Close Pet

Closing OpenCode also closes the pet.

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Slash Command

/pet fox

/pet cyberfox

/pet robot

Instantly switches the active pet.

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Why I think this would be cool

• Completely optional.
• Doesn't affect CLI users.
• Doesn't affect users who don't like desktop pets.
• Highly customizable.
• Community can share pet packs.
• Works with any image model.
• Works without image models.
• Gives OpenCode a bit more personality while still being useful.

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Not gonna lie...

Watching a tiny fox panic while my agent is debugging my terrible code would make waiting for builds a lot more entertaining. 😄