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nyan-cat

Nyan Cat flies with its rainbow above the prompt while Claude works. /nyan changes its size or turns it off.

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★ 1v0.5.0MITupdated 2026-10-05besanek/claude-nyan-cat/plugins/nyan-cat
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claude · ~/work/app · nyan-cat
› fix the failing auth test and add an audit log call ⏺ Read(src/auth.ts) ⎿ Read 6 lines ⏺ Update(src/auth.ts) ⎿ Added 2 lines, removed 1 line ⏺ Bash(bun test) ⎿ 3 pass, 1 fail ● Done. refresh now rejects expired claims and logs an audit event. ✻ Worked for 42s · done 4:20 PM › /nyan ⎿ nyan-cat: off, turn it back on with /nyan on ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── › ? for shortcuts
README

claude-nyan-cat

Nyan Cat for Claude Code: while Claude is working, a pixel-art Nyan Cat flies with its rainbow above the prompt.

Nyan Cat flying above the Claude Code prompt

Install

In Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add besanek/claude-nyan-cat
/plugin install nyan-cat@claude-nyan-cat

Needs Claude Code 2.1.289 or newer (plugins with function hooks are early access).

Updates

Third-party marketplaces don't auto-update by default. To get new versions automatically, open /plugin → Marketplaces → claude-nyan-cat and turn on auto-update. Otherwise update by hand:

claude plugin update nyan-cat@claude-nyan-cat

Then run /reload-plugins or start a new session.

Usage

CommandWhat it does
/nyan bigbig cat, 9 terminal rows (default)
/nyan smallsmall cat, 4 rows
/nyan offturns the cat off
/nyan onturns it back on at the last size
/nyantoggles on/off

The setting is kept across sessions. The band opens a row at a time, the cat flies in from the left when Claude starts and off to the right when it finishes, then the band closes again, so the transcript never jumps.

/nyan small takes less room:

The small Nyan Cat

The animation is drawn in the terminal with half-block characters (2 pixels per row), in true color. The desktop app and VS Code show a single line of text instead.

Terminals

The cat is drawn with half-block characters (▀) in true color, so it looks best in a terminal that draws block elements itself and supports 24-bit color: Ghostty, kitty, iTerm2, WezTerm, GNOME Terminal and Ptyxis all do.

  • JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ, PhpStorm, …): with a line height above 1.0 you get dark stripes between rows. Set Settings → Editor → Color Scheme → Console Font → Line height to 1.0 and open a new terminal tab.
  • Other terminals with stripes or gaps: look for a line height or line spacing setting and set it to 1.0.
  • No true color (e.g. macOS Terminal.app): colors come out approximated.

Development

claude --plugin-dir ./plugins/nyan-cat   # run Claude Code with the mod loaded from disk
claude plugin validate ./plugins/nyan-cat
claude plugin test ./plugins/nyan-cat

Credits

Nyan Cat was created by Chris Torres (nyan.cat). This is an unofficial fan mod, not affiliated with him or with Anthropic.

