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.
Customize the Claude Code mascot's appearance by modifying colors and ASCII art.
CLI location: /opt/node22/lib/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js
Clawd colors:
rgb(215,119,87) / ansi:redBrightrgb(0,0,0) / ansi:blackSmall Clawd (prompt):
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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
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
Use scripts/extract_clawd.py to see current state:
python scripts/extract_clawd.py
For custom changes not covered by scripts, edit cli.js directly:
cp cli.js cli.js.bakclaudePattern 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
references/unicode-blocks.md for block charactersreferences/clawd-anatomy.md for rendering internalsassets/clawd-variants.txt for inspirationnpm updateclaude --version after changes