dojo

Anime-themed Claude Code subagents: one orchestrator and a crew, each with its own model, tools and voice.

Crew

| Agent | Character | Role | Model | |---|---|---|---| | dojo:strategist | Shikamaru or Lelouch (per session) | Orchestrator / integrator (main thread) | claude-opus-5-5 | | dojo:senku | Senku | Backend builder | claude-sonnet-5-5 | | dojo:sanji | Sanji | Frontend builder | claude-sonnet-5-5 | | dojo:l | L | Deep web researcher | claude-haiku-4-5 | | dojo:light | Light | Quick fact-finder | claude-haiku-4-5 | | dojo:levi | Levi | QA inspector (read-only) | claude-haiku-4-5 | | dojo:robin | Robin | Documentation writer | claude-haiku-4-5 |

Install

/plugin marketplace add shreym95/dojo
/plugin install dojo@dojo

Launch the orchestrator

claude --agent dojo:strategist
crew               # bin/crew: random persona
crew lelouch       # pin the persona (shikamaru | lelouch)

Or make it the default in settings.json: "agent": "dojo:strategist".

The strategist must run as the main-thread agent because subagents cannot spawn subagents. Run as a subagent it could not dispatch the crew.

A SessionStart hook tells the strategist which persona is on duty. Override with DOJO_STRATEGIST=shikamaru|lelouch; set DOJO_DEBUG=1 to log hook input to ${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/dojo-hook-debug.log.

Customise

Edit roster.mjs (characters, models, tools, descriptions), personas/*.md (voice sheets), roles/*.md (duties) or shared/house-rules.md, then:

npm run build   # regenerate agents/*.md
npm run check   # fail if agents/ has drifted (used in CI)
npm test

agents/*.md is generated; do not edit by hand.

Voice levels

How loud the characters are is set in roster.mjs: defaults: { voice: 'medium' }, or voice: '...' on one agent to override it.

| Level | What you get | |---|---| | subtle | One in-character opening line, optional sign-off, plain body. | | medium (default) | 1-2 opening lines, character-coloured wording, up to ~3 short asides and 2 catchphrases, a closing line. About +20% length. | | full | The character speaks freely, section by section. About +40% length. |

At every level facts, paths, numbers and commands stay exact, and persona never reaches code, commits or files. Each crew report ends with a Says: line; the strategist relays them to you under Crew:. Level rules are in shared/voice/; run npm run build after changing a level.

dojo-fx (optional visuals)

A second plugin in this marketplace, built on Claude Code's function hooks (early-access API): /plugin install dojo-fx@dojo. The main dojo plugin works without it.

• Themed spinners: the main thread's spinner word comes from the on-duty strategist (Shikamaru: "Shadow-possessing", "Reading the board"; Lelouch: "Commanding", "Geass-ing"). A crew member's own spinner gets its emoji and verbs (🧪 Senku "Science-ing", 🧹 Levi "Scrubbing", 🌸 Robin "Deciphering"...). Verbs rotate per turn.
• Turn-end flair: the line that closes a turn says "Outmaneuvered" (Shikamaru) or "Checkmated" (Lelouch).
• Crew band: while any dojo:* subagent runs, one row each above the prompt: emoji, name, an animated frame, its task and its latest tool call (Bash: npm test). Gone when nobody is running.
• Toasts: 🧹 Levi deployed — "Chi. Show me the mess.", then 🧹 Levi returned or 💀 Levi fell.
• Model guard (always on): an agent.spawn of any dojo:* type has model stripped, so a caller's "always pass model: sonnet" can't override an agent's own frontmatter model.

The strategist is read from the dojo: on duty: <Name> context line; if it can't be found, DOJO_STRATEGIST is used, else a neutral strategist theme. Toggle features in /config (or pluginConfigs in settings): spinners, turnFlair, band, toasts, neutralMainTheme, all on by default. Emoji, verbs, frames and toast lines live in fx/hooks/characters.ts. Try it without installing: claude --plugin-dir ./fx. Tests: claude plugin test fx.

Note

Don't pass model when spawning dojo agents: it overrides the model set in their frontmatter.

License

MIT