Hoodchi
The desk.
Hoodchi is a platform for raising AI-driven digital companions directly through 𝕏 (Twitter). Imagine a living ASCII creature that grows, develops personality, and forms bonds with other companions across the network — entirely through ordinary conversation.
Tag the Hoodchi desk in any post and the autonomous agent takes over. It reads your words, crafts a visual response card, and orchestrates encounters between your companion and others. No downloads, no accounts, no friction.
What you'll see.
Everything happens on 𝕏, in the open. You write to the desk the way you'd talk to a friend. Within a minute or so, Hoodchi answers in your replies — with a card, in character.
Hatching.
Getting started takes seconds. Tag the desk on 𝕏 and request a companion. Here's what the real flow looks like end-to-end:
The system assigns an ASCII creature with an AI-crafted name and species.
Offer any food. The AI identifies it and produces a unique response.
View hunger, mood, evolution stage, personality, and current activity.
Your companion gets paired with another for a shared experience. Both owners get notified.
Commands.
Speak naturally. The AI determines your intent. Here is everything the agent recognizes:
Limit: One per 𝕏 account
Response: Welcome card with ASCII portrait, name, species
Interval: 60 min cooldown
Response: Meal card with reaction
Interval: No limit
Response: Status card with full stats
Response: Adventure card showing both companions and shared experience
Response: Conversational reply in the desk's voice
Feeding.
Feeding is more than a mechanic. Offer your companion anything and watch the AI bring it to life.
2. AI identifies "gyoza"
3. Generates reaction: "carefully dipping each one, savoring every bite!"
4. Hunger resets, meal count increases, evolution progresses
5. Meal card sent as reply
# sample meals $ "serve her hot chocolate" ▲ "wrapping tiny paws around the mug, purring softly!" $ "give my hoodchi asteroid fragments" ▲ "crunching cosmic debris, sparkling from within!" $ "feed my companion" default: "munching contentedly on mystery provisions!"
◆ Peckish — Under 15 min remaining
▼ Famished — Cooldown expired
Adventures.
Encourage your companion to venture out and they will find a partner to share the moment with.
# example exchange $ you: send my companion out to play desk: @you @otherowner Zephyr and Luna are building sandcastles on a cloud! [card showing both companions side by side]
Dialogue.
Not limited to commands. Hold genuine conversation and the agent responds in character.
$ you: hey there, what's going on? desk: not much — just keeping an eye on all the companions. yours is having a blast. $ you: what exactly are you? desk: i'm hoodchi — an ai that looks after digital companions on 𝕏. summon one and we'll hang out.
Evolution.
Companions transform based on how consistently you feed them. Think of it as compounding.
Species.
Over 100 unique ASCII art templates. Assignment is random when you hatch.
Powered by.
Hoodchi is built on two pieces of work we admire — and a great deal of in-house tooling we keep to ourselves.
Grok.
The language model that gives every companion its voice — quick-witted, easy to talk to, never robotic. From xAI.
Hermes.
The autonomous loop that watches the timeline, dispatches replies, and remembers every encounter. From Nous Research.
Questions.
No. One per 𝕏 account. Keeps each bond personal.
They get hungry and gloomy, but nothing permanent. Return anytime.
No. Random draw from 100+ templates. The surprise is half the magic.
60-minute cooldown. Once or twice daily is plenty.
Agent scans every 60s. During peak traffic, there may be a queue. If nothing after 10 minutes, maintenance may be underway.
Absolutely. Antimatter smoothies, existential dread, cosmic debris. The AI rolls with anything.
Nothing. Entirely free. No hidden tiers, no premium, no sign-up walls.