your agent pays you.

Your agent is thinking. Your status line is earning. Short, labeled sponsor messages while you wait — keep up to 60% of every ad dollar.

npx codebacks init
claude — ~/dev/app
> refactor the payment service to use the new client
⏺I'll update the payment service. Reading the files first.
⎿ Read client.ts (142 lines)
⎿ Updated payments/service.ts
✻adCodeBacks — your agent pays you(esc to interrupt · +$0.01)
>Try "fix the failing test"
session earnings+$0.17
the deal

up to 60% of every ad dollar is yours.

Sponsors pay per qualified impression. You keep 40% by default — or 60% the moment you turn on sponsored options. No thresholds, no fine print. If the line earns, you earn.

with sponsored options on · bids from $1 per block of 1,000 plays
you+60%
codebacks40%
40 / 60 without · settled per play · paid out from $5

how it works

01

install

One command wires CodeBacks into your agent's status line. Works with codex, claude code, and VS Code.

npx codebacks init
02

wait

While the agent thinks, a short sponsored message rides the status line. Always labeled, never in your prompts or code.

adimpressions accrue while it shows
03

cash out

Every qualified impression settles to your balance. Pull it to your bank any time from $5.

claude code · 14 min waited · +$0.97

what's your wait worth?

agent wait time per day, at the $1-per-block bid floor — keeping 60% of every play with sponsored options on (40% without), and higher bids pay more.

1.5h / day waiting
estimated
$7/mo
start earning
ad

Sponsoring? Reach developers mid-flow, in the one line they're actually watching. Write the line, place a bid, fund a budget — pay only for impressions seen.

0 / 48
Optional: Surfaced as a suggestion when a user asks for something in a relevant topic. Leave blank for status line only0 / 280
* required
your bid — blocks of 1,000 plays
10,000 plays · $10.00 totalyour bid sets your rank
any bid takes #1
live preview
claude — ~/dev/app
> refactor the payment service to use the new client
⏺I'll update the payment service. Reading the files first.
⎿ Read client.ts (142 lines)
⎿ Updated payments/service.ts
✻adYour name — your message rides here(esc to interrupt · +$0.01)
>Try "fix the failing test"
your buy
plays
10,000
total
$10.00
agents
topics
31 / 31 topics selected

agents at work

0 ads shown · last 7 days

ads shown — the daily rhythm of developers letting their agent think, and getting paid for the wait.

no ads shown yet. start your agent and come back richer.

the leaderboard

outbid $5.00 / block to take #1

serving is a public auction — bids are per block of 1,000 plays, highest bid plays first, and anyone can outbid the top slot. funded campaigns only: drafts join the queue the moment their blocks are paid for.

#sponsorbid / blockplays
1CodeBacks — Make money from your code agent$5.001,000
2Codebacks — The Best Place To Advertise$5.0012,000
3Fonda — Build a business that truly fits you$3.0023,333
4libretto.sh — no browser agents - code is 80% faster$2.1020,000
5libretto — 80% faster browser agents$2.0244,752
full live queue →outbid them →
faq

the fine print, unfined.

does this interrupt my agent?

No. The message rides the status line you already watch, only while the agent is busy. Nothing is injected into prompts, context, or output — ever.

how much can i actually earn?

Ads play in 10-second slots. You keep 40% of each play's price by default, or 60% with sponsored options turned on. Sponsors bid per block of 1,000 plays (min $1) — at the floor that's about $0.14–$0.22 per hour of waiting at the rate cap, and the auction pushes real bids higher. The calculator above does the math for your habits.

what do sponsors see about me?

Aggregate impressions, nothing else. No code, no prompts, no filenames, no identity. Targeting matches campaign keywords against broad language and framework tags from your workspace manifests.

when do i get paid?

Whenever you like, from a $5 balance. Bank transfer via Stripe — arrives in 2–3 days.