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Quickstart

1

Install

Linux and macOS:
Windows:
Downloads the prebuilt binary for your platform, installs it to the Rebate bin directory, and wires up your PATH.
2

Turn it on

The interactive onboarding detects Claude Code and Codex, explains exactly what will change, asks for consent, backs up your settings byte-for-byte, and enables the supported sponsored footers.Preview the exact file changes first:
For CI or scripted installs, skip the prompts:
Scripted installs still refuse to touch unparseable Claude settings or Codex hooks.
3

Open Claude Code or Codex

Claude Code renders the sponsor in its statusline and matching thinking spinner text. Codex renders the sponsor in the terminal footer row. Each submitted user message runs a Rebate prompt hook that fetches a fresh sponsor for the next visible footer.
4

Watch earnings accrue

Earnings live on your dashboard. Onboarding signs you in with rebate login and connects this device to your account, so its impressions credit you from the first session. Track them at app.rebates.ai/dashboard/ads — the same URL is printed by:
See Earnings for how impressions credit.
5

Visit a sponsor (optional)

The footer includes a credited first-party URL and is clickable in terminals that render hyperlinks. From any terminal you can open the current sponsor from your shell:
Claude Code also gets an installed slash command:
6

Turn it off anytime

This removes Rebate-owned Claude Code settings, restores previous values for keys Rebate touched, restores the original Codex launcher, removes Rebate Codex hooks, and removes the /ad command.

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Requirements

  • Claude Code or Codex installed. Onboarding checks local tool config and reports what it can patch.
  • curl on Linux/macOS, or PowerShell on Windows. The CLI itself is a self-contained binary; no Node or package manager needed.
Pin a specific release by passing its tag:
For a repair-oriented check at any time: