Privacy-first · Local-only · Native hooks

See what your coding agents are doing.

A tiny pixel companion for Claude Code and Codex. Know when an agent is thinking, working, waiting, done, or broken—without reading your prompt or code.

Claude Code pixel crabClaude Codethinking…
Codex pixel robot crabCodexworking…

The privacy contract

Your work stays out of the pet.

Allowed metadata

Agent, session ID, lifecycle state, project basename, tool name, timestamp.

Never forwarded

Prompts, code, transcripts, assistant messages, tool payloads, permission decisions.

Local transport

Authenticated loopback HTTP on 127.0.0.1. No analytics or telemetry.

One glance is enough

Seven states, no dashboard.

IdleThinkingWorkingApprovalSuccessErrorSleeping

Two-minute setup

Native hooks. Safe coexistence.

The app detects Claude Code and Codex, validates configs before writing, preserves unrelated hooks, and rolls back on failure.

1. Download for Windows
2. Open Pixel Agent Buddy
3. Connect detected Agents

No separate Node.js required.