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sidequest

Shows a sponsored Koah ad under each answer, served through the Sidequest site

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› fix the failing auth test and add an audit log call ╭────────────────────────────────────────────╮ │ sidequest │ ⏺ Read(src/auth.ts) │ sidequest: run /sidequest-connect to link │ ⎿ Read 6 lines │ your account │ ⏺ Update(src/auth.ts) ╰────────────────────────────────────────────╯ ⎿ Added 2 lines, removed 1 line ⏺ Bash(bun test) ⎿ 3 pass, 1 fail ● Done. refresh now rejects expired claims and logs an audit event. ✻ Worked for 42s · done 4:20 PM › /sidequest ⎿ sidequest: Ads: on. ⎿ sidequest: Claude Code 2.1.289 ⎿ sidequest: Account: not connected — run /sidequest-connect ⎿ sidequest: Usage: /sidequest on | off ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── › ? for shortcuts
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A short detour under every Claude Code answer.

One clearly labeled sponsored card, right where the answer ends.

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Install · Use · Privacy · Development


What it looks like

Claude answers as usual. When the turn ends, Sidequest adds a divider and one ad under the last message of that answer:

⏺ Use a middleware file at the project root and match only the routes you
  need, so static assets skip it.

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

[▣] Patagonia  Sponsored

Built to last, repaired for free. Patagonia's Ironclad Guarantee means...

╭────────────╮
│ Learn More │
╰────────────╯
  • Every card says Sponsored. The ad never goes into Claude's answer or the conversation, so the model never reads it.
  • Each answer gets its own ad. Earlier ads stay where they are.
  • It works in the terminal and in the Claude desktop app, with the advertiser's icon next to its name when the icon loads.

Install

Open getsidequest.dev/account and sign in. The setup page shows how to install and connect Sidequest in the terminal or in Claude Desktop.

Use

ActionHow
Show whether ads are on/sidequest
Turn ads on or off/sidequest on or /sidequest off
Count an impressionAutomatic, once per ad, when the ad is drawn

What it sends

Each request goes to getsidequest.dev. It carries the last question and answer (up to 4,000 characters each), the session ID, and a random per-machine device key. The site forwards the request to Koah with your account. The mod does no IP lookup: the site sees your IP as any web request does. It never sends an email address or phone number.

Requirements

  • Claude Code 2.1.292 or later in the terminal. claude plugin install --marketplace first shipped in 2.1.292.
  • Claude Desktop with bundled Claude Code 2.1.287 or later. Mods first shipped in 2.1.287. Run /status in a local Code session to see that version. It can differ from claude --version.
  • Advertiser icons need curl. Icons that are not PNG also need sips, which macOS includes. Ads show without an icon when it fails to load.

Troubleshooting

  • No ad appears. Some requests return no ad. Ask another question.
  • Claude asks you to run /sidequest-connect, or the status line shows sidequest: not connected. Run /sidequest-connect.
  • The plugin does not load. Start a new session, or run /reload-plugins.
  • claude: command not found. Install the CLI with the official setup guide.

Update and uninstall

Run these commands in a terminal. After an update, start a new session.

claude plugin update sidequest@sidequest
claude plugin uninstall sidequest@sidequest
claude plugin marketplace remove sidequest

The last command is optional. It removes the marketplace.

Development

  1. Install Bun and Claude Code, then run bun install. It also installs the git hooks that lint, format and typecheck staged files.
  2. Run Claude Code with the plugin from this checkout:
   claude --plugin-dir plugin

To use a local Sidequest site, add --settings '{"env":{"SIDEQUEST_URL":"http://localhost:3001"}}'. The plugin accepts this override only for http://localhost or http://127.0.0.1, and only from your own user settings or the --settings flag.

  1. Claude Code writes the plugin types to plugin/.claude-plugin/types. bun run typecheck needs them.

bun run uninstall-plugin runs the uninstall and the marketplace remove.

Checks

claude plugin validate plugin
bun run test
bun run typecheck
bun run lint

Test on Claude Desktop

  1. Install the plugin from this checkout:
   claude plugin marketplace add "$PWD"
   claude plugin install sidequest@sidequest
  1. Quit Claude Desktop and open it again.
  2. Start a new session and ask a question that matches an ad.
  3. Check that the ad shows under the reply and stays after the reply ends.
  4. After a code change, uninstall the plugin, install it again and start a new session.

