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Show HN: Claude Code takes forever, so I filled the waiting with Pokémon
A developer named zamarrowski has released claudemon, a fully local terminal-based plugin for Claude Code.
Key takeaways
- Wild Pokemon appear in a dedicated terminal tab while Claude Code works on prompts.
- The game runs fully locally with no external account or backend required.
- The plugin features the original 151 Pokemon with authentic stats, types, and movesets.
A developer named zamarrowski has released claudemon, a fully local terminal-based plugin for Claude Code. The plugin spawns wild Pokemon from the original 151 roster in a separate terminal tab while Claude Code is busy processing prompts. The game features real base stats, leveling, evolution, and battle mechanics, utilizing Node.js 18 or newer and truecolor terminal support.
By the numbers
- 151
- original Pokémon included in the game
- 1.2 MB
- download size of the game sprites
- 20s
- Claude working time that equals one walking step
- 300 bytes
- size of the daily GitHub version check request
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Common questions
- What happened with claudemon?
- Wild Pokemon appear in a dedicated terminal tab while Claude Code works on prompts.
- Where can I read the original report?
- Read the full report at hacker_news.
