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Review Bot the Terminal Helper

Review Bot is built from a dark terminal-like body, mint display marks, a single antenna light, and a low oval shadow. Its body remains intentionally rigid while the face, antenna, arm, and status symbols distinguish active, waiting, failed, and review states.

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Review Bot live preview

Switch animation rows, tune scale, and test floating behavior before installing this Codex pet locally.

Floating mode uses viewport bounds.

What makes Review Bot distinct?

Use these visible package traits to decide whether this pet fits your desktop before you install it.

Terminal-shaped body

A wide dark shell, inset black display, mint eyes, and a single horizontal mouth line give Review Bot a machine-like silhouette that differs from the catalog's animal companions.

Mint signals on a dark shell

The antenna light, eyes, mouth, arm, and motion marks reuse one bright mint color. That constrained palette keeps the status cues visible against the charcoal body.

Stable on-screen footprint

The rectangular torso and short side blocks stay centered across the atlas. State changes happen around the display and antenna instead of producing a large or distracting movement profile.

How Review Bot's states read

These observations come from the original package spritesheet, not a generic species description.

Movement preserves the machine frame

The directional rows make small vertical and lateral adjustments while keeping the front-facing display and antenna visible. Review Bot does not turn into a side-running character.

Wave and jump use separate signals

The wave extends a mint arm from one side of the shell. Jump frames add a curved mint arc around the antenna, creating a distinct overhead cue without changing the rigid torso.

Status states read like interface feedback

Failure replaces the eyes with red crosses, waiting adds a mint three-dot indicator, and review raises a white status panel above the antenna. The sequence reads more like terminal feedback than an animal expression.

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Package visuals reviewed from the original spritesheet on .

See every Codex pet state at once.

Use the grid to check whether the shared 8 by 9 atlas has complete idle, movement, waiting, failed, and review animation rows.

Idle
Run right
Run left
Waving
Jumping
Failed
Waiting
Running
Review

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Install Review Bot

Download the zip package, or copy a community CLI or curl command that installs this Codex pet into $HOME/.codex/pets/review-bot. Then enable it with /pet or Settings -> Appearance -> Pets.

Download package
npx @eyichan/codexpets add review-bot

Manifest

Save this file as pet.json inside the local package folder for this Codex pet.

{
  "id": "review-bot",
  "displayName": "Review Bot",
  "description": "A small terminal-shaped helper built for review, failed, and waiting state previews.",
  "spritesheetPath": "spritesheet.webp"
}

Spritesheet contract

1536 x 1872 px8 columns x 9 rows192 x 208 px cells72 frames

Use the preview controls above to check idle, movement, waiting, failed, and review rows before installing.

Local install snippet
# After downloading review-bot-codex-pet.zip
mkdir -p "$HOME/.codex/pets/review-bot"
unzip -o "./review-bot-codex-pet.zip" -d "$HOME/.codex/pets/review-bot"

# In Codex
/pet

# Or manually
Settings -> Appearance -> Pets -> choose review-bot

Download the package zip first, then run this command from the folder that contains the zip file. After installation, use /pet or open Settings, choose Appearance, then Pets. Use Refresh custom pets if the package does not appear immediately.

How to use Review Bot

  1. 01

    Review every state

    Scan the 9-state preview grid to confirm the spritesheet covers idle, movement, waving, failed, waiting, and review states.

  2. 02

    Download the package files

    Download the package zip, or save spritesheet.webp and pet.json into a folder named after this pet id.

  3. 03

    Install locally

    Copy both files into ~/.codex/pets/<pet-id>/ so Codex can discover the custom pet package.

  4. 04

    Open it in Codex

    Use /pet inside Codex, or open Settings -> Appearance -> Pets and choose this installed pet. Refresh custom pets if it is not listed yet.