🐾 Desktop Pet

The WiseMindAI Desktop Pet is a lightweight companion that stays on your desktop. It does not replace the main window—it lets you open WiseMindAI, jot down ideas, check background tasks, or add a bit of company to your workflow without breaking focus.

When it helps:

• You are reading, writing, or organizing materials and do not want to keep switching back to the main WiseMindAI window.
• You want to capture a thought, question, link, or something to follow up on.
• You want a clearer reminder while background tasks are running.
• You like keeping WiseMindAI at the edge of the screen so you can bring it up anytime.

Turn on the Desktop Pet

1. Open WiseMindAI Settings → Desktop Pet.
2. Enable Enable Desktop Pet.
3. To show it automatically whenever WiseMindAI starts, enable Show on app launch.

Once enabled, the currently selected pet appears on your desktop. Drag it to the screen edge or anywhere it stays out of the way.

Use the context menu

Right-click the desktop pet to open a shortcut menu. By default it includes:

Menu item	What it does
Home	Open the main WiseMindAI window
Quick note	Quickly capture ideas or content
Wait	Put the pet in a waiting state
Hide	Temporarily hide the desktop pet
Background jobs	Open the WiseMindAI background tasks window

Background task status

When WiseMindAI is running background tasks, a task hint appears next to the desktop pet—up to two tasks at a time. You can see:

• The current task name.
• Task status, such as queued, running, progress, completed, or failed.
• A count hint when there are multiple tasks.

Click the hint to open the background tasks page; you can also dismiss it if you do not want to see it right now.

Switch pets

Go to Settings → Desktop Pet → Pet list and choose the pet you want. WiseMindAI ships with several pets; your selection applies to the desktop pet window.

The list labels pets as:

• Default: Provided as the default WiseMindAI pet.
• Built-in: Bundled with the app.
• Custom: Pets you imported yourself.

Import custom pets

If you have a desktop pet package that follows the Codex format, you can import it into WiseMindAI.

1. Go to Settings → Desktop Pet → Pet list.
2. Click Import pet.
3. Drop a ZIP archive or a pet folder, or click to choose files.
4. After import succeeds, select it in the pet list.

The package should include:

pet.json
spritesheet.webp

A spritesheet.webp at 1536×1872 with an 8×9 frame grid is recommended. The free plan allows up to 2 custom pets; members have no limit.

You can also download and import new pets from Petdex.