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: