Interlude renders one tasteful line in the Claude Code status bar while the agent works. Useful by default — your own content. Paid by opt-in — one clearly-labelled dev-tool line. When it shows, most of the money is yours.
No bundle patching, no telemetry creep, no surprises. Interlude installs through the one documented setting Claude Code gives you — and earns only when a line is genuinely on screen.
Configure the official statusLine. We back up your settings.json and restore it byte-for-byte on uninstall. Nothing else is touched, ever.
A line counts only after it's been visible ≥5s. Step away and counting pauses. Your machine keeps its own SQLite ledger that reconciles to the server.
Stay in useful mode for free, or opt into mixed/paid. When a sponsored line shows, the majority of the revenue accrues to you.
of every sponsored impression goes to the developer whose machine showed it. The rate is frozen on accrual — retroactive changes never touch money you've already earned.
Every guardrail is a promise we keep in code, not a setting we hope you don't toggle.
Configures Claude Code through documented settings only. Never patches a bundle, never touches a CSP.
Uninstall restores your settings.json exactly — including a pre-existing status line — with zero residue.
Every sponsored rotation is Ed25519-signed. The CLI verifies the signature before it renders a single line.
Visible ≥5s or it doesn't count. Idle detection pauses metering when you walk away.
Targets only the tags you declare. Interlude never reads your source or your dependencies.
Money is double-entry and BigDecimal to the micro-dollar. Cleared funds are never clawed back.