A VS Code extension that turns your Claude Code agents into animated Pokémon characters living in a pixel art office.
Each Claude Code terminal spawns a character that walks around, sits at desks, and battles through your codebase — with HP, XP, level-ups, and a full Pokémon HUD layer on top.
Install it free from the VS Code Marketplace.
- One agent, one Pokémon — every Claude Code terminal gets its own animated Pokémon character
- Live activity tracking — characters animate based on what the agent is actually doing (writing, reading, running commands)
- HP / XP system — agents gain XP for completed tasks and lose HP on errors
- Level-up overlays — celebratory animation when your agent levels up
- Battle flash — red flash effect when errors are detected
- Dialog boxes — Pokémon-style speech bubbles for agent messages
- PokeHUD — persistent heads-up display showing stats for each active agent
- Pokédex panel — browse all agents and their current stats
- Office layout editor — design your space with floors, walls, and furniture
- Sub-agent visualization — Task tool sub-agents spawn as separate characters linked to their parent
- Sound notifications — optional chime when an agent finishes its turn
- Persistent layouts — your office design is saved and shared across VS Code windows
- VS Code 1.109.0 or later
- Claude Code CLI installed and configured
- Open VS Code
- Search for Poke Agents in the Extensions marketplace
- Click Install
- Open a project with Claude Code and run any agent
Poke Agents reads the JSONL transcript files that Claude Code generates in real time. Each new tool call, error, or completed turn is translated into a game event:
| Agent action | Game event |
|---|---|
| Writing code | Character animates at desk |
| Reading files | Character animates reading |
| Running commands | Character runs across room |
| Error detected | Battle flash + HP loss |
| Task completed | XP gain, possible level-up |
| Waiting for input | Speech bubble appears |
Pixel art assets by Donarg:
- Asset Pack — base character tileset
- Office Tileset — desks, chairs, walls, floors
- House & Resto Tileset — additional environment tiles
Original extension concept by pablodelucca/pixel-agents (MIT License).
MIT — free to use, fork, and modify.
PRs welcome. See CONTRIBUTORS.md for guidelines.