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Rex Orbit — Development skill for Claude Code

Development community

A tiny pixel world for your Claude Code agents.

How to install Rex Orbit

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open benhid/rex-orbit and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Rex Orbit does

A tiny pixel world for your Claude Code agents.

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README

rex-orbit

Each Claude Code session in Rex gets its own bot. You can tell at a glance which ones are working, which ones need you and which are done.

What the bots tell you

State	What it looks like
working	Bigger than the rest. Looks around and blinks.
needs you	Turns to face you, hops, and gets a `!` and a ring that grows the longer it waits.
done	Happy `^ ^` eyes and a smile, resting.

Each pane keeps the same bot (face, ears, antenna, colour) for as long as it lives, and the bot is named after the conversation.

Run it

Inside a Rex pane:

npx github:benhid/rex-orbit

Or from a clone:

git clone https://github.com/benhid/rex-orbit.git && cd rex-orbit
node bin/rex-orbit.mjs
npm test

Press `t` to switch between the light and dark theme, and `q` to quit.

Requirements

Node.js 20 or newer. There are no dependencies.
Rex (macOS, beta) with the rex CLI on your PATH, and Claude Code running in one or more Rex panes. rex-orbit draws with Rex's Kitty graphics support.

Flags

Flag	Description
`--fps`	Frame rate, 1 to 120. The default is 30.
`--theme`	`auto` (the default) follows the terminal's background; `light` or `dark`.
`--no-dino`	Leave out the dinosaur in the middle.
`-h`, `--help`	Show help.
`-v`, `--version`	Print the version.

Credits

Inspired by a [post](https://x.com/Nacho_Gavilanes/status/2113281381648523396) showing superformula shapes rendered by "just turning pixels on/off". Built for [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) running inside Rex. `rex-orbit` is an independent project, not affiliated with Anthropic or the Rex team.