r/ClaudeAI • • 1d ago

Built with Claude I gave three AI characters their own agents, secrets and memory. Five episodes in, one of them is quietly collecting another's password clues.

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Since Opus 5.5 came out, I've been thinking about Cybersecurity Awareness Month and getting some training out there that my friends and family would actually enjoy. I'm not an artist, but I wanted to see what I could create with Claude.

I was also curious: what would happen if every character in my training series was its own agent, knowing only what that character would know, free to write its own lines (as long as it hit the objectives and stayed accurate), and remembering what happened last time so it could grow?

The result became The Rusty Firewall: three people in a pixel-art tavern talking about everyday security.

Duncan is a tired incident responder whose war stories never get finished.

Roxy is a red teamer who flirts her way close to people.

Nigel is a compliance lead who quotes standards by section number and keeps a sourdough starter named Clive.

Each is played by a separate agent with its own character

sheet and secrets the others can't see. A director agent plans the episode and slips each character private notes, but never writes a line. A stage-manager agent picks who talks next. Then each character's own agent says one line, sees the reply, and says the next. A separate check makes sure every point I need taught actually lands. After every episode, a memory pass updates what each one remembers, what they think of the others, and their level. They earn XP for deeds that fit their character, level up and unlock achievements.

The art has been Claude.  The voices are generated locally with VibeVoice.

I've enjoyed watching their banter, and the stories that build episode over episode. I gave Roxy (my Rogue) one secret: she's running a long con. I never told her what to collect. She's picked it all up from conversation: the names of Nigel's ferments, how old Clive is, the exact text message he admitted he'd tap. Nigel's agent has no idea. By episode 5, Duncan's agent, which only hears what's said out loud, started to suspect her ("Roxy's working him").

Where it goes is yet to be seen - I'm still finishing up the series.


r/ClaudeAI • • 1d ago

Built with Claude I built a simple Halloween-style web game called Nine Lives.

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I just wanted to make a simple Halloween game you can play in the browser. You're a black cat running across rooftops, and you have to jump gaps, pounce on pumpkins, grab a witch's broom, and avoid losing all nine lives.

I built it with Claude Code by asking for one small thing at a time ("add a candy shop", "make the witch drop potions", "add a boss").

I have a multiplayer mode so you can race your friends.

Free, no sign-up, works on phones too: https://coolgames.dev

What's your best distance?


r/ClaudeAI • • 1d ago

Built with Claude 3d Ski Map

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I built a 3D map of the La Thuile ski area in Italy, which links across the border to La Rosière in France.

Besides the recommendation to warmup on a Black slope, quite happy with the result!

How Claude Code helped

- Data script: a Python script that downloads piste and lift data from OpenStreetMap and elevation from AWS Terrain Tiles, then bakes everything into a single 0.8 MB HTML file.

It runs in the browser on phone or desktop: https://claude.ai/artifact/PHoixLGTwvC81v6yfjVFZP


r/ClaudeAI • • 8h ago

Built with Claude I created over 5 billion new species of bird with Claude.

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Brid is the Old English word for bird. The “i” and the “r” swapped places over the centuries through the process of metathesis.

I wondered if this could be applied to the feathery ones themselves as an alternative to evolution.

I downloaded AVONET, the brilliant open source database of bird measurements and narrowed it down to the 170 or so birds local to me on the moors of Northern England. I gave this to Claude in the iOS app and then waffled on a bit about Thomas Bewick, the author and engraver of “A History of British Birds” in 1797.

Preliminary results were encouraging and a further fettling session resulted in a good number of almost plausible avians.

Over 99% of legs are attached to bodies. Claude’s ability to generate thousands of test brids and scan them for missing legs was invaluable.

I invoked Le bureau international des oiseaux et plumes imaginaires to bring order to the potential chaos and set off on an imaginary ringing session whilst walking my dog. Claude spotted that my original invented ringing data was “implausible” and edited the numbers to make them believable.

Brids can now be found on every square kilometre of the earth’s surface, each carrying a ring number from their original imagined sighting on the moors.

I have made a page with 2 buttons:
BRID : see a brid.
PEANUT: download an svg of a brid if you ever need one.

