Petdex: Put a Living Pet on Your Coding Agent (Codex / Claude / Gemini)

Prompt Engineer · Intermediate ·🧠 Large Language Models ·1mo ago

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Get GPUs Runpod: https://get.runpod.io/pe48 Get CPU Hostinger: https://hostinger.com/PROMPT I found Petdex — an open-source "Codex pet index" that drops a tiny animated companion onto your coding agent. A web gallery of 3,250+ pets, a one-command CLI, and a floating desktop mascot that reacts while your agent works. I install one, dig through the real files and API, and give you the honest pros and cons (yes — the desktop floater is macOS-only right now). Everything in this video is a real install on Windows — real terminal output, no faked metrics. ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 A pet for your agent 0:10 What Petdex is 0:23 Gallery tour — petdex.dev 0:59 The 72-frame state viewer 1:25 Installing a pet (CLI) 1:34 npx petdex — the commands 2:18 doctor: it sees your agents 2:39 The honest catch: macOS-only desktop 3:09 Under the hood — the public API 3:26 What's great / what's rough 3:59 Outro 🔗 petdex.dev · github.com/crafter-station/petdex Install commands: npx petdex # see the CLI npx petdex list # browse 3,246+ pets npx petdex install homelander npx petdex doctor # diagnose agents + install npx petdex hooks install 🔗 Connect with me: Ko-fi → https://ko-fi.com/promptengineer Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/PromptEngineer975 Book a Call → https://calendly.com/prompt-engineer48/call GitHub → https://github.com/PromptEngineer48 Twitter/X → https://twitter.com/prompt48

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Get GPUs Runpod: https://get.runpod.io/pe48 Get CPU Hostinger: https://hostinger.com/PROMPT I found Petdex — an open-source "Codex pet index" that drops a tiny animated companion onto your coding agent. A web gallery of 3,250+ pets, a one-command CLI, and a floating desktop mascot that reacts while your agent works. I install one, dig through the real files and API, and give you the honest pros and cons (yes — the desktop floater is macOS-only right now). Everything in this video is a real install on Windows — real terminal output, no faked metrics. ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 A pet for your agent 0:10 What Petdex is 0:23 Gallery tour — petdex.dev 0:59 The 72-frame state viewer 1:25 Installing a pet (CLI) 1:34 npx petdex — the commands 2:18 doctor: it sees your agents 2:39 The honest catch: macOS-only desktop 3:09 Under the hood — the public API 3:26 What's great / what's rough 3:59 Outro 🔗 petdex.dev · github.com/crafter-station/petdex Install commands: npx petdex # see the CLI npx petdex list # browse 3,246+ pets npx petdex install homelander npx petdex doctor # diagnose agents + install npx petdex hooks install 🔗 Connect with me: Ko-fi → https://ko-fi.com/promptengineer Patreon → https://www.patreon.com/PromptEngineer975 Book a Call → https://calendly.com/prompt-engineer48/call GitHub → https://github.com/PromptEngineer48 Twitter/X → https://twitter.com/prompt48
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Chapters (11)

A pet for your agent
0:10 What Petdex is
0:23 Gallery tour — petdex.dev
0:59 The 72-frame state viewer
1:25 Installing a pet (CLI)
1:34 npx petdex — the commands
2:18 doctor: it sees your agents
2:39 The honest catch: macOS-only desktop
3:09 Under the hood — the public API
3:26 What's great / what's rough
3:59 Outro
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