It’s a work in progress, but, yes, you can run Claude Code through a Furby. Hardware: • Stock Furby Connect (2016). No mods, just BLE • Mac • USB mic for voice capture BLE (Bleak): • Connects via GATT characteristic to Furby's GeneralPlus chip • Two command types: antenna... LED color [0x14, R, G, B] and stock actions (eyes + motors + sound) [0x13, ...] • Write-only • Auto-reconnect on drop Voice (sounddevice + Whisper): • 16kHz mono stream, RMS energy detection • Starts recording at 0.3s above threshold, stops after 1.5s silence • Clips sent to Whisper API → checked for wake phrase ("hey furby") • Wake word only → records a second clip for the actual command Claude Code (subprocess): • Spawns claude -p " " with stream-json output • --dangerously-skip-permissions (no terminal to confirm) • Whitelisted tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Grep, Glob Resumes session for conversation context • Parses stdout line by line → system, assistant, result events Furby reactions: • Every Claude event maps to a stock Furby action + antenna color • Thinking → giggle + purple • Writing files → hollywood lights + green • Bash → ninja dream + yellow • Success → stars + gold • Error → eyes squeezed + red • + 12 more Working on custom DLC eyes now: • 64x64 pixel art uploaded to Furby's flash over BLE at ~4KB/s • Terminal prompt, magnifying glass, loading spinner, checkmark, X mark • 6-bit palette-indexed, packed 4px per 3 bytes I have a massive Furby-induced headache. Do not recommend trying this at home.show more

Great work!! If you want a permanent power source for your Furby notifier, I have a model and instructions here that might come in handy Combined with a USB Pigtail means you can leave it on your shelf or desktop and not have to worry about AA batteries

Amazing, thank you!

Can you make this but with fish instead of Furby?

Oh I am so tempted

Please please please!

thanks, i really wanted to be traumatized today

You are so welcome

terrifying. i like it.

Well thank you 🫡

Maddie, this is cool and all but did you not watch this cautionary documentary of what happens when you give a Furby sentience?

Omg now I’m terrified!

I hate this

God me too

I hope your pillow is warm on both sides tonight

😢

Cursed

@jloganolson

how about NO??

What’s done cannot be undone

YOU HAVE DOOMED US ALL YOU WITCH

Oopsie 😬

the consequences of "you can just build things" (this is actually brilliant lol)

Hahaha thank you!

paging @lexxbarn

incredible

@GregFeingold Thank you!! 🧡

That is equally awesome and completely terrifying

@Annerland Nossa ideia pqp @luksamuk @llucasduartee

What a neat project! Like the idea of using a Furby 😆. Very cool!

you smashed this , nice work ! love it 🤝

Need

@Shitty_Future I'm pretty sure this is how DOOM started.

the most unhinged Claude Code setup and I mean that as a compliment. BLE write-only means the furby is a pure output device with voice as the only input channel. accidentally the simplest human-AI interface

😭

oh my fucking god

Yes, but why?!

jeez if i was mumbling while i was sleeping and furby started to chuckle like that, i’d be freaking horrified

It comes with a mask that you can put over its eyes to make it go to sleep. Normally it just quietly starts to sleep, but I put it over its eyes once and it flashed red and screamed like I tried to kill it. Scariest moment of my life.

gosh no robots are haunting me to my sleep now

Can it read my code out in its furby voice

Not with the actual Furby voice coming out of the Furby :( I did originally use @ElevenLabsDevs to make a custom voice that read the output aloud from my laptop, but I ended up scratching that idea

this is peak maker culture and I am here for it if you want to plan something equally unhinged

Love

Wow so cool!!

if you want to give the furby its own personal identity, would be happy to help give furby honcho (@honchodotdev)

Those things have always creeped me out. Now even more

Very impressive!

Thank you!!

Does it have a name lool?

I’m too frustrated with it to give it a name 😂 ask me again tomorrow

Haha will do

How long did it take to create this?

A few hours total!

I have two furbies 🤔

This is why robots aren’t going to be expensive. There’ll be people who can repurpose older technology. Your def gonna be important when it comes time to focus more on the implementation of AI into robots.

@photomatt perfect vehicle to let kids chat with ai tbh