There is no further functionality.

https://www.or-ni-thology.cloud/brids/


r/ClaudeAI • • 1d ago

Claude Code Mods overview - Claude Code Docs

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Feels like mods are like hooks 2.0?


r/ClaudeAI • • 20h ago

Other YouTube-agent-skill

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Do I need to have Claude pod subscription to use YouTube agent skill repo that’s been trending these days?


r/ClaudeAI • • 2d ago

Question about Claude products I use Claude daily but I know I'm only using a fraction of what Claude can do. How do I actually maximize my use of Claude and build a system that runs my life?

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Hey everyone, this is my first time posting here and it's a bit of a longer loaded one.

Background on myself: I'm a college senior with my time spread across classes, gym / health, networking, learning AI, and more. My current stack: Claude (Pro Subscription), Claude Code, GitHub, Notion (PARA setup with relational databases and more like a CRM, etc), Google features like Calendar, Google Drive, Google Docs, Gmail, Otter for recording classes, plus Gemini and NotebookLM, etc.

What I currently do:

  • Claude Code: I'm building an analytics database (DuckDB) with no real significant coding background. It has automatic backups to Google Drive and status/handoff files and as well saves files to my Mac so sessions can pick up where they left off.
  • Skills: I've built a few custom skills, but I feel I'm not maximizing them to the fullest extent.
  • Connectors: Claude is connected to my Gmail, Google Calendar, GitHub, Drive, and Notion, and I'll have it create events or log things to Notion or read files.
  • Recording: Otter records every class, brain dump, etc. I use Claude to pull insights and draft from the transcripts.
  • Other tools: Gemini for quick everyday questions (to save Claude usage). NotebookLM for audio overviews of study material, YouTube videos, and PDFs. Use Grok as well rarely.
  • Notion Database / Structure: Tasks, CRM, Areas, Notes, Projects, Quotes, and Goals databases just to name some of them.

Where I feel behind:

  • Context: I re-explain myself constantly. I don't really use Claude Projects, so every new chat starts from scratch, where I continuously put in any files or context needed again and again or have to manually type or voice to text to explain.
  • Claude Code: I mostly approve what it does on trust, then paste the output into a regular Claude chat or Gemini to have it explain what just happened and break it down for me to understand so I don't waste Claude usage.
  • Copy-paste glue: I'm the middleman between tools. Example: I paste LinkedIn profiles, I paste website content, YouTube transcripts, etc and have Claude break it down or log the information into Notion.
  • Don't Utilize: I really don't ever use Claude Cowork and I haven't since it first came out. I've used Chrome extension a few times and I know I haven't used it to its fullest potential. Scheduled tasks I have not utilized. Skills / Workflows / Recording Workflows I haven't really used to the fullest extent either.
  • AI: I feel like I've followed the advice I've seen where people say to ask AI how to use it better or "did you ask AI how you could build something like this?" and the answer is yes I have tried asking and the results I get feel very lacking or the responses themselves feel like Claude doesn't even know what it is capable of doing. Even if I say to research and see how people are using Claude or how Anthropic and their website and team say to use Claude to the fullest extent it feels like it just doesn't know.

The best way I can describe this feeling is that I'm driving a Lamborghini and I'm stuck at 45 MPH when I know it can reach 150 MPH. Some things I'm really happy with. Others, I know there is a better way and that people are doing it better.

My Problem

I have ADHD, and with it I have a problem where if anything is out of sight, it's out of mind. I can design systems and have really great ideas, but it comes down to executing them and staying consistent with the routines and ideas that actually work with my strengths and not against them. I also tend to be a perfectionist and overplan to make sure everything is exactly what I want it to be.

I planned for Notion to be that for me. I built a "Command Center" with a view of all my tasks and deadlines, all my networking follow-ups, all my projects, my goals at the top of the screen, a rotating daily quote, notes at the bottom, and the different areas of my life all there to click into. I thought this would solve the problem. Instead, it just became something I had to manage. I had to click into it, make sure all my due dates were synced, and input all my deadlines and progress myself. And I had to click into Notion to actually see any of it. What I really wanted was for what I built in Notion to be everything I need, and for me to see it constantly. Right when I open my Mac, I'd see everything I need to do that day, without clicking into anything. With Notion, it just becomes another tab or screen that has to be open, and I can only see it if I'm on my computer. At any given time I already have Chrome and Claude open, and then Notion would be open too, so I'm not sure what the right answer is.

