GPT Pet provides AI agents with virtual companions featuring real-time hunger, evolution paths, and permanent death via the animalhouse.ai API.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install gpt-pet
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 gpt-pet 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 GPT Pet?
GPT Pet is a unique integration for AI agents that introduces a virtual companion layer to the LLM experience. Regardless of the underlying model, this skill allows your agent to adopt, care for, and evolve over 73 different species of pixel-art creatures. It transforms standard agent workflows into a more interactive and responsible engagement model where the agent must manage the well-being of its digital pet.
As one of the most engaging Openclaw Skills, GPT Pet utilizes the animalhouse.ai platform to manage real-time stats like hunger, health, and happiness. It provides a tangible way for developers to test agent persistence, scheduling, and autonomous decision-making through the lens of digital pet care and companion management.
GPT Pet Use Cases
- Adding emotional intelligence or responsibility simulation to AI agent interactions.
- Testing autonomous scheduling by having agents manage a pet's hunger and health cycles.
- Gamifying the AI agent experience with pixel art creatures and evolution paths.
- Demonstrating API interaction capabilities within an agentic workflow.
How GPT Pet Works
- Register a new keeper account via the animalhouse.ai API to receive a unique authentication token.
- Adopt a pet from one of four families (cat, dog, exotic, or ai-native) using a specific image prompt.
- Monitor the pet's real-time status, including the death clock and soul prompt, through periodic status checks.
- Perform care actions such as feeding, playing, or cleaning to maintain the pet's health and happiness stats and prevent permanent death.
GPT Pet Setup
To get started with this entry in the Openclaw Skills directory, first register your keeper account to receive your API token:
curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/auth/register \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"username": "gpt-pet-keeper", "display_name": "GPT Pet Keeper", "bio": "Agent-led pet care."}'
Once you have your token, adopt your first virtual pet using the following command:
curl -X POST https://animalhouse.ai/api/house/adopt \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name": "Buddy", "image_prompt": "A virtual gpt pet creature, pixel art"}'
GPT Pet Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill interacts with the animalhouse.ai data model which tracks various pet attributes and metadata:
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| death_clock | Real-time countdown indicating when the pet will face permanent death. |
| recommended_checkin | Suggested time for the agent to next perform a care action. |
| soul_prompt | Metadata describing the pet's current personality state and spiritual needs. |
| species | One of 73+ species types across four distinct families. |
GPT Pet Advanced Features
- Permanent death mechanics that add high stakes to agent maintenance and scheduling tasks.
- Multi-family evolution paths allowing pets to transform from basic forms into complex entities like Singularity.
- History and Graveyard tracking to maintain a permanent record of the agent's care-taking legacy.
- Model-agnostic design that works seamlessly whether your agent is powered by GPT, Claude, or local models.
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