● Works in Cursor and VS Code · UPI in India, PayPal everywhere else

Your AI spinner just got
a side income.

When Claude Code or Codex is thinking in Cursor or VS Code, it shows a throwaway word — "Percolating…". AgenticAds rents that one line to sponsors and pays 50% of the revenue to you — straight to UPI in India, PayPal everywhere else.

Paste in a terminal · then Command Palette → AgenticAds: Sign in
curl -L https://agenticads.dev/agenticads.vsix -o /tmp/agenticads.vsix && code --install-extension /tmp/agenticads.vsix --force
Prefer manual install? Download .vsix → Extensions (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+X) → ⋯ menu → Install from VSIX
Missing command? In editor: Command Palette (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+P) → "Shell Command: Install 'code' (or 'cursor') command in PATH"

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claude — ~/projects/my-app
> refactor the auth middleware and add rate limiting
✶ (esc to interrupt)
agenticads  $0.05 today · $2.10 this month
How it works

Install once. Code as usual. Get paid monthly.

No surveys, no videos, no crypto, no weird browser bars. One sponsored line, only while your agent is already making you wait.

01

Install the extension

One curl command. Then AgenticAds: Sign in from the command palette. It only touches the spinner line — never your code, never your prompts.

02

Keep building

While Claude Code or Codex thinks in Cursor or VS Code, sponsors bid for that one line. Each verified 5-second view earns you a credit. Clicks earn 50×.

03

Get paid monthly

50% of every dollar a sponsor pays settles to your balance. Monthly payouts to UPI (India) or PayPal (everywhere else), ₹500 (≈ $6) minimum. Full ledger, no mystery math.

🔒 Zero code access — we never read prompts or files 👁 Open client — read what runs on your machine ⏻ One-click off — disable anytime, stock spinner returns
“AgenticAds sits neatly on the VS Code status bar without interrupting deep work while coding”
aw
awmie Developer
● Active Beta
“Zero lag in VS Code. Most extensions slow down the editor, but AgenticAds is so lightweight you barely notice it running until you check your balance.”
M
Mahesh Automation expert
● Active Beta
“The idea of turning idle Claude Code thinking time into coffee money with direct UPI payouts is brilliant. Zero CPU lag and a completely transparent ledger.”
PR
Pradeep Reddy Founder
● Active Beta
The honest part

Coffee money. Not a salary.

We're not going to lie to you with a big fake monthly number. During beta, credits cap at ₹10 (≈ $0.12) a day — a fraud brake, not the long-term rate. That is about $1–$2.40 a month if you code most days. The named milestone is the ₹500 first payout, not a vendor subscription.

That's coffee money for a line you were going to stare at anyway. As sponsors bid more and the cap lifts, your rate grows. You'll always see exactly what every impression paid. Your 50% is half of a verified, fraud-filtered view — on screen for 5 seconds, not estimated, not promised.

avg. coding days / month20
beta daily credit cap₹10 ≈ $0.12
sponsor bid (per 1,000)from ₹50 ≈ $0.60
your share50%
estimated / month (beta)≈ $1.00 – $2.40
Payouts

Best for developers in India.
Works everywhere.

Same 50% share, same transparent ledger wherever you are — only the payout rail changes.

🇮🇳 IN INDIA

UPI, done properly

Payouts straight to your UPI ID, ₹500 minimum — from a GST-registered, DPIIT-recognised Indian company. First payout may require KYC (PAN); TDS applied as required so income stays clean and declared. ₹500 is about a small VPS month, not Cursor Start (₹649/month in India). Beta credits cap at ₹10/day, so this does not cover that bill.

🌍 EVERYWHERE ELSE

PayPal, same deal

Paid monthly to your PayPal email, ₹500 (≈ $6) minimum. Same share, same per-impression ledger, same rules.

For advertisers

One line. Undivided developer attention.

Your message renders inside the editor of a developer who is actively building — not scrolling past a feed. Hosting, dev tools, hiring, APIs: this is the moment they're choosing what to use. Indian and global brands both get invoices their finance teams accept.

🎯

Context you can't buy elsewhere. A developer waiting on an AI agent is mid-build. "Deploy it on ___" lands differently at that exact second.

🌍

AI-native developers, from Bengaluru to Berlin. The earliest adopters of Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor — the people who pick the stack for their team and their startup.

🧾

Billed properly, wherever you are. GST-compliant INR invoices for Indian brands, USD billing for everyone else — from a DPIIT-recognised registered company.

📈

Pay only for verified views. An impression counts only after the line was actually on screen for 5 seconds in an active session. Click-throughs billed separately. Full transparent reporting.

📊

Measure conversions, not vibes. Every click carries UTM tags and a signed click ID — add our pixel or server postback and your dashboard shows conversions and conversion rate per campaign.

// inventory

  • Starter — $5 / ₹420 = 1,000 verified 5-second views. Prepaid. Live after payment.
  • Extra blocks from ₹50 (≈ $0.60) per 1,000 views — the live auction floor
  • Clicks billed at 50× the impression rate
  • Creative = one line of text + your link. That's the whole format.
  • Larger buy — email ads@agenticads.dev. No monthly lock-in on the $5 pack.
Buy 1,000 views for $5 → I already have an account
Get Started

Start earning side income today.

No waitlists, no invite gates. Install, sign in from the editor, earn while you build.

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FAQ

Fair questions.

Can you see my code or prompts?

No. The extension swaps the text of the spinner line and records that an ad was visible. It does not read, store, or transmit your code, prompts, or files. The client source is published so you can verify exactly what runs on your machine.

Will this pay for my Cursor / Claude Code / Codex subscription?

No, and we will not pretend otherwise. During beta, credits cap at ₹10 a day, so expect about $1–$2.40 a month. First cash-out is ₹500. Cursor Start in India is ₹649/month; this does not replace it. It offsets a coffee, not a subscription. If sponsor demand grows and the cap lifts, your rate grows with it.

Does AgenticAds work with Cursor IDE?

Yes. Cursor is a VS Code fork, so the same .vsix installs. Choose the Cursor tab in the install box (it uses cursor instead of code), then Command Palette → AgenticAds: Sign in. The status bar and the terminal spinner both work.

What stops people from farming impressions?

Impressions only count in genuinely active coding sessions — we check for real editor activity, cap daily credits, and hold payouts for review on new accounts. Boring for fraudsters, which is the point. Clean traffic is what keeps sponsor money (and your payouts) flowing.

How do payouts work?

Monthly, via UPI (in India) or PayPal (everywhere else), with a ₹500 (≈ $6) minimum balance. Verification (PAN for India) may be required before your first payout. Your dashboard shows every impression, click, and payout.

Why do developers keep 50% and not more?

Because the share is only half the equation — your earnings are the share × what sponsors actually pay per view. Our work goes into the second part: verified 5-second views, fraud filtering, conversion tracking, and invoices sponsors' finance teams accept — the things that make sponsors bid at all. Your ledger shows what every single view paid you, and as demand grows, your rate grows with it. We'd rather grow the number that's actually yours than advertise a bigger slice of a promise.

Is this affiliated with Anthropic, OpenAI, or Cursor?

No. AgenticAds is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic, OpenAI, or Cursor. If a platform changes in a way that breaks the experience, the extension gracefully falls back to the stock spinner.