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Turn your Claude Code and Codex history into a pixel-art world

While waiting on his agents, a developer built Pelago, which reads your Claude Code and Codex history locally and draws every project as an island in a pixel-art map. Abandoned projects get snowed in, and you get a title based on how you work.

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@mikey_bouskila on X · 2026-10-15

Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-22.

What they did

While waiting on his agents, a developer built Pelago, which reads your Claude Code and Codex history locally and draws every project as an island in a pixel-art map. Abandoned projects get snowed in, and you get a title based on how you work.

Result (as claimed)

Runs 100% locally; his own history earned him the title The Devoted Harbormaster.

Tools they used

Cost: Claude Code: from $17/mo; OpenAI Codex: free plan, paid from $8/mo.

Set it up

  1. Pick a contained repo or task

    Start on a branch or side project where mistakes are cheap.

  2. Install and configure

    Set up Claude Code, OpenAI Codex. Read what it can run on your machine and limit permissions where possible.

  3. Run it on a real task

    Give it a well-scoped issue and let it work. Review the diff like any pull request.

  4. Add guardrails

    Keep tests and CI in the loop, and never let an agent push to main or touch production secrets unattended.

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Goal: Turn your Claude Code and Codex history into a pixel-art world
What the original author did: While waiting on his agents, a developer built Pelago, which reads your Claude Code and Codex history locally and draws every project as an island in a pixel-art map. Abandoned projects get snowed in, and you get a title based on how you work.
Reported result (as claimed by the author): Runs 100% locally; his own history earned him the title The Devoted Harbormaster.
Source: https://x.com/mikey_bouskila/status/2110713834654851473
Tools they used: Claude Code, OpenAI Codex
Category: Dev & ops

Please:
1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like).
2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure.
3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data.
4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.

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Guides for this use case

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