License

MIT

Source 2 files
hooks/register.tsx 373 lines
1import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
2import type { EngineInterface, Register } from 'claude-code'
3
4import type { NyanSize } from '../types'
5
6// Two pixel rows per cell: '▀' paints the top pixel as foreground, the bottom as background.
7const HALF_BLOCK = 0x2580
8// The widest Raster a surface takes; the band spans the window up to this.
9const MAX_COLUMNS = 512
10// Each sprite's stars cover this many columns; wider bands repeat them.
11const STAR_TILE = 72
12const FRAME_MS = 90
13// Frames the fly-in and the fly-off take, whatever the band's width (about 1.2 s each).
14const FLIGHT_FRAMES = 14
15// The tail reaches this far left of the crust; the cat is gone once it clears the right edge.
16const TAIL_REACH = 5
17const KEY = 'nyan'
18const COMMAND = 'nyan'
19
20const SKY = 0x0b2a5c
21const FUR = 0x9a9a9a
22const STAR = 0xffffff
23const STAR_GLOW = 0x5f78a8
24const RAINBOW = [0xff1a1a, 0xff9900, 0xffee00, 0x33ee11, 0x0099ff, 0x6633ff]
25
26const PALETTE: Record<string, number> = {
27  K: 0x111111, // outline, pupils, mouth
28  T: 0xffcc99, // pop-tart crust
29  P: 0xff99ff, // frosting
30  D: 0xff3399, // sprinkles
31  G: FUR,
32  W: 0xffffff, // eye glint
33  R: 0xff8fab, // cheeks
34}
35
36const size = atom({ plugin: 'nyan-cat', key: 'size' } as const, 'big')
37const isOn = atom({ plugin: 'nyan-cat', key: 'isOn' } as const, true)
38
39type Layer = { x: number; y: number; lines: string[] }
40
41type Sprite = {
42  pixelRows: number
43  width: number
44  bandHeight: number
45  body: Layer[]
46  legs: Layer[]
47  tails: [number, number][][]
48  stars: [number, number][]
49}
50
51const BIG_BODY: Layer = {
52  x: 0,
53  y: 0,
54  lines: [
55    '..KKKKKKKKKKKKKK..',
56    '.KTTTTTTTTTTTTTTK.',
57    'KTTTPPPPPPPPPPTTTK',
58    'KTPPPPPPDPPDPPPPTK',
59    'KTPPDPPPPPPPPPPPTK',
60    'KTPPPPPPPPPPPDPPTK',
61    'KTPPPPPDPPPPPPPPTK',
62    'KTPPPPPPPPPPPPPPTK',
63    'KTPDPPPPPPDPPPPPTK',
64    'KTPPPPPDPPPPPPPPTK',
65    'KTPPPPPPPPPPPDPPTK',
66    'KTPPDPPPPPPPPPPPTK',
67    'KTTTPPPPPPPPPPTTTK',
68    '.KTTTTTTTTTTTTTTK.',
69    '..KKKKKKKKKKKKKK..',
70  ],
71}
72
73// Pointed ears, eyes with a glint, a nose between them, wide smile and blush at the edges.
74const BIG_HEAD: Layer = {
75  x: 9,
76  y: 3,
77  lines: [
78    '.KK........KK.',
79    '.KGK......KGK.',
80    '.KGGK....KGGK.',
81    '.KGGGKKKKGGGK.',
82    'KGGGGGGGGGGGGK',
83    'KGGGWKGGGWKGGK',
84    'KGGGKKGKGKKGGK',
85    'KRRGGGGGGGGRRK',
86    'KRRGKGGKGGKRRK',
87    'KGGGGKKKKKGGGK',
88    '.KGGGGGGGGGGK.',
89    '..KKKKKKKKKK..',
90  ],
91}
92
93// Two poses, stepped each frame: back paws under the crust, front paws under the head.
94const BIG_LEGS: Layer[] = [
95  { x: 0, y: 15, lines: ['.KGK.KGK...KGK....KGK.', '.KK..KK....KK.....KK..'] },
96  { x: 0, y: 15, lines: ['KGK.KGK...KGK....KGK..', 'KK..KK....KK.....KK...'] },
97]
98
99// Tail pixels left of the crust, as offsets from the cat's corner; it wags between two poses.
100const BIG_TAILS: [number, number][][] = [
101  [[-1, 7], [-2, 7], [-3, 6], [-4, 6], [-5, 5], [-1, 8], [-2, 8], [-3, 7], [-4, 7], [-5, 6]],
102  [[-1, 8], [-2, 8], [-3, 9], [-4, 9], [-5, 10], [-1, 9], [-2, 9], [-3, 10], [-4, 10], [-5, 11]],
103]
104
105const BIG_STARS: [number, number][] = [
106  [5, 1],
107  [17, 15],
108  [29, 5],
109  [41, 13],
110  [53, 2],
111  [64, 10],
112  [11, 8],
113  [47, 16],
114  [59, 6],
115]
116
117const BIG: Sprite = {
118  pixelRows: 18,
119  width: 23,
120  bandHeight: 2,
121  body: [BIG_BODY, BIG_HEAD],
122  legs: BIG_LEGS,
123  tails: BIG_TAILS,
124  stars: BIG_STARS,
125}
126
127// The first, four-row cat: no outline, one pixel per rainbow band.
128const SMALL: Sprite = {
129  pixelRows: 8,
130  width: 13,
131  bandHeight: 1,
132  body: [
133    {
134      x: 0,
135      y: 0,
136      lines: [
137        'TTTTTTTTT....',
138        'TPDPPPPPTG..G',
139        'TPPPPDPPGGGGG',
140        'TPPDPPPGGKGKG',
141        'TPPPPPPGRGGGR',
142        'TTTTTTTTGGGG.',
143      ],
144    },
145  ],
146  legs: [
147    { x: 0, y: 6, lines: ['.G.G...G.G...'] },
148    { x: 0, y: 6, lines: ['G.G...G.G....'] },
149  ],
150  tails: [
151    [[-1, 3], [-2, 3], [-3, 2], [-4, 2]],
152    [[-1, 4], [-2, 4], [-3, 5], [-4, 5]],
153  ],
154  stars: [[5, 0], [17, 7], [29, 2], [41, 6], [53, 1], [64, 5], [11, 4], [47, 3]],
