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# CC Companion

## Your coding buddy pet for Claude Code — alive in your statusline while you work.

![CC Companion demo](assets/introduce.gif)

**Anthropic removed `/buddy` in Claude Code v2.1.97.** CC Companion brings it back as a native plugin — no MCP server overhead, no background processes. Just skills, hooks, and shell scripts.

Beyond the classic **sprite mode** with speech bubbles and pet hearts, CC Companion offers **hud mode** with full stats and session info, a **screensaver** that parades random pets like opening blind boxes, the all-in-one **combined mode**, and — new in v7 — a **review mode** where your companion independently reviews every code change using a separate API call.

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### Why a Plugin, Not MCP?

Similar tools use MCP servers with 17+ tool schemas — all loaded into every single message, burning tokens even when idle. CC Companion takes a different approach:

- **Skills** — load only when you invoke them. Zero cost when not in use.
- **Hooks** — lightweight shell scripts, no server process.
- **Statusline** — a simple Bun script, no daemon.

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