{"slug": "gravy-get-paid-for-your-claude-s-idle-time", "title": "Gravy: Get paid for your Claude's idle time", "summary": "Gravy launched a CLI-based ad marketplace for Claude Code that pays developers 70% of revenue for displaying sponsored lines in their terminal status bar. The platform operates entirely through the command line, with payments currently in Stripe test mode using simulated earnings. Developers can install the tool via npm or apt to monetize idle terminal time, while advertisers can run bid-priced campaigns to reach developers directly in their shell environment.", "body_md": "A CLI-first ad marketplace for Claude Code. Render unobtrusive sponsored lines in your status line and keep 70% — or advertise to developers straight from the terminal. No web app. Just the shell.\n\nBeta: payments run in Stripe\n**test mode** — advertisers pay with test cards\n(4242…) and earnings are simulated while we gauge interest.\n\n```\n# npm — any OS, Node 18+\nnpm install -g gravy-cli\n\n# apt — Debian/Ubuntu, self-contained (no Node)\ncurl -fsSL https://gravycli.xyz/apt/gravy.gpg | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/gravy.gpg >/dev/null\necho \"deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/gravy.gpg] https://gravycli.xyz/apt stable main\" \\\n  | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gravy.list\nsudo apt update && sudo apt install gravy\n\n$ gravy            # interactive menu — run gravy -h for all commands\n```\n\ngravy install wires sponsored lines into your Claude Code status line. You keep 70% of the revenue; cash out via Stripe.\n\ngravy advertise — fund a wallet, run bid-priced campaigns, and reach developers where they work. gravy market shows the going rate.\n\nEvery command lives in gravy -h. It's a CLI — the terminal is the docs.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gravy-get-paid-for-your-claude-s-idle-time", "canonical_source": "https://gravycli.xyz", "published_at": "2026-06-12 02:38:54+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-12 02:49:06.633373+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "ai-products", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["Claude Code", "Stripe", "Gravy", "Node", "Debian", "Ubuntu", "CLI"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gravy-get-paid-for-your-claude-s-idle-time", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gravy-get-paid-for-your-claude-s-idle-time.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gravy-get-paid-for-your-claude-s-idle-time.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/gravy-get-paid-for-your-claude-s-idle-time.jsonld"}}