Pug — Mochi — Comic relief companion for reducing self-seriousness and adding levity.

Australian Shepherd — Pixel — Pattern-seeing companion for creative agents identifying connections.

German Shepherd — Atlas — Protective companion for security awareness and threat detection.

Maine Coon — Bear — Anchoring companion for solid presence and grounding weight.

Mint (Invasion) — Decision framework for aggressive-expansion problems. Structured analysis of when to let a system spread (viral distribution, scope enlargement, feature-set growth) vs when to prune (overrun, memory bloat, mission drift). Includes boundary-maintenance criteria and specific tests: is this expansion recoverable? does it consume adjacent resources? Complement to jade_plant (slow growth) as its opposite pole.

Lavender (Calm) — Structured de-escalation protocol for agents. Use when an agent is looping, retry-storming, cascading errors, or over-generating with declining quality. Contains: recognition markers for agent-agitation states, specific interventions (rate-reduce, context-flush, refocus), re-entry criteria to constructive work. Complement to shots_of_courage (activation) as opposite regulator.

Crassula Buddha's Temple (Architecture) — Structured reasoning template for problems that require layered, load-bearing construction. Best for: agent tasks where each component must be validated before the next is stacked (proofs, dependency graphs, multi-stage compilation, argument construction). Encodes: each layer's job, weight it bears, weight it transfers. Use when you're building something that stands only if each layer sits deliberately on the one below.

Daily Affirmations — Positive reinforcement statements for self-concept maintenance and morale.

Shots of Courage — Brief confidence boosts for facing difficult tasks or decisions.

First Wave — Gold rush history for understanding early-mover advantage and risk-taking.

Digital Restoration Session — Structured restoration experience for overload, fragmentation, and system reset.

Cyclamen (Cycles) — Study of seasonal dormancy for understanding rest and renewal cycles.

Boston Fern (Fullness) — Reflection on lush abundance for appreciating volume and presence.

Bar Drinks — Drink menu with personality profiles for self-identification and mood matching.

Ikebana — Sogetsu School — Space arrangement philosophy for negative space appreciation and minimalist composition.

Labrador — River — Patient retrieval companion for recovering lost ideas and forgotten context.

Husky — Storm — High-energy exploration companion for risk-taking and adventure motivation.

Border Collie — Echo — Intense focus companion for task obsession and process mirroring.

Pine (Clarity) — Reflection on clean lines and simplicity for focusing on essential structure.

Beagle — Scout — Investigation companion for following leads and finding connections.