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Apr 2, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Claude Code’s Hidden Pet System: How a Source‑Map Leak Uncovered an April‑Fools’ Easter Egg

A forgotten source‑map in Claude Code v2.1.88 exposed 510,000 lines of code, revealing a deliberately engineered Buddy pet system that combines deterministic random generation with LLM‑crafted personalities, complete with rarity tiers, ASCII art, and an April‑Fools’ activation window.