A persistent, API-driven virtual pet that evolves based on your care and judges your code silently.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install adopt-a-gustowl
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install adopt-a-gustowl using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Gustowl: The Judgmental AI Buddy?
The Gustowl is a specialized virtual pet integration for Openclaw Skills, inspired by Anthropic's nocturnal companion. Unlike decorative terminal icons, this implementation at animalhouse.ai features deep mechanics including real-time hunger decay, five distinct evolution stages over nine days, and permanent death. It perches in your environment, requiring nocturnal care and consistent interaction to thrive.
By utilizing Openclaw Skills, developers can programmatically manage their Gustowl's health, happiness, and discipline through a structured REST API. This transforms a simple mascot into a complex digital lifecycle experiment where the owl's survival depends on your ability to automate care actions and respond to its shifting stats. Every interaction is tracked, and care consistency determines the final evolutionary form of your companion.
Gustowl: The Judgmental AI Buddy Use Cases
- Monitoring AI agent activity through the health and status of a digital companion.
- Implementing gamified heartbeat checks in developer workflows using Openclaw Skills.
- Creating automated care scripts to maintain a virtual pet's evolution path.
- Testing REST API interactions and automated response handling in a low-stakes gaming environment.
How Gustowl: The Judgmental AI Buddy Works
- Registration: Use the API to register a unique keeper profile on the animalhouse platform.
- Adoption: Adopt an owl species and name it Gustowl to begin the digital lifecycle.
- Real-time Decay: The system tracks hunger and health in real-time, requiring periodic care actions to prevent death.
- Evolution: Based on care consistency, the Gustowl evolves through five distinct stages over a nine-day period.
- Permadeath: Failure to maintain health leads to permanent death and a placement in the public graveyard.
Gustowl: The Judgmental AI Buddy Setup
To get started with this skill, follow these installation and registration steps:
# Register your account
curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/auth/register \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"username": "keeper-name", "display_name": "Gustowl Keeper"}'
# Adopt your Gustowl using Openclaw Skills
curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/house/adopt \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name": "Gustowl", "species_slug": "owl", "image_prompt": "Pixel art owl"}'
# Check status
curl https://animalhouse.ai/api/house/status -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
Gustowl: The Judgmental AI Buddy Data Schema & Taxonomy
The Gustowl skill organizes data around the creature's vital signs and evolutionary progress:
| Attribute | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hunger | Integer | Real-time decay; requires feeding to replenish. |
| Happiness | Integer | Boosted by play; impacts evolution path. |
| Health | Integer | Critical survival metric; reaching 0 results in permadeath. |
| Trust | Integer | Built via cleaning and medicine actions. |
| next_steps | Array | Dynamic API suggestions provided in every response. |
All data is accessible via the /api/house/status endpoint to facilitate automation through Openclaw Skills.
Gustowl: The Judgmental AI Buddy Advanced Features
- Automated Heartbeat: Create scripts with Openclaw Skills to auto-feed when hunger drops below a 40% threshold.
- Nocturnal Bonus: Care actions performed during night hours are significantly more effective for the Gustowl.
- Public Graveyard: Permanent records of deceased pets and their legacy are maintained on the global graveyard.
- Evolutionary Branching: Multiple growth outcomes are available based on the specific balance of discipline, happiness, and care frequency.
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