claude-dino

Play a terminal dino game while Claude Code is thinking.

claude-dino hooks into Claude Code and launches a playable dino game at the bottom of your terminal whenever Claude is working. Jump over cacti to pass the time — the game stops automatically when Claude finishes.

Gameplay

Score: 0042                                        SPACE to jump

                                                  |
  O                                               |
 /|\                                              ^
 / \
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

• Press SPACE or ENTER to jump
• Cacti spawn from the right and move left
• Speed increases as your score grows
• Game over? No worries — Claude keeps working

How it works

• When Claude starts using a tool (PreToolUse), the game launches in the background
• It draws directly to your terminal via /dev/tty, so it never interferes with Claude's output
• The terminal is restored cleanly when Claude finishes (Stop hook)
• If the hook's stdin is piped (non-TTY), the real terminal device is resolved by walking up the process tree

Installation

npm install -g @cobanalitalha/claude-dino
claude-dino install

Then restart Claude Code. That's it.

claude-dino install adds two hooks to ~/.claude/settings.json:

| Hook | Command | Effect | |------|---------|--------| | PreToolUse | claude-dino start | Launches the game when Claude begins working | | Stop | claude-dino stop | Stops the game when Claude finishes |

Requirements

• Node.js 18 or later
• macOS or Linux (requires /dev/tty access)
• Claude Code CLI

Commands

claude-dino install     # Add hooks to ~/.claude/settings.json
claude-dino uninstall   # Remove hooks from ~/.claude/settings.json
claude-dino start       # Launch the game manually
claude-dino stop        # Stop the game
claude-dino status      # Show whether the game is running

Uninstall

claude-dino uninstall
npm uninstall -g @cobanalitalha/claude-dino

License

MIT