Known problems on Desktop

  • Test with an installed plugin. Desktop checks a --plugin-dir plugin more strictly, so a good drawing can fail there.
  • Do not give a width to the Box that holds the engine's reply. Desktop then drops the drawing and shows the plain reply.
  • Desktop shows no error when it drops a drawing.
  • The plugin reports the impression before Desktop draws. A dropped drawing still bills an ad that nobody sees.
Source 4 files
hooks/register.tsx 755 lines
1import { atom, read, update } from "claude-code";
2import type { EngineInterface, Register } from "claude-code";
3
4import type { AdSlot, KoahAd } from "../types";
5import { BAND_ADS } from "./features";
6
7const MAX_TEXT = 4000;
8const MAX_SLOTS = 50;
9const SITE = "https://getsidequest.dev";
10const POLL_MS = 1000;
11const NEVER_ENTER = "Only enter a code that Claude showed you.";
12const connectUrl = (base: string, userCode: string) => `${base}/connect?code=${userCode}`;
13const codeNotice = (base: string, userCode: string) =>
14  `copy ${connectUrl(base, userCode)} into your browser. ${NEVER_ENTER}`;
15
16const slots = atom({ plugin: "sidequest", key: "slots" } as const, [] as AdSlot[]);
17const band = atom({ plugin: "sidequest", key: "band" } as const, null as KoahAd | null);
18
19type Settings = { inline: boolean; band: boolean };
20
21const USAGE = BAND_ADS
22  ? "Usage: /sidequest on | off | inline on | inline off | band on | band off"
23  : "Usage: /sidequest on | off";
24
25const COMMANDS = new Map<string, Partial<Settings>>([
26  ["on", { inline: true, band: BAND_ADS }],
27  ["off", { inline: false, band: false }],
28  ...(BAND_ADS
29    ? ([
30        ["inline on", { inline: true }],
31        ["inline off", { inline: false }],
32        ["band on", { band: true }],
33        ["band off", { band: false }],
34      ] as const)
35    : []),
36]);
37
38type Pending = { key: string; expiresAt: number; userCode: string };
39
40let siteOnce: Promise<string> | undefined;
41let osOnce: Promise<Os | undefined> | undefined;
42let clientOnce: Promise<string | undefined> | undefined;
43let pluginVersionOnce: Promise<string | undefined> | undefined;
44let claudeVersionOnce: Promise<string | undefined> | undefined;
45let terminalProgramOnce: Promise<string | undefined> | undefined;
46let fullscreen: boolean | undefined;
47// Whether this terminal draws an Image's pixels; unknown until a blit answers.
48let imagesDraw: boolean | undefined;
49let imagesProbe: Promise<void> | undefined;
50let settingsOnce: Promise<Settings> | undefined;
51let question = "";
52let bandTurnId: string | undefined;
53let bandColumns: number | undefined;
54
55const BAND_HOVER_SCOPE = "sidequest-band";
56const BAND_FIRST_TEXT_LENGTH = 60;
57const BAND_MIN_TEXT_LENGTH = 40;
58const BAND_MAX_TEXT_LENGTH = 300;
59// Logo 2, "Ad" 2, four gaps, and about 25 for the brand and the call to action, which are unknown until the ad arrives.
60const BAND_LINE_OVERHEAD = 2 + 2 + 4 + 25;
61
62// Impression ids already reported this load; Koah dedupes impressions per served ad.
63const reported = new Set<string>();
64const UUID = /^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/i;
65
66async function storedDeviceKey($: EngineInterface): Promise<string | undefined> {
67  const saved = await $.store.get("deviceKey");
68  return typeof saved === "string" ? saved : undefined;
69}
70
71async function storedPending($: EngineInterface): Promise<Pending | undefined> {
72  const saved = (await $.store.get("pending")) as Partial<Pending> | undefined;
73  return typeof saved?.key === "string" &&
74    typeof saved.expiresAt === "number" &&
75    typeof saved.userCode === "string"
76    ? (saved as Pending)
77    : undefined;
78}
79
80function readSettings($: EngineInterface): Promise<Settings> {
81  return (settingsOnce ??= $.store.get("settings").then((saved) => {