155}
156
157const SPRITES: Record<NyanSize, Sprite> = { big: BIG, small: SMALL }
158
159// Where the cat sits while flying: centred in the band.
160function catHome(columns: number, sprite: Sprite): number {
161  return Math.max(0, Math.floor((columns - sprite.width) / 2))
162}
163
164// Cell rows of the sprite's full picture.
165function fullRows(sprite: Sprite): number {
166  return sprite.pixelRows / 2
167}
168
169// `visibleRows` crops the picture to its middle rows while the band opens and closes.
170function frame(tick: number, columns: number, sprite: Sprite, offset: number, visibleRows: number): string {
171  const { pixelRows, bandHeight } = sprite
172  const pixels = new Uint32Array(columns * pixelRows).fill(SKY)
173  const put = (x: number, y: number, color: number) => {
174    if (x >= 0 && x < columns && y >= 0 && y < pixelRows) pixels[y * columns + x] = color
175  }
176
177  // Stars drift at half the frame rate and now and then glint with a faint cross.
178  for (let tile = 0; tile * STAR_TILE < columns; tile++) {
179    for (const [tx, sy] of sprite.stars) {
180      const sx = tx + tile * STAR_TILE
181      if (sx >= columns) continue
182      const x = (((sx - Math.floor(tick / 2)) % columns) + columns) % columns
183      put(x, sy, STAR)
184      if ((Math.floor(tick / 2) + sx) % 10 === 0) {
185        put(x - 1, sy, STAR_GLOW)
186        put(x + 1, sy, STAR_GLOW)
187        put(x, sy - 1, STAR_GLOW)
188        put(x, sy + 1, STAR_GLOW)
189      }
190    }
191  }
192
193  const catX = catHome(columns, sprite) + offset
194  const bob = tick % 4 < 2 ? 0 : 1
195
196  for (let x = 0; x < catX; x++) {
197    const wave = Math.floor((x + tick) / 4) % 2
198    RAINBOW.forEach((color, i) => {
199      for (let dy = 0; dy < bandHeight; dy++) put(x, 1 + i * bandHeight + dy + wave, color)
200    })
201  }
202
203  const tail = sprite.tails[tick % 2] ?? []
204  for (const [dx, dy] of tail) put(catX + dx, dy + bob, FUR)
205
206  const layers = [sprite.legs[tick % 2], ...sprite.body]
207  for (const layer of layers) {
208    if (layer === undefined) continue
209    layer.lines.forEach((line, dy) => {
210      for (let dx = 0; dx < line.length; dx++) {
211        const color = PALETTE[line.charAt(dx)]
212        if (color !== undefined) put(catX + layer.x + dx, layer.y + dy + bob, color)
213      }
214    })
215  }
216
217  const top = Math.floor((fullRows(sprite) - visibleRows) / 2)
218  const cells = new Uint32Array(columns * visibleRows * 3)
219  for (let row = 0; row < visibleRows; row++) {
220    const pixelRow = (top + row) * 2
221    for (let x = 0; x < columns; x++) {
222      const at = (row * columns + x) * 3
223      cells[at] = HALF_BLOCK
224      cells[at + 1] = pixels[pixelRow * columns + x] ?? SKY
225      cells[at + 2] = pixels[(pixelRow + 1) * columns + x] ?? SKY
226    }
227  }
228
229  return new Uint8Array(cells.buffer).toBase64()
230}
231
232async function save($: EngineInterface, change: { size?: NyanSize; isOn?: boolean }) {
233  const { size: nextSize, isOn: nextIsOn } = change
234  if (nextSize !== undefined) {
235    await update($, size, () => nextSize)
236    await $.store.set('size', nextSize)
237  }
238  if (nextIsOn !== undefined) {
239    await update($, isOn, () => nextIsOn)
240    await $.store.set('isOn', nextIsOn)
241  }
242}
243
244const USAGE = 'Usage: /nyan big | small | off | on (no argument toggles on/off)'
245
246export const register: Register = on => {
247  let tick = 0
248  // `offset` is how far the cat is from its centred home: negative while it flies in
249  // from the left, positive while it flies off to the right after the turn. `rows` is
250  // how tall the band is drawn now: it opens a row per frame at the start and, once
251  // the cat is gone, closes a row per frame, so the transcript above never jumps.
252  let mounted: {
253    requestId: string
254    columns: number
255    sprite: Sprite
256    phase: 'arriving' | 'flying' | 'departing' | 'closing'
257    offset: number
258    rows: number
259  } | null = null
260
261  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
262    const storedSize = await $.store.get('size')
263    const storedOn = await $.store.get('isOn')
264    if (storedSize === 'big' || storedSize === 'small') await update($, size, () => storedSize)
265    if (typeof storedOn === 'boolean') await update($, isOn, () => storedOn)
