A compact potato silhouette
The tan outer shape and green circular face stay centered in nearly every frame. Small side nubs and the dark shadow keep Tater readable without adding clothing, tools, or a busy background.
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Codex pet package
Tater the Coding Potato
Tater uses a tan potato outline, a centered green face, tiny side nubs, and a soft oval shadow to make a deliberately simple desktop companion. The atlas keeps that round silhouette stable and communicates state through a small arm, overhead motion marks, eye changes, and status symbols.
PetWidget + SpriteAnimator
Tater live preview
Switch animation rows, tune scale, and test floating behavior before installing this Codex pet locally.
Floating mode uses viewport bounds.
Pet profile
What makes Tater distinct?
Use these visible package traits to decide whether this pet fits your desktop before you install it.
Expression carries the state
Most animation rows preserve the same body outline, so the black eyes, curved mouth, red failure marks, and green status symbols do the visible work instead of large pose changes.
Designed for a quiet footprint
Tater occupies a compact portion of each sprite cell and leaves generous transparent space around the body, which suits a small companion that should not dominate the desktop.
Animation review
How Tater's states read
These observations come from the original package spritesheet, not a generic species description.
Movement is a gentle bob
The directional rows use small shifts in body height, face position, and shadow width rather than turning Tater into a side profile. Motion stays subtle while the round identity remains unchanged.
Wave and jump add external cues
The wave extends one green arm beyond the potato edge. Jump frames add a curved green arc above the head, making the vertical action easier to distinguish from the quieter movement rows.
Failure, waiting, and review separate cleanly
Failure replaces the eyes with red crosses, waiting adds a three-dot green thought cue, and review introduces a white status panel above the head. Each state changes a different focal area without redrawing the body.
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Package visuals reviewed from the original spritesheet on .
State previews
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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Download package
Install Tater
Download the zip package, or copy a community CLI or curl command that installs this Codex pet into $HOME/.codex/pets/tater. Then enable it with /pet or Settings -> Appearance -> Pets.
npx @eyichan/codexpets add taterpet.json
Manifest
Save this file as pet.json inside the local package folder for this Codex pet.
{
"id": "tater",
"displayName": "Tater",
"description": "A tiny coding potato mascot with warm idle, waving, waiting, and review animations.",
"spritesheetPath": "spritesheet.webp"
}Assets
Package files
- Package ZIP
- Download ZIP
- Spritesheet URL
- /pets/tater/spritesheet.webp
- Manifest URL
- /pets/tater/pet.json
- Author
- Alex. Attribution identifies the catalog contributor; it does not grant a license to third-party characters or artwork. Report a rights or attribution concern.
Atlas
Spritesheet contract
1536 x 1872 px8 columns x 9 rows192 x 208 px cells72 frames
Use the preview controls above to check idle, movement, waiting, failed, and review rows before installing.
Local install snippet
# After downloading tater-codex-pet.zip mkdir -p "$HOME/.codex/pets/tater" unzip -o "./tater-codex-pet.zip" -d "$HOME/.codex/pets/tater" # In Codex /pet # Or manually Settings -> Appearance -> Pets -> choose tater
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
How to use Tater
- 01
Review every state
Scan the 9-state preview grid to confirm the spritesheet covers idle, movement, waving, failed, waiting, and review states.
- 02
Download the package files
Download the package zip, or save spritesheet.webp and pet.json into a folder named after this pet id.
- 03
Install locally
Copy both files into ~/.codex/pets/<pet-id>/ so Codex can discover the custom pet package.
- 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.