Clawd Modifier

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name: clawd-modifier description: Modify Clawd, the Claude Code mascot. Use this skill when users want to customize Clawd's appearance in their Claude Code CLI, including changing colors (blue Clawd, green Clawd, holiday themes), adding features (arms, hats, accessories), or creating custom ASCII art variants. Triggers include "change Clawd color", "give Clawd arms", "customize the mascot", "modify Clawd", "make Clawd [color]", or any request to personalize the Claude Code terminal mascot.

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Clawd Modifier

Customize the Claude Code mascot's appearance by modifying colors and ASCII art.

Quick Reference

CLI location: /opt/node22/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js

Clawd colors:

Body: rgb(215,119,87) / ansi:redBright

Background: rgb(0,0,0) / ansi:black

Small Clawd (prompt):

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Workflows

Change Clawd's Color

Use scripts/patch_color.py:

# List available colors
python scripts/patch_color.py --list
Apply preset
python scripts/patch_color.py blue
Custom RGB
python scripts/patch_color.py --rgb 100,200,150
Restore original
python scripts/patch_color.py --restore

Add Arms or Modify Art

Use scripts/patch_art.py:

# List variants
python scripts/patch_art.py --list
Add arms
python scripts/patch_art.py --variant with-arms
Individual modifications
python scripts/patch_art.py --add-left-arm
python scripts/patch_art.py --add-right-arm
Restore original
python scripts/patch_art.py --restore

Extract Current Clawd

Use scripts/extract_clawd.py to see current state:

python scripts/extract_clawd.py

Manual Modifications

For custom changes not covered by scripts, edit cli.js directly:

1. Backup: cp cli.js cli.js.bak 2. Find patterns with grep 3. Use sed or text editor to replace 4. Test by running claude

Pattern examples:

# Find color definitions
grep -o 'clawd_body:"[^"]*"' cli.js | head -5
Replace color
sed -i 's/rgb(215,119,87)/rgb(100,149,237)/g' cli.js

Resources

Unicode reference: See references/unicode-blocks.md for block characters

Technical details: See references/clawd-anatomy.md for rendering internals

Design gallery: See assets/clawd-variants.txt for inspiration

Notes

Changes are overwritten by npm update

Always create backups before modifying

Test with claude --version after changes

Some terminals have limited Unicode support

Changes are overwritten by npm update

Always create backups before modifying

Test with claude --version after changes

Some terminals have limited Unicode support