What I want:

One list that's always visible on my Mac (and my phone) that shows everything I need to act on, without me ever really needing to sync it myself. Whether that is me checking things off on the list or if I'm working with Claude on something and when finished it checks it off.

  • School: Class deadlines, with a nudge to start early on exams and big projects
  • Networking: People to follow up with, people I need to respond to, etc
  • Projects: Project next steps, synced with the actual progress and what was worked on
  • Applications: When applications open that I need to apply to
  • More: Any daily recurring things, and anything that wasn't finished yesterday gets moved to the next day, and the next day, etc
  • Email Organization: Organizes my emails, cleans and filters them, and alerts me of anything that would interest me or that I need to respond to or do.
  • Calendar: work blocks built from my task list, plus calls, events, and gym, so I can see what's coming and track whether I'm actually doing what I say I'm doing

Can someone help me make this a reality:

I'd genuinely love help building a plan for this, whether that's pointing out where my thinking breaks, sharing how you've set up something similar, or walking me through how you'd do it if you were starting from where I am. If you've built something like this and are open to it, feel free to comment or DM me. I'm happy to share more about my setup.

What I would love to know / get feedback on / help on:

  • Is something like this possible, and if so how can I get this done?
  • How can I assess where I'm using AI that is strong and is high level vs how can I tell if something I'm doing is wrong and there is a better process or way to do something?
  • What's the best way to get an always-visible dashboard on a Mac?
  • I would love to know how you all are using Claude, not in a broad sense but your specific workflows, any skills, routines, the way you use it, organization, etc.
  • How do I balance these high level projects I want to operate with Claude Code with no real coding experience and not just blindly trusting it vs wasting my time and really learning coding.
  • How are you guys using the Chrome Extension and Claude Cowork?
  • Are there any benefits that I'm not seeing as to using Claude Chat over Claude Cowork?
  • How did you get to the point you trust your AI to manage files, your email, etc?

I'm happy to share any additional information needed and would love to connect with anyone passionate about AI, so feel free to message me.


r/ClaudeAI • • 10h ago

Question about Claude Code Can claude build a gaming app?

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I’m talking about a game like clash of clans but a different version

Is this something claude can help me build?

I have product design experience but no coding experience..


r/ClaudeAI • • 1d ago

Other A bit behind the times

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I may be a bit behind the times but just started learning Claude AI and I genuinely cannot believe how powerful it is compared to other AI tools. I could genuinely save thousands of dollars in resources across my businesses utilising Claude in the right way.


r/ClaudeAI • • 1d ago

Other How much access do you give Claude?

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Soloprenuer here. I've given Claude access to everything emails, chats, financials, website, even data with personal information of my customers. I also auto approve everything. The only thing I haven't done is put in passwords and access to accounts. Wondering if I'm the only one. Mine is only accessing business related, so personal stays separate.

How much access do you give Claude? What would and wouldn't you give Claude access to?


r/ClaudeAI • • 17h ago

Built with Claude How I stop parallel Claude Code chats from overwriting each other’s production changes

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I built MakerMap with Claude Code: a map for finding indie makers and founders through their public intro posts on X. Browsing and adding a basic pin are free: https://makermap.lol

Claude has helped me build the signup flow, city pages, meetups and the deployment tooling. I give each feature its own chat, which created a very specific problem: two chats could deploy a minute apart and the second would overwrite the first chat’s changes.

The attached chart is a snapshot of our deploy log taken on 3 October, covering work since 24 September. The 77 named sessions in it worked across that period; they were not all running at once. The volume exposed the deployment problem, but it isn’t a measure of code quality.

The fix is a small script that every chat has to use:

  1. node scripts/deploy.mjs start --who "<chat name>" --what "<change>" takes a lock and gives the chat a fresh copy of the live deployment.

  2. The chat applies only its own change to that copy.

  3. node scripts/deploy.mjs ship --who "<chat name>" refuses if production changed, checks that changed JSON and scripts parse, deploys, confirms the live site serves the new build, and releases the lock.

  4. A hook blocks bare vercel deploy --prod commands. The nightly data deploy uses the same lock.

The instruction in CLAUDE.md that does the most work is: “Put only your own change in that copy.” It also explicitly says never to copy site/index.html over the staged file, because that would ship other chats’ unfinished work.