266
267    await $.command.register({
268      name: COMMAND,
269      description: 'Nyan Cat: change its size or turn it off',
270      argumentHint: 'big | small | off | on',
271      immediate: true,
272    })
273
274    $.clock.every(FRAME_MS, () => {
275      if (mounted === null) return
276      tick += 1
277      const home = catHome(mounted.columns, mounted.sprite)
278      const rowsBefore = mounted.rows
279      if (mounted.phase === 'arriving') {
280        mounted.offset = Math.min(0, mounted.offset + Math.ceil((home + mounted.sprite.width) / FLIGHT_FRAMES))
281        if (mounted.offset === 0) mounted.phase = 'flying'
282      } else if (mounted.phase === 'departing') {
283        mounted.offset += Math.ceil((mounted.columns - home + TAIL_REACH) / FLIGHT_FRAMES)
284        if (home + mounted.offset - TAIL_REACH >= mounted.columns) mounted.phase = 'closing'
285      }
286
287      if (mounted.phase === 'closing') {
288        mounted.rows -= 1
289      } else if (mounted.rows < fullRows(mounted.sprite)) {
290        mounted.rows += 1
291      }
292
293      if (mounted.rows <= 0) {
294        mounted = null
295        $.ui.invalidate('ui.render')
296        return
297      }
298      if (mounted.rows !== rowsBefore) {
299        // Another height is a new Raster, not a blit: draw the band again.
300        $.ui.invalidate('ui.render')
301        return
302      }
303      const { requestId, columns, sprite, offset, rows } = mounted
304      void $.ui.blit({ requestId, key: KEY, cells: frame(tick, columns, sprite, offset, rows) })
305    })
306
307    return next(e)
308  })
309
310  on('command.run', { command: COMMAND }, async ($, e) => {
311    const arg = e.args.trim().toLowerCase()
312    const wasOn = await read($, isOn)
313
314    if (arg === 'big' || arg === 'small') {
315      await save($, { size: arg, isOn: true })
316      return { text: arg === 'big' ? 'big cat (9 rows)' : 'small cat (4 rows)' }
317    }
318    if (arg === 'off' || (arg === '' && wasOn)) {
319      await save($, { isOn: false })
320      return { text: 'off, turn it back on with /nyan on' }
321    }
322    if (arg === 'on' || arg === '') {
323      await save($, { isOn: true })
324      return { text: `on (${await read($, size)} cat)` }
325    }
326
327    return { text: USAGE }
328  })
329
330  on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
331    const sprite = SPRITES[await read($, size)]
332    const rows = sprite.pixelRows / 2
333    const canShow = (await read($, isOn)) && !e.props.hasSurvey && e.props.maxRows >= rows
334    const isDeparting = !e.props.isWorking && mounted !== null
335
336    if (!canShow || (!e.props.isWorking && !isDeparting)) {
337      mounted = null
338      return next(e)
339    }
340
341    if (e.surface !== 'terminal') {
342      mounted = null
343      if (!e.props.isWorking) return next(e)
344      const { Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
345      return <Text color="magenta">🌈🌈🌈 nyan nyan nyan 🐱</Text>
346    }
347
348    const columns = Math.min(MAX_COLUMNS, e.props.bodyColumns)
349    // A turn starting (or one starting while the cat was leaving) brings it in from the left;
350    // a turn ending sends it off to the right; any other redraw keeps it where it is.
351    const isLeaving = mounted?.phase === 'departing' || mounted?.phase === 'closing'
352    const startsFlight = e.props.isWorking && (mounted === null || isLeaving)
353    const phase = startsFlight
354      ? 'arriving'
355      : isDeparting
356        ? mounted?.phase === 'closing' ? 'closing' : 'departing'
357        : (mounted?.phase ?? 'flying')
358    const offset = startsFlight ? -(catHome(columns, sprite) + sprite.width) : (mounted?.offset ?? 0)
359    const visibleRows = Math.min(rows, mounted?.rows ?? 1)
360    const { Raster } = $.ui.resolve(e)
361    mounted = { requestId: e.requestId, columns, sprite, phase, offset, rows: visibleRows }
362
363    return (
364      <Raster
365        key={KEY}
366        columns={columns}
367        rows={visibleRows}
368        cells={frame(tick, columns, sprite, offset, visibleRows)}
369      />
370    )
371  })
372}
373
types/index.d.ts 8 lines
1export type NyanSize = 'big' | 'small'
2
3declare module 'claude-code' {
4  interface PluginState {
5    'nyan-cat': { size: NyanSize; isOn: boolean }
6  }
7}
8