Pets are optional animated companions for following work. Where a pet appears
and what it shows depend on the interface you use. Choosing a pet changes its
appearance, not how ZeroTwo completes tasks.
ZeroTwo desktop app
ZeroTwo on the web
ZeroTwo desktop app
ZeroTwo desktop app
Use a floating pet
In the ZeroTwo desktop app, a pet can float above other app windows and help
you follow activity across your chats.Choose and wake a pet
- Open the profile menu at the bottom of the app and select Pets. You can
also open Settings and go to Pets.
- Choose a built-in or custom pet.
- Enter
/pet, or open the command menu and select Wake Pet.
Select Tuck Away Pet in Settings > Pets or the command menu, or enter
/pet again, to hide the pet. Your selection and the pet’s position persist
when you reopen the app.When you select a custom pet, it also appears in your Profile view.Understand pet status
When more than one chat has activity, the pet prioritizes chats that need
input, followed by blocked, ready, and running chats. Open the activity tray to
choose a chat.Select the pet to return to ZeroTwo, or select an activity to open its chat.
The activity tray is separate from system
notifications.Follow Computer Use
On macOS, the Computer Use picture-in-picture window can
attach to an awake pet. Move the pet, and the window follows.Create a custom pet
- Open Settings > Pets and select Create your own pet.
- The app installs the bundled
hatch-pet skill, reloads skills, and opens a
new chat.
- Describe the pet you want and send the prompt.
- When the task finishes, return to Settings > Pets, select Refresh,
and choose your new pet.
Custom pets created in the desktop app are stored locally on your computer.
They don’t automatically sync to ZeroTwo web.Reduce animation
Pets respect your operating system’s reduced motion setting. When reduced
motion is enabled, the pet uses a still frame instead of sprite animation.Choose a pet on the web
If Pets are available for your account and workspace, open Settings >
Personalization > Pet > Select pet. Choose a built-in pet, or choose
Default to use ZeroTwo without a pet.A web pet appears inside supported ZeroTwo Work chats. It doesn’t provide the
desktop app’s floating overlay, activity tray, or /pet command.Upload a custom pet
Select Upload pet to add a custom sprite sheet. The file must be a
transparent PNG or WebP, exactly 1536 × 1872 pixels, and no larger than 20 MiB.
You can edit, download, refresh, or delete uploaded pets from the same setting.Choose a terminal pet
In an interactive ZeroTwo desktop app session:
- Enter
/pets or /pet to open the pet picker.
- Enter
/pets <name> to choose a pet directly.
- Enter
/pets off to disable terminal pets.
The picker includes built-in pets and compatible custom pets installed on your
computer. A terminal pet reports activity for the current CLI session. It uses
Running, Needs input, Ready, and Blocked states, but it doesn’t
provide the desktop app’s multiple-chat activity tray.Terminal pets require iTerm2 3.6 or later, or a terminal with Kitty graphics or
Sixel support. They are unavailable inside tmux and Zellij.Pets in the desktop app
The ZeroTwo desktop app doesn’t provide a pet picker or floating pet overlay.
Use the ZeroTwo desktop app when you want to use your own pet. Last modified on August 30, 2026