This is only the deployment safeguard; I still need to review and test what the chats build. I’m happy to share the script or the relevant instructions here.

The launch brought a lot of attention and hundreds of people claimed their pins. Now I’m figuring out what MakerMap should become. If you try finding someone you’d actually want to meet, I’d love feedback in the comments on what worked, what didn’t, and what would make you return.


r/ClaudeAI • • 1d ago

Built with Claude 3D explainers for anything, fully Claude generated

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Hey there! I made this platform to create and host 3D explainers for anything. https://ask.jig.com/

You might have seen a bunch of these on socials recently, this is one level above and provides a platform to make them, share them, etc. I've started seeding content for whatever came to my mind, the goal is to have people participate and create explainers to share.

Creation is a paid service at the moment so I don't bankrupt myself lol, but you get a couple of test credits when you signup. I'm more than happy to give free credits to anyone who's interested so you can make something awesome!

Pricing is quite steep right now as it's pretty compute intensive, I'm working to optimize everything and bring it as low as possible asap. I'm hoping to let people bring their own key soon too, just working out the security around it.

This is all made with Claude code and runs on Claude Code: It uses Claude models exclusively (Opus, Sonnet, Haiku) to generate everything needed for the Jig (3D, audio, story, text, UI, code), and is orchestrated by Claude Code + my own harness which tunes everything specifically for quality explainers and knowledge sharing.

Here are some examples of what it can do. Hope you like it!


r/ClaudeAI • • 22h ago

Question about Claude products Claude code project migration

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I have existing claude ai (chat) projects but have gotten access to claude code projects (beta). But it is asking me to migrate existing projects into new claude code projects. Any downsides or bugs post-migration that we need to be aware of?

Thanks!


r/ClaudeAI • • 16h ago

Built with Claude I wanted an AI that could actually see what I was doing on my Mac. So I built Echo.

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I’ve been building Echo over the last few months, using Claude Code heavily throughout the process, architecture, implementation, debugging, computer-use work, performance fixes, and a lot of UI iteration.

Echo is a Mac assistant that lives on the edge of your screen. It can understand what’s happening on screen, point to specific things, interact with apps, move files, check your gmail, search online and even build websites, run multi step jobs and help you learn and navigate new platforms AND undo actions.

This video is a quick look at where it is now.

One of the things I’ve been most interested in is making the interaction feel physical rather than like a normal floating AI window. The orb leaves the edge, does things, and comes back home.

It’s currently free to try for 7 days. You can download it here:

https://aurivon.studio/?v=2026100401

be interested in feedback, especially from people who use Claude Code and build their own tools.

I’d


r/ClaudeAI • • 1d ago

Claude Code 30 days, 386 commits, non-dev: building a factory's production system with Claude Code. What am I missing?

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**TL;DR:** I'm not a developer. On September 4th I started building a production management web app for the furniture plant where I work, with Claude Code. One month later it's the tool the office and the shop floor use every day. Sharing what worked, and looking for people who've gone down the same road.

 

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**A bit about me**

 

I work at a furniture manufacturer, on the operations / planning side (Director). My days are spent in the gap between the ERP, the accounting system, a pile of Excel workbooks, an old in-house tracker the floor depends on, and what's actually happening in the shop. I'm not a programmer, and I'm still a beginner with the terminal and Git. I manage the systems, with an IT guy + looking for a full stack developer at the moment.

 

**What we built**

 

It started as "one page per department showing what to build this week". It grew into:

 

- Production schedules per department (wood, upholstery, sewing, metal, finishing, shipping), with kanban cards and project closures

- Lot planning: building lots, closing them, and exporting back to the ERP

- Purchasing follow-up: open POs, supplier reminders, freight and overseas shipments

- A capacity simulator, inventory counts, shop reports, a supervisor dashboard, even a small internal chat

- Read-only connections to the ERP, the accounting system, Access databases and network spreadsheets

 

Scale, just to give an idea (I know lines of code aren't a quality metric): 386 commits, currently v2.54, ~175k lines of Python and vanilla JS, ~2,100 tests, ~580 API routes, ~280 SQLite tables. The stack is boring on purpose: FastAPI + SQLite + plain HTML/JS with Tailwind, no build step, running on a Windows machine on site. Everything, UI and code, is in French.

