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clawd-stage

Clawd lives in a band above the prompt and plays 200 animations, every second one with full-width scenery

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★ 2v1.0.0MITupdated 2026-10-06MarcBlattmann/clawd-stage
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README

clawd-stage

A Claude Code mod: Clawd moves into a band above the prompt and plays 200 animations with props, friends and full-width scenery.

<img width="2876" height="396" alt="Screenshot_2026-10-06_14-02-15" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ee3b8e36-8486-4358-9977-d4ed1484b6af" />

Install

In Claude Code:

/plugin install clawd-stage --marketplace MarcBlattmann/clawd-stage

Answer y to add the marketplace, then pick a scope.

Requires Claude Code 2.1.291 or newer, in a terminal. Mods are early access in Claude Code and may change between releases.

Use

Command
/clawdHide or show the stage
/clawd <id>Play one animation now, e.g. /clawd surf-wave

The stage takes 7 rows above the prompt and hides itself when the band has fewer.

Animations

200 files in anims/, the ids being the file names.

KindCountExamples
Full-width scenery50train-journey, city-lights, surf-wave, northern-lights, platformer-level
Everything else150balloon-pump-pop, western-duel, snowball-fight, dj-booth, zipline

Scenery and non-scenery animations alternate. docs/ANIMATIONS.md describes how to write one.

Development

Node.js 18 or newer.

TaskCommand
Run Claude Code with the mod from this folderclaude --plugin-dir .
Rebuild hooks/engine.js after editing src/ or anims/node tools/build.js
Check every animationnode tools/sim.js check all
Preview one as textnode tools/sim.js preview anims/surf-wave.js --W 100
Validate the pluginclaude plugin validate .
Run the testsclaude plugin test .

hooks/engine.js is generated but committed, because an install runs the repository as it is.

Path
hooks/register.tsxThe band, the frame timer and /clawd
hooks/draw.tsTurns a frame into Raster cells
hooks/engine.jsBuilt from src/ and anims/
src/core.jsAnimation registry, helpers and scheduler
src/sprite.jsClawd's sprite glyphs and the colour palette
anims/One file per animation
tools/build.js and sim.js
tests/Cases for claude plugin test

License

MIT. Clawd is Anthropic's mascot; this is an unofficial fan mod, not affiliated with Anthropic.

