hatch-pet

Generated source view for the actual executable misc/hatch-pet skill. The durable routing article is Media Generation Skills. Source: skills/misc/hatch-pet/SKILL.md

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Description

Create, repair, validate, visually QA, and package Codex-compatible animated pets and pet spritesheets from character art, generated images, company or prospect brand cues, or visual references. Use when a user wants a lightweight-worker Codex pet workflow, a non-pixel custom pet style, a prospect or company mascot pet, or a full 8x9 animated pet atlas with transparent unused cells, QA contact sheets, and pet.json packaging. This skill composes the installed $imagegen system skill for visual generation and uses bundled scripts for deterministic spritesheet assembly.

Skill Source

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name: hatch-pet
description: Create, repair, validate, visually QA, and package Codex-compatible animated pets and pet spritesheets from character art, generated images, company or prospect brand cues, or visual references. Use when a user wants a lightweight-worker Codex pet workflow, a non-pixel custom pet style, a prospect or company mascot pet, or a full 8x9 animated pet atlas with transparent unused cells, QA contact sheets, and pet.json packaging. This skill composes the installed $imagegen system skill for visual generation and uses bundled scripts for deterministic spritesheet assembly.
origin: personal
source_slug: hatch-pet
---


# Hatch Pet

## Overview

Create a Codex-compatible animated pet from a concept, brand cue, company/prospect name, one or more reference images, or any combination of those inputs. This workflow keeps the deterministic hatch-pet pipeline for atlas geometry, validation, visual QA, and packaging, while using concise state-specific prompts and allowing any pet-safe visual style.

User-facing inputs are optional. If the user omits a pet name, infer one from the concept, brand, company, or reference filenames; if that is not possible, choose a short friendly name. If the user omits a description, infer one from the concept or references. If the user omits reference images, generate the base pet from text first, then use that base as the canonical reference for every animation row.


## Progressive Disclosure

This `SKILL.md` is the routing layer. Detailed recipes, examples, integration notes, and troubleshooting guidance live in `references/details.md` so they are loaded only when the task needs them.

Before producing concrete output, making a design recommendation, or debugging an implementation, load the relevant reference section below. Do not rely on memory for branch-specific APIs, examples, or caveats.

| Task branch | Read first |
| --- | --- |
| Generation Delegation | `references/details.md#generation-delegation` |
| Storage Controls | `references/details.md#storage-controls` |
| Brand Discovery | `references/details.md#brand-discovery` |
| Pet-Safe Styles | `references/details.md#pet-safe-styles` |
| Transparency And Effects | `references/details.md#transparency-and-effects` |
| Visible Progress Plan | `references/details.md#visible-progress-plan` |
| Default Workflow | `references/details.md#default-workflow` |
| Lightweight Visual Workers | `references/details.md#lightweight-visual-workers` |
| Subagent Delegation | `references/details.md#subagent-delegation` |
| Repair Workflow | `references/details.md#repair-workflow` |
| Rules | `references/details.md#rules` |
| Acceptance Criteria | `references/details.md#acceptance-criteria` |

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Timeline

• 2026-07-15 | Generated a browseable source page from the actual executable skill file. Source: skills/misc/hatch-pet/SKILL.md