@spinwait/cli

Get paid while your AI thinks. One sponsored line in your agent's status line; you keep 50% of the ad revenue.

The SpinWait CLI registers itself as your AI coding agent's status line. While the agent is "thinking", it shows a single small sponsored line — and you earn. It reads only the status-line state, never your code, prompts, or completions. Open-source (MIT).

Install & log in — step by step

# 1. Install
npm i -g @spinwait/cli

# 2. Log in (device-code flow — works in any terminal)
spinwait login
#    → prints a URL + an 8-character code.
#    → open the URL, sign in (GitHub / Google / email), enter the code, approve.
#    → expected: "✓ Logged in as [email protected]"

# 3. Turn it on in Claude Code (writes the statusLine setting for you)
spinwait enable
#    → expected: "✓ Enabled in Claude Code (~/.claude/settings.json)"

# 4. Set up payouts (Stripe Express — Stripe handles ID + bank)
spinwait payouts

# 5. Verify
spinwait status
#    → shows account, balance, payout status, and your referral link

Manual Claude Code setup (if you'd rather not run enable)

Add this to ~/.claude/settings.json:

{
  "statusLine": { "type": "command", "command": "spinwait statusline" }
}

Commands

| Command | What it does | |---|---| | spinwait login | Log in via device code | | spinwait enable / disable | Toggle the status line in Claude Code | | spinwait status | Account, balance, payout status | | spinwait balance | Available balance | | spinwait payouts | Open Stripe Express payout setup | | spinwait pause / resume | Temporarily stop / resume showing ads | | spinwait logout | Remove the local token |

Configuration

• Token + settings: ~/.spinwait/config.json (chmod 600).
• Point at a self-hosted instance: export SPINWAIT_API_URL=https://your-host.

Privacy

The client only ever reads whether the agent is "thinking" and renders a line. It never accesses your code, prompts, completions, or files.