Kickbacks.ai

Supported brands and surfaces Surface Claude Code Codex VS Code extension ✓ ✓ Terminal CLI ✓ ✗ Kickbacks.ai runs in two places — the editor panel and the terminal. Sign in once and your earnings follow your account across every supported surface: VS Code — Claude Code panel. The spinner overlay. This is the primary, fully-supported surface. Claude Code terminal CLI. Supported. The status-bar line works on any Claude Code version; the sponsored spinner verb needs Claude Code 2.1.143 or newer . On older CLIs nothing breaks — you simply keep the stock verbs. Codex. The Codex VS Code panel is supported and earns. The Codex terminal CLI is not supported and does not earn. Because the VS Code build is a standard extension, the same surfaces also load over Remote-SSH , WSL (install Claude Code and Kickbacks.ai inside the WSL host via Remote-WSL — not on the Windows side), and in devcontainers . VS Code Insiders works too — the install page at kickbacks.ai/install shows the steps, just run the

Follow the installation guide to install, sign in, choose your earning mode, and check for your first sponsored line.

Yes. If something looks off on a Mac, make sure you're on the latest version, then reload the window.

Work through these in order — they're the usual causes, most common first: Is the Claude Code extension installed? Kickbacks.ai works by patching the Claude Code VS Code extension — if that extension isn't installed there's nothing for it to patch, so you'll see no ads (and the status bar may read “incompatible (unknown)”). Install Claude Code first, then reload. (Codex VS Code is supported too — see supported setups .) Are you signed in? Run Kickbacks: Show status (or check the status-bar item). If it says signed out, run Kickbacks: Sign in . You'll see real sponsored lines even before signing in, but you only earn while signed in. Is Claude Code actually thinking? Sponsored content only appears during a genuine wait-state. If a turn finishes instantly there's no spinner to sponsor. Is Kickbacks.ai enabled? If the status bar reads “Kickbacks: Off”, click it and re-enable. After a VS Code or Claude Code update, run Kickbacks: Diagnose — a new editor version occa

First, this is usually a display lag, not lost money . A few things to know: Your portal balance can trail live serving by a few minutes. Reload your dashboard before assuming anything is stuck. Earnings are credited for charged nominal ten-second impressions , not for every flicker of the spinner — so the number moves in steps, not continuously. A counter that looks “frozen” for a short stretch of light usage is normal. If it's genuinely flat for a long active session, run Kickbacks: Diagnose to confirm you're signed in and ads are serving, then reload the dashboard. Still wrong after that? Email us your account email and we'll audit the ledger by hand.