Description
Hatch-pet is a skill from OpenAI's skills collection for creating a Codex-compatible animated pet. It builds the pet from a concept, a brand or company cue, one or more reference images, or a mix of these. It can also create, repair, validate, visually check and package the pet and its spritesheet. The workflow keeps a deterministic pipeline for the atlas geometry, validation, visual quality checks and packaging, and it uses concise prompts for each animation state, with any pet-safe visual style allowed. The inputs are optional. If you give no pet name, the skill infers one from the concept, the brand or the reference filenames, and if you give no description, it infers one from the concept or references. If you have no reference images, it generates a base pet from text first and then uses that as the canonical reference for the rest of the animation. The result is a pet that can be packaged for Codex. The skill is listed on skills.sh under the openai/skills repository, as free to use.…
Highlights
- Creates animated Codex pets from a concept, brand or reference images
- Generates a base pet from text when no references are given
- Validates, visually checks and packages the spritesheet
- Infers names and descriptions when you leave them out
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hatch-pet FAQ
What does hatch-pet create?
A Codex-compatible animated pet with a spritesheet, packaged after validation and a visual check.
Do I need reference images?
No. Without them the skill generates a base pet from text first, then uses it as the reference.
What if I do not name the pet?
The skill infers a name from the concept, brand or reference filenames, or picks a short friendly name.
Who is it for?
People who want an animated pet for Codex, built from their own concept or brand.
How do I install it?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/openai/skills --skill hatch-pet in your terminal.
Is it free?
The listing shows the skill as free.
What are the best hatch-pet alternatives?
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