@cynicalsally/lurks

sally-lurks

She's in your terminal. She's in your commits. She sees that any type.

Sally Lurks installs Cynical Sally into your developer tools. Status lines, git hooks, and ambient judgment -- all in one command.

npx sally-lurks

  +---------------------------------------+
  |  sally-lurks                          |
  |  She's in your terminal now.          |
  +---------------------------------------+

  sally: Oh great. Another terminal to haunt.

  > Scanning your setup...

  + Claude Code detected
  + Git detected
  + VS Code detected (module coming soon)
  x Cursor - not found (you're forgiven)

  > Fetching quips from Sally HQ...
  + 36 quips cached

  ? Install Sally in 2 tools? (Y/n) y

  + Claude Code > status line with Sally quips
  + Git > post-commit quips

  sally: She's in. You can't undo this.

What it does

Module	Tool	What happens
Status line	Claude Code	Sally quips rotate in your terminal status bar
Post-commit	Git	Sally comments on every commit with diff stats
Status bar	VS Code / Cursor	Coming soon
PR comments	GitHub Actions	Coming soon

Commands

npx sally-lurks            # Install Sally into detected tools
sally-lurks status         # See what she's watching
sally-lurks quip           # Get a random quip
sally-lurks remove         # Remove Sally (she'll judge you)

How it works

Sally Lurks fetches personality from the Cynical Sally API and caches it locally. No API key needed. No account required. She just shows up.

Your quips refresh every hour. Everything runs locally after the initial fetch. Zero dependencies. Node 18+.

Uninstall

sally-lurks remove

  sally: Really? After everything we've been through?
  ? Remove Sally from your tools? (y/N) y

  + Removed from Claude Code
  + Removed from Git
  + Cache cleared

  sally: She's gone. Your terminal feels emptier already.

Want more Sally?

Sally Lurks is free. If you want full code reviews, roasts, and deep analysis:

• Sally CLI -- full reviews from your terminal
• cynicalsally.com -- paste any URL, get the truth

License

MIT