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Mate Pet Creator

Creates custom animated desktop pet characters (spritesheet + manifest) for MiMo Desktop.

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Repository
XiaomiMiMo/MiMo-Code
Stars
13,743
Licence
MIT
Files
1 file

What it does

This skill teaches an AI agent to design an animated desktop companion, called a Mate pet, for the MiMo Desktop app. The agent asks about the character and style, generates a sprite sheet image (a grid of animation frames with a transparent background), converts it to WebP, and writes a manifest.json that describes the animations. The user then drops the folder into MiMo Desktop and selects it in settings.

Great for

  • Users of MiMo Desktop who want a personalised desktop buddy
  • Hobbyists making pixel-art or cartoon pets without animation tools
  • Designers prototyping a small looping character animation

Skip it if

  • Users who do not run MiMo Desktop, since the output only loads there (the pet would have no use elsewhere)
  • Anyone needing a general image or animation tool, since it only produces one narrow pet format
  • Tasks requiring external assets, because the skill forbids external URLs and relies on local files

Try asking

  • “Create a desktop pet of my cat with a cute kawaii style”
  • “Make a pixel-art dragon companion with an idle breathing animation”
  • “Generate a spritesheet and manifest.json for my custom pet called sparky”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Mate Pet CreatorInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    mate.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip mate.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip mate.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Ask for a single horizontal row of frames with a transparent background, and keep the character centred and the same size in every frame.
  • Check that the manifest frame counts and grid size match the generated image before copying the folder into MiMo Desktop.
  • Install libwebp (brew install webp) first so the agent can produce a valid WebP file instead of failing at conversion.

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from XiaomiMiMo/MiMo-Code under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.