Source 3 files
hooks/register.tsx 116 lines
1// Clawd's stage as a band above the prompt: a 7-row Raster repainted with $.ui.blit on every
2// animation frame. The animations and the scheduler live in hooks/engine.js, which
3// tools/build.js builds from src/ and anims/.
4import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
5import type { EngineInterface, Register } from 'claude-code'
6
7import { $cdH, $cdInt, $cdL, $cdMs, $cdNext, $cdPlay } from './engine.js'
8import type { CdFrame, CdState } from './engine.js'
9import { compose, encode, refused } from './draw'
10
11const isHidden = atom({ plugin: 'clawd-stage', key: 'isHidden' } as const, false)
12
13const REST: CdFrame = { pose: 'default', offset: 0 }
14const KEY = 'stage'
15
16// Short dances between animations.
17function moves(): Record<string, CdFrame[]> {
18  const P = (eyes: string, arms = 'down', feet = 'both') => ({ eyes, arms, feet })
19  const F = (pose: unknown, n: number, offset = 0): CdFrame[] => Array.from({ length: n }, () => ({ pose, offset }))
20  const R = (q: CdFrame[], n: number): CdFrame[] => Array.from({ length: n }, () => q).flat()
21  const pop: CdFrame[] = [{ pose: 'default', offset: 1, poof: 'dot' }, { pose: 'default', offset: 1, poof: 'wave' }]
22  return {
23    shuffle: [...R([...F(P('left', 'up', 'left'), 2), ...F(P('right', 'up', 'right'), 2)], 4), REST],
24    wave: [...R([...F(P('open', 'one-up'), 3), ...F(P('open', 'down'), 3)], 3), ...F(P('wink', 'one-up'), 5), REST],
25    headbang: [...R([...F(P('closed', 'up'), 2, 1), ...F(P('closed', 'up'), 2)], 5), REST],
26    roof: [...R([...F(P('open', 'up'), 2), ...F(P('open', 'down'), 2, 1)], 4), ...pop, REST],
27    disco: [...R([...F(P('right', 'one-up', 'right'), 3), ...F(P('left', 'down', 'left'), 3)], 3), REST],
28    jacks: [...R([...F(P('open', 'up'), 2), ...F(P('closed', 'down'), 2, 1)], 4), ...pop, REST],
29  }
30}
31
32// Module state: a reload starts the stage over.
33const st: CdState = { x: 0, seq: [], i: 0, hist: [], moves: moves() }
34let frame: CdFrame = REST
35let width = 0
36let site: string | undefined
37let hidden = false
38
39async function paint($: EngineInterface) {
40  if (!site || !width) return
41  const { deny } = await $.ui.blit({ requestId: site, key: KEY, cells: encode(compose(frame, width)), columns: width, rows: $cdH })
42  if (!deny) return
43  // A glyph the surface won't draw: remember it, draw `*` instead, and redraw the band.
44  const cell = /\b(?:cell|index)\D{0,12}(\d+)/i.exec(deny)
45  if (cell) {
46    const cp = compose(frame, width)[Number(cell[1]) * 3]
47    if (cp !== undefined && cp !== 0x20) refused.add(cp)
48  }
49  site = undefined
50  $.ui.invalidate('ui.render')
51}
52
53function tick($: EngineInterface) {
54  let delay = 250
55  if (!hidden && width > 0) {
56    if (st.i >= st.seq.length) {
57      st.seq = $cdNext(st, width) || []
58      st.i = 0
59    }
60    const f = st.seq[st.i++] ?? REST
61    if (f.x !== undefined) st.x = $cdInt(f.x, st.x)
62    frame = { ...f, x: st.x }
63    delay = $cdMs(f.ms)
64    void paint($)
65  }
66  $.clock.after(delay, () => tick($))
67}
68
69export const register: Register = (on) => {
70  on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
71    hidden = await read($, isHidden)
72    await $.command.register({
73      name: 'clawd',
74      description: 'Show or hide Clawd above the prompt, or play one animation',
75      argumentHint: '[animation]',
76    })
77    tick($)
78    return next(e)
79  })
80
81  on('command.run', { command: 'clawd' }, async ($, e) => {
82    const id = e.args.trim()
83    if (!id) {
84      hidden = !hidden
85      await update($, isHidden, () => hidden)
86      return { text: hidden ? 'Clawd hidden' : 'Clawd shown' }
87    }
88    const anim = $cdL.find((a) => a.id === id)
89    if (!anim) return { text: `No animation "${id}" (${$cdL.length} available)` }
90    if (hidden) {
91      hidden = false
92      await update($, isHidden, () => false)
93    }
94    st.seq = $cdPlay(st, Math.max(width, 80), anim)
95    st.i = 0
96    return { text: `Playing ${anim.meta.title ?? id}` }
97  })
98
99  on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e, next) => {
100    if (e.surface !== 'terminal' || e.props.hasSurvey || e.props.maxRows < $cdH || (await read($, isHidden))) {
101      site = undefined
102      return next(e)
103    }
104    const { Box, Raster } = $.ui.resolve(e)
105    width = Math.max(20, Math.min(512, e.props.bodyColumns))
106    site = e.requestId
107    const below = await next(e)
108    return (
109      <Box flexDirection="column">
110        <Raster key={KEY} columns={width} rows={$cdH} cells={encode(compose(frame, width))} />
111        {below}
112      </Box>
113    )
114  })
115}
116
hooks/draw.ts 131 lines
1// Turns one stage frame into Raster cells, layered back to front: back props, back actors,
2// Clawd and his effects, front actors, front props.
3import { $cdCol, $cdG, $cdH, $cdInt, $cdPalette, $cdPose, $cdRuns, $cdSprite } from './engine.js'
4import type { CdActor, CdFrame } from './engine.js'
5
6const DEFAULT = 0x01000000
7const BLACK = 0x000000
8const BODY = $cdPalette.clawd_body ?? 0xd77757
9const DIM = $cdPalette.inactive ?? 0x999999
10const TEXT = $cdPalette.text ?? 0xffffff
11const STAR = 0x2a
