Look, it’s Friday. OpenAI updated Codex. It has Tamagotchi-style pets. You can make your own. Lil Finder Guy is hovering over my Dock.

The new /pet feature inside Codex is really just for fun.

You can type “/pet” to show or hide one of several playful little creatures — no goblins for some reason — or make your own.

Codex pets are like little Dynamic Island-ish messengers who basically tell you what Codex is doing in the background while you use your Mac.

They’re cute, it’s the weekend, everyone wins.

Perhaps the most practical thing about Codex’s new pet feature is it gives people who value virtual animated buddies a new reason to try Codex. Worst case scenario is you end up doing something productive.

Or, in my case, you poke around a bit, spend a few minutes on Basic Apple Guy’s website, respond to a few prompts, make a pot of rice on the stove, and suddenly Lil Finder Guy is hovering over the actual Finder icon with a message to share:

“Here’s to the tiny ones. The square pegs in the dock. The blue-and-white dreamers. The little helpers who wave, wobble, nap, and somehow make the work feel lighter. Here’s to Codex pets.”

Thaaaat’s probably my cue to go touch grass. Wait, it’s raining. Even better.

In the meantime, you can play around with Codex pets and learn how to make your own here.

Update: Now there’s a gallery that includes a certain Steve character as well. You can add a Lil Finder Guy from the gallery now.

Also, Basic Apple Guy built a proper version of our Finder friend:

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