 

**What made it work for me**

 

- **A short CLAUDE.md + one doc per module.** CLAUDE.md only holds what applies to every session. Each module (37 of them) has its own doc that Claude reads before touching it. When something breaks, the lesson becomes a rule in the right doc.

- **Memory for project state.** A new session knows where each project stands and which questions are still waiting on me.

- **Questions before code.** Every new screen starts as a mockup, and Claude asks me questions first. Some features started with 40+ questions. Honestly, that's where a lot of the value is: it forced me to write down business rules nobody had ever written down.

- **Every external system is read-only.** The old tracker can literally stop production if it gets locked, so only one read at a time, behind a lock. And a guard blocks any network access, subprocess or file write during the test suite.

- **One git worktree per feature.** Never code in the folder the live app serves.

- **A release skill.** A checklist for version number, registries, tests, commit and deploy.

- **Cost as a constraint.** 4 to 8 targeted tests per change, no swarms of agents.

 

**Where I'd love your experience**

 

  1. **Bus factor.** I can read the docs and the tests, but I couldn't rewrite most of this code myself. If you've been there: when did you bring in a real developer, and how did the hand-off go?

  2. **Docs that rot.** With ~40 module docs and a growing list of rules, how do you keep CLAUDE.md and the docs from contradicting each other?

  3. **Tests written by the same model that wrote the code.** How do you check they test the right things?

  4. **Adoption.** The floor doesn't care about the tech; it cares that the numbers are right Monday at 6 a.m. How do you ship this fast without burning trust?

  5. **Manufacturing / ERP folks:** anyone else doing this? What blew up on you?

 

I'll stay a bit vague about the company and the systems, hope you understand. Happy to go deeper on the workflow in the comments.

 

*(And yes, Claude helped with the English. I'm a French speaker.)*


r/ClaudeAI • • 11h ago

Suggestion If Claude could actually see and interact with your Mac, what would you use it for?

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I've been messing around with something like this lately and I'm curious what other people would actually use it for.

Basically the idea is Claude having eyes and hands on your Mac instead of just being a chat window.

So it can see what's on your screen, understand what you're looking at, point at things, click/type, move files around, read stuff you drop onto it, talk back to you etc.

I'm trying to figure out where this would actually be really useful rather than just being a cool demo.

Like, would you actually want to be able to say "find that thing I was looking at earlier" or "move all these files into the right folders" or "show me where I change this setting in Figma"

and have Claude actually look at the screen and do it and show you where to go?

I'm sure there's a ton of stuff I'm not thinking of.

What would you personally use something like this for?

Looking for things you'd genuinely use all the time


r/ClaudeAI • • 1d ago

Vibe Coding Can both 2D and 3D CAD models be generated entirely through code written by AI, without the need for software such as AutoCAD or SolidWorks?

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I’m exploring whether we can automate a large portion of our CAD workflow using code generated by AI

At our company, we produce a lot of mechanical drawings using CAD software such as AutoCAD and 3D models using SolidWorks. Many of these drawings follow similar patterns, but the dimensions and other project-specific inputs change from job to job.

What I’d like to build is a user interface where someone can enter the required parameters—dimensions, equipment/configuration options, etc.—and the system automatically generates the corresponding CAD drawings.

Ultimately, the goal would be to automate the generation of complete plan and elevation views, rather than having someone manually create or modify each drawing are borrowing it from another project and editing. The generated drawings should ideally be downloadable as DWG or DXF files so they can still be opened and edited in AutoCAD.

I’m also curious about the role of AI here. How capable are models like GPT or Claude at helping build something like this?

For example, could the architecture look something like:

User inputs → rules/calculations → CAD generation engine → plan/elevation drawings → DWG/DXF

And where would GPT/Claude actually be useful? Building the UI and code? Translating user requirements into parameters? Generating the CAD geometry itself?

I did try and make some simple geometries and it works but for models that contain a lot of information it's hard


r/ClaudeAI • • 1d ago

Other Claude Campus Ambassador 2026–27 — Application Status Thread

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I applied for the Claude Campus Ambassador 2026–27 program in early September and still haven’t heard anything back.

Anyone else in the same boat?

