Open-Source Animal Crossing–Style UI for Claude Code Agents
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We posted here on Monday and got some great feedback. We’ve implemented a few of the most requested updates:- iMessage channel support (agents can text people and you can text agents) Other channels are simple to extend. - A built-in browser (agents can navigate and interact with websites) - Scheduling (run tasks on a timer / cron/ in the future) - Built in tunneling so that the agents can share local stuff with you over the internet - More robust MCP and Skills support so anyone can extend it - Auto approval for agent requestsIf you didn’t see the original:Outworked is a desktop app where Claude Code agents work as a small “team.” You give it a goal, and an orchestrator breaks it into tasks and assigns them across agents.Agents can run in parallel, talk to each other, write code, and now also browse the web and send messages.It runs locally and plugs into your existing Claude Code setup.Would love to hear what we should build next. Thanks again!
HN · launched Mar 27, 2026 · 48 upvotes (top 16%) · 0 views
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Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- AI-native
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes This is a fun open-source web UI frontend mimicking Animal Crossing sprites to visualize Claude Code agent states, connected via standard agent APIs and webhook-based messaging channels.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Claude Code built-in agent swarms, OpenClaw, Game Dev Story, Agent SDK alternatives
Concerns raised: Account shutdown risk from automated posting patterns, Inaccurate Animal Crossing comparison in title, iMessage integration only works on macOS, Linux support untested, Dependency analysis limited to file level
Feature requests: Toggle for always-on thinking bubbles, Agent teams implementation, Cross-file dependency analysis, Improved permissions tracking for edge cases
Competitors
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Attention rank: #211 of 785 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 145 days after the earliest competitor.
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