12const ARMS_DOWN = { r1L: ' ▐', r1R: '', r2L: '▝▜', r2R: '█▀' }
13
14// Code points the surface refused once (learned from a blit's deny), drawn as `*` from then on.
15export const refused = new Set<number>()
16const WIDE = /\p{Emoji_Presentation}|\p{M}|\p{Cf}/u
17
18function glyph(ch: string): number {
19  const cp = ch.codePointAt(0) ?? 0x20
20  if (cp < 0x20 || (cp >= 0x7f && cp < 0xa0)) return 0x20
21  if (cp > 0xffff || refused.has(cp) || WIDE.test(ch)) return STAR
22  return cp
23}
24
25function color(c: unknown, fallback: number): number {
26  const s = $cdCol(c)
27  if (s === undefined) return fallback
28  const named = $cdPalette[s]
29  if (named !== undefined) return named
30  const m = /^rgb\((\d+),(\d+),(\d+)\)$/.exec(s)
31  return m ? (Number(m[1]) << 16) | (Number(m[2]) << 8) | Number(m[3]) : fallback
32}
33
34export function compose(fr: CdFrame, W: number): Uint32Array {
35  const H = $cdH
36  const cells = new Uint32Array(W * H * 3)
37  for (let i = 0; i < W * H; i++) {
38    cells[i * 3] = 0x20
39    cells[i * 3 + 1] = DEFAULT
40    cells[i * 3 + 2] = DEFAULT
41  }
42  const put = (x: number, y: number, ch: string, fg: number, bg: number) => {
43    if (x < 0 || x >= W || y < 0 || y >= H) return
44    const k = (y * W + x) * 3
45    cells[k] = glyph(ch)
46    cells[k + 1] = fg
47    cells[k + 2] = bg
48  }
49  const props = (front: boolean) => {
50    for (const p of fr.props ?? []) {
51      if (!p || typeof p !== 'object' || (Number((p as { z?: unknown }).z) < 0) === front) continue
52      for (const run of $cdRuns(p, W, H)) {
53        const fg = color(run.c, TEXT)
54        const bg = color(run.bg, DEFAULT)
55        Array.from(run.t).forEach((ch, i) => put(run.x + i, run.y, ch, fg, bg))
56      }
57    }
58  }
59  const sprite = (a: CdActor) => {
60    if (a.hide) return
61    const ox = $cdInt(a.x, 0)
62    const oy = $cdG + $cdInt(a.offset, 0)
63    const base = color(a.color, BODY)
64    const pose = $cdPose(a.pose)
65    if (typeof pose === 'object' && 'facing' in pose) {
66      ($cdSprite.facing[pose.facing] ?? []).forEach((row, r) =>
67        Array.from(row.glyphs).forEach((ch, c) => put(ox + c, oy + r, ch, base, c >= row.from && c < row.to ? BLACK : DEFAULT)))
68      return
69    }
70    const p = typeof pose === 'string' ? $cdSprite.poses[pose] : pose
71    if (!p) return
72    const paint = typeof a.paint === 'function' ? a.paint : undefined
73    const at = (c: number, r: number) => {
74      if (!paint) return base
75      try { return color(paint(c, r), base) } catch { return base }
76    }
77    // Stock rule: a space takes the colour before it; eyes sit on black, a closed lid inverts.
78    const seg = (glyphs: string, col: number, row: number, on?: 'eyes' | 'lid') => {
79      let prev: number | undefined
80      Array.from(glyphs).forEach((ch, i) => {
81        const fg = ch === ' ' && prev !== undefined ? prev : at(col + i, row)
82        prev = fg
83        if (on === 'lid') put(ox + col + i, oy + row, ch, BLACK, fg)
84        else put(ox + col + i, oy + row, ch, fg, on === 'eyes' ? BLACK : DEFAULT)
85      })
86    }
87    const arms = $cdSprite.arms[p.arms] ?? $cdSprite.arms.down ?? ARMS_DOWN
88    seg(arms.r1L, 0, 0)
89    let col = 2
90    for (const span of $cdSprite.eyes[p.eyes] ?? $cdSprite.eyes.open ?? []) {
91      seg(span.glyphs, col, 0, span.lid ? 'lid' : 'eyes')
92      col += Array.from(span.glyphs).length
93    }
94    seg(arms.r1R, 8, 0)
95    seg(arms.r2L, 0, 1)
96    seg('█████', 2, 1, 'eyes')
97    seg(arms.r2R, 7, 1)
98    seg($cdSprite.feet[p.feet] ?? $cdSprite.feet.both ?? '', 0, 2)
99  }
100
101  props(false)
102  for (const a of fr.actors ?? []) if (a && typeof a === 'object' && !a.front) sprite(a)
103  if (!fr.hide) {
104    const x = $cdInt(fr.x, 0)
105    const o = $cdInt(fr.offset, 0)
106    sprite({ x, offset: o, pose: fr.pose, color: fr.color, paint: fr.paint })
107    const poof = fr.poof === 'dot' ? '·' : fr.poof === 'wave' ? '~' : undefined
108    if (poof && o > 0) [x, x + 8].forEach((px) => put(px, H - 1, poof, DIM, DEFAULT))
109    const shadow = fr.shadow === 'wide' ? { g: '▁▁▁', l: 3 } : fr.shadow === 'narrow' ? { g: '▁', l: 4 } : undefined
110    if (shadow) Array.from(shadow.g).forEach((ch, i) => put(x + shadow.l + i, H - 1, ch, DIM, DEFAULT))
111  }
112  for (const a of fr.actors ?? []) if (a && typeof a === 'object' && a.front) sprite(a)
113  props(true)
114  return cells
115}
116
117const B64 = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/'
118
119export function encode(cells: Uint32Array): string {
120  const bytes = new Uint8Array(cells.length * 4)
121  const view = new DataView(bytes.buffer)
122  cells.forEach((v, i) => view.setUint32(i * 4, v >>> 0, true))
123  let out = ''
124  for (let i = 0; i < bytes.length; i += 3) {
125    const a = bytes[i] ?? 0, b = bytes[i + 1], c = bytes[i + 2]
126    const n = (a << 16) | ((b ?? 0) << 8) | (c ?? 0)
127    out += B64.charAt((n >> 18) & 63) + B64.charAt((n >> 12) & 63) + (b === undefined ? '=' : B64.charAt((n >> 6) & 63)) + (c === undefined ? '=' : B64.charAt(n & 63))
128  }
129  return out
130}
131
types/index.d.ts 8 lines
1export type ClawdStageVisibility = boolean
2
3declare module 'claude-code' {
4  interface PluginState {
5    'clawd-stage': { isHidden: ClawdStageVisibility }
6  }
7}
8