buddy-reset

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Reset Claude Code buddy/companion by changing the season seed (fk_) in cli.js and removing the companion field from ~/.claude.json, allowing re-hatching a new buddy. Triggers: buddy reset, reroll buddy, new buddy, change buddy, reset companion, reroll companion, buddy reroll

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Sourceg4berolo/claude-skills

Added on2026-04-01

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add g4berolo/claude-skills buddy-reset

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Buddy Reset

Reset your Claude Code coding buddy so you can hatch a new one.

What This Skill Does

Reads the current season seed (
```
fk_
```
) from
```
cli.js
```
Generates a random new seed automatically
Replaces the seed in
```
cli.js
```
Removes the
```
companion
```
field from
```
~/.claude.json
```
Reminds you to restart and run
```
/buddy
```

Instructions

When this skill is invoked, follow these steps exactly:

Step 1: Locate cli.js and read current seed

Find the Claude Code

cli.js

file. It is typically at:

~/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js

Use Bash to extract the current

fk_

value:

bash

grep -o 'fk_="[^"]*"' "$HOME/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js"

Show the user the current seed value.

Step 2: Generate a random seed and replace in cli.js

Generate a random seed string using the format

buddy-YYYYMMDD-XXXXXX

where

YYYYMMDD

is the current date and

XXXXXX

is a random 6-character alphanumeric string. Use Bash:

bash

NEW_SEED="buddy-$(date +%Y%m%d)-$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-z0-9' | head -c 6)"
echo "$NEW_SEED"

Then use

sed

to replace the old seed with the new one in

cli.js

:

bash

sed -i "s/fk_=\"OLD_VALUE\"/fk_=\"NEW_VALUE\"/" "$HOME/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/@anthropic-ai/claude-code/cli.js"

Verify the replacement succeeded by grepping again.

Step 3: Remove companion from ~/.claude.json

Use python to remove the

companion

field:

bash

python -c "
import json
path = '$HOME/.claude.json'.replace('$HOME', __import__('os').path.expanduser('~'))
with open(path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
    data = json.load(f)
removed = data.pop('companion', None)
if removed:
    print('Removed companion:', json.dumps(removed, ensure_ascii=False)[:200])
else:
    print('No companion field found - already clean')
with open(path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
    json.dump(data, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
    f.write('\n')
"

Also remove

companionMuted

if present:

bash

python -c "
import json, os
path = os.path.expanduser('~/.claude.json')
with open(path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
    data = json.load(f)
data.pop('companionMuted', None)
with open(path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
    json.dump(data, f, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
    f.write('\n')
"

Step 4: Notify the user

Tell the user:

The season seed has been changed from
```
OLD
```
to
```
NEW
```
The companion data has been removed
They need to restart Claude Code (exit and reopen)
Then run
```
/buddy
```
to hatch their new companion
Remind them that
```
npm update
```
will reset the seed back to the original value

buddy-reset

NPX Install

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SKILL.md Content

Buddy Reset

What This Skill Does

Instructions

Step 1: Locate cli.js and read current seed

Step 2: Generate a random seed and replace in cli.js

Step 3: Remove companion from ~/.claude.json

Step 4: Notify the user