What works with each AI

AI Mascot works with three AIs. They don’t all behave the same way, so here is what to expect from each one. Nothing here stops you from using the app. These are the places where one AI does something a little differently from the others.

A word about “hidden” sessions. You can start an AI with its terminal window showing, or with it hidden so you chat only in AI Mascot’s speech box. Most of the differences below are about hidden sessions.

Claude (Claude Code)

Claude Code is the best-supported of the three. The other two were built to match how it works, so there are only a couple of things to know.

  • When a hidden Claude wants to ask you a question, it writes the choices as a numbered list. You reply with the number. There are no tap-to-choose buttons yet.
  • A hidden Claude session only runs while AI Mascot is open. If you quit the app, the session stops. Open the folder again and choose “Continue where you left off” to pick up where it ended.

Gemini (Antigravity)

  • In a hidden Gemini session, questions come as a numbered list too, and you reply with the number. Gemini’s own multiple-choice question boxes can’t be shown.
  • A hidden Gemini session has no / menu of commands.
  • Like Claude, a hidden Gemini session stops when you quit AI Mascot. Choose “Continue where you left off” to resume it.

GPT (Codex)

  • Hidden GPT sessions use a mode of Codex that OpenAI labels experimental. A Codex update can need a AI Mascot update to keep working, so if GPT stops responding after Codex updates itself, check for a newer AI Mascot.
  • Questions come as a numbered list, and there is no / menu.
  • In Auto mode, GPT stays inside the project folder you started it in.
  • You need to be signed in to Codex with your ChatGPT account, and your usage counts against that account’s allowance.
  • On Windows, a hidden GPT session won’t start until Codex’s Windows sandbox setting has been chosen. Without it, GPT’s commands get refused.