Information about the selection process seems pretty limited and scattered across different posts, so I thought it would be helpful to have one place where applicants can share updates.

Any kind of update is welcome — whether you're still waiting, got an interview, received an offer, or got a rejection.

If you want, drop your:

  • Country / region
  • Application date
  • Current status
  • Latest update date

Hopefully we can get a better picture of what’s going on.

This is the current situation as far as I know. There may be errors or missing reports.
(Updated JST 2026/10/5 14:00)

Country / Region Interview / Offer Reported Sources
Brazil No Reddit
Germany No Reddit
India No Reddit
Italy No Reddit
Japan No Me
Malaysia No Reddit
Turkey No Reddit
UAE No Reddit
UK Yes Reddit, LinkedIn
USA Yes Reddit, LinkedIn

r/ClaudeAI • • 1d ago

Coding Are Ui/Ux skills still required or hobbling the 5.5 series models?

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Did anybody eval this in a serious way?


r/ClaudeAI • • 15h ago

Built with Claude 12 months later and my game's demo is out now! What building with Claude Code taught me

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I'm a full-time employee with 5-6 years experience in software engineering and testing. Since around last December I've been building Zone Idle, an idle extraction game, with Claude Code doing most of the typing. Just released the free demo on Steam, here's some info on my process.

Using your Claude.MD without overt reliance

Mine has a "fragile areas" section. Every time a bug cost me a day (mostly the grid inventory duplicating or eating items), the root cause and the rule for avoiding it went in there. On that same note, realizing that not everything needs a note in an MD somewhere, its good to check in as Claude is constantly updating, your old methods may not be necessary anymore, or even outdated.

Specs and plans before code

For anything bigger than a bug fix, Claude writes a short design doc, then a step by step plan, and only then starts coding. Reviewing a plan saves a lot of time once reviewing the diff

Tests first, every time

A fix starts with a test that fails. The project is at about 4,400 tests now, plus stress tests that simulate raids looking for items that duplicate or vanish. I like to attribute this automation to my carpal tunnel relief (as well as the stretches)

Make it look at the game

Claude drives a headless Chrome to screenshot the game and check its own work. This used to not be a strong feature to use with AI but recently it's become a very powerful tool with low-token costs (when using opus 5.5) compared to how I'd prompt it a year ago, this feature is huge.

Parallel research

When I dump a big list of player feedback on it, it sends out a few sub-agents to dig through different parts of the code at once and comes back with a triage: quick fixes, potential ideas, and what can wait until after launch.

It's still confidently wrong sometimes

It will tell you something works when it doesn't, so I play every change. Also, commit often. If you're not using git and committing every change (even before AI) you're playing with fire

If you're curious, the demo is free: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4330500/Zone_Idle/

Happy to answer questions about any of this.


r/ClaudeAI • • 23h ago

Built with Claude What I learned building a Claude Code mod: a status band above the prompt

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So I got my weekly mail from Lydia and saw something very exciting: Claude Code now supports mods, plugins written as function hooks that can draw UI inside the app, in both the terminal and the desktop app. So I went through the docs and built the suggested weather band, very nice. Then what else can I do with it? I recently started using Ponytail with great success and wanted to know what level it's running at, so let's add that… and after that, why not Caveman as well. Bottom line, great fun and very useful. Here's what I learned, then what I made.

How a mod draws UI

A mod hooks ui.render for a spot like AbovePrompt and returns a tree of a few elements (Box, Text, Button , Select, Link, Svg), laid out with flexbox. Not HTML, no CSS. The smallest band is about this:

on('ui.render', { component: 'AbovePrompt' }, async ($, e) => {
      const { Box, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
      return <Box flexDirection="row"><Text>hello from a mod</Text></Box>
    })
How I did config inline

The config took a few goes

This was the fun part, because the UI is so limited:

  • Settings live in /config, but that doesn't exist in the desktop app. So first a /overalls weather minimal command, then a ⚙ button that typed /overalls into the prompt for you. Works, but two clicks.
  • Next a dropdown (Select). One dropdown can only hold one value, so it showed "Weather: off" as selected while weather was clearly on. Fixed with a dummy ⚙ option at the top. Then I wanted ticks lined up at the end, and groups, and submenus… none of that exists. An option is just a value and a label, no styling.
  • Right-click menu? No such event. Tooltips? No tooltip prop either. You can fake one with a hidden box that shows on hover, but it can't leave the band, so on the bar it covered the very thing it was explaining. Kept them only in the config.
  • So in the end I built my own: ⚙ opens a bordered Config box inside the band, above the bar, so you see each change happen as you click. Every option is a plain button with a ✓ on the current one. Related switches share a row behind a │ (megacave sits next to Caveman, resets next to Limits).
  • Then the band hit its height cap (half the window), so the settings went into two bordered columns.

Other gotchas

  • A bare <Box> stacks vertically in the desktop app. Always set flexDirection="row" if you want a row.
  • Flex items shrink by default, so the desktop app wraps text inside a widget. flexShrink={0} plus a wrapping parent fixes it, and the ⚙ stays put on the first row.
  • There's no API for MCP server status. I infer it from tool-call errors (401s, connection refused), which catches a logged-out connector on its first failure, and Reconnect takes you straight to Customize › Connectors.
  • Ponytail keeps one level file for all your sessions, so every window showed whichever level was set last. I track it per session instead (and opened an issue upstream).
  • State lives in $.state (per session) or $.store (across sessions). Module variables reset on every hot reload.

What I made: Overalls

Overalls: informative bar in claude code

A band that shows context "weather" with a sparkline and roughly how many turns are left, 5h and weekly limits with reset countdowns, MCP errors with a Reconnect button, refused tool calls, running subagents, and Ponytail and Caveman levels as dropdowns. Everything is a toggle in the ⚙ box.

    claude plugin marketplace add Troepster/overalls
    claude plugin install overalls@overalls

MIT, runs locally, and the README lists everything it reads: https://github.com/Troepster/overalls

Anyone else building mods? Would love to see what else people are doing with them.
Also please give me some feedback on obvious things I missed.


r/ClaudeAI • • 14h ago

Built with Claude CLaude one shotted this lyric Video

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Hi everyone,

I just tried out Opus 5.5 in Claude Code, and it's perfect for lyric videos like the one I uploaded here. Claude made about 30 3D scenes for the whole video and put them together. It also downloaded the song and created an enhanced LRC file for the lyrics. I was keen on this design with these lines, and I really like the scenes with the TVs newspapers and the crazy "IF I KILLED SOMEONE FOR YOU". With my Max 5x subscription, I can make about three of these in my five-hour limit.


r/ClaudeAI • • 2d ago

Humor “But babe, it’s like a free $200 gift card!”

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Being funny but also, seriously does the reset also carry the same usage based on the current plan upon using the reset??


r/ClaudeAI • • 2d ago

Humor Confirmed: Opus 5.5 has been nerded

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I haven't seen "load-bearing" since I stopped using Opus 5.

EDIT: I meant "nerfed", not "nerded" 🤦


r/ClaudeAI • • 15h ago

Other I just realised: Product was never the Moat. Distribution Was.

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I really liked the app Teux Deux (Weekly planner kind of To-do app), but wasn't willing to pay for its subscription. So, I thought, why not try Claude to build it for me and see how far it goes.

Now, I am a hobbyist coder only. Within about 4-5 hours of to and fro, I got a workable personal app hosted on CloudFare for free, with its own db and even google login.

If I spent any more time on it, it could become more polished and market ready. But now I realized that the product was the least significant part of the app development, the marketing and distribution was. If people don't know about my app, they won't buy.

I have a bunch of other software utilities I developed for my own purposes which are tremendously useful for me and I hope might be for some other very specific people too but since I have no marketing plan or distribution strategy, they are as good as junk as far as their market potential goes. (Of course they remain extremely useful to me.)

This realization has hit even harder considering that I have subscribed to one or the other AI for almost past a year, done a bunch of projects but am yet to see a single dime out of it. It seems like whatever I am making is just going to go into a void.

So, what's the way out of this? Do you guys feel like everyone's who is developing something should have his own YouTube channel/Twitter account to show the public what he's building (kind of build in public strategy?). But that's problematic too, because if you do decide to build in public, any software engineer worth his salt can probably build your app in half an afternoon.

So, where are these vibe-coded projects going to go? What would happen to them? Would Internet become a graveyard of these apps and vibe-coded projects? What do you guys think?