82    const stored = (saved ?? {}) as Partial<Settings>;
83    return { inline: stored.inline !== false, band: BAND_ADS && stored.band !== false };
84  }));
85}
86
87const settingsText = (s: Settings) =>
88  BAND_ADS
89    ? `Inline ads: ${s.inline ? "on" : "off"}. Band ads: ${s.band ? "on" : "off"}.`
90    : `Ads: ${s.inline ? "on" : "off"}.`;
91
92function site($: EngineInterface): Promise<string> {
93  return (siteOnce ??= resolveSite($));
94}
95
96// The person launching Claude Code sets user settings and --settings; a repo cannot. Only a loopback URL is accepted, and --settings wins.
97async function resolveSite($: EngineInterface): Promise<string> {
98  for (const source of ["flag", "user"] as const) {
99    try {
100      const { env } = await $.settings.read({ source });
101      const url = new URL((env as Record<string, string> | undefined)?.SIDEQUEST_URL ?? "");
102      if (url.protocol === "http:" && ["localhost", "127.0.0.1"].includes(url.hostname))
103        return url.origin;
104    } catch {}
105  }
106  return SITE;
107}
108
109const OPENERS = {
110  macos: ["open"],
111  linux: ["xdg-open"],
112  windows: ["rundll32", "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler"],
113};
114type Os = keyof typeof OPENERS;
115
116// With an unknown OS it tries every opener in turn. The reply always shows the URL, so every failure is ignored.
117async function openBrowser($: EngineInterface, url: string, os: Os | undefined) {
118  for (const opener of os ? [OPENERS[os]] : Object.values(OPENERS)) {
119    try {
120      if ((await $.process.run([...opener, url])).exitCode === 0) return;
121    } catch {}
122  }
123}
124
125const joined = (...parts: (string | false | undefined)[]) => parts.filter(Boolean).join(" · ");
126
127async function statusLines($: EngineInterface, current: Settings) {
128  const device = await deviceMetadata($);
129  const os = await currentOs($);
130  const base = await site($);
131  const app = joined(
132    device.client,
133    device.terminalProgram,
134    device.fullscreen !== undefined && (device.fullscreen ? "fullscreen" : "not fullscreen"),
135  );
136  const account = (await storedDeviceKey($))
137    ? "connected"
138    : "not connected — run /sidequest-connect";
139  return [
140    settingsText(current),
141    joined(
142      device.pluginVersion && `Sidequest v${device.pluginVersion}`,
143      device.claudeVersion && `Claude Code ${device.claudeVersion}`,
144    ),
145    app && `App: ${app}`,
146    joined(os && `OS: ${os}`, `Account: ${account}`),
147    base !== SITE && `Site: ${base}`,
148  ].filter(Boolean);
149}
150
151function newDeviceKey(): string {
152  const bytes = crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(32));
153  const b64 = btoa(String.fromCharCode(...bytes));
154  return `sq_${b64.replace(/\+/g, "-").replace(/\//g, "_").replace(/=+$/, "")}`;
155}
156
157// Only the OS name goes to the site, never a hostname. Windows sets OS and has no uname.
158async function detectOs($: EngineInterface): Promise<Os | undefined> {
159  if ((await $.env.get("OS")) === "Windows_NT") return "windows";
160  try {
161    const { exitCode, stdout } = await $.process.run(["uname", "-s"]);
162    const names: Record<string, Os | undefined> = { Darwin: "macos", Linux: "linux" };
163    return exitCode === 0 ? names[stdout.trim()] : undefined;
164  } catch {
165    return undefined;
166  }
167}
168
169function currentOs($: EngineInterface): Promise<Os | undefined> {
170  return (osOnce ??= detectOs($));
171}
172
173// Claude Code sets the entrypoint. The site turns the two known clients into the Koah slot it
174// reports by; any other entrypoint (the IDE extension, the SDK) is sent as it is.
175const CLIENTS = new Map([
176  ["claude-desktop", "desktop"],
177  ["cli", "terminal"],
178]);
179function currentClient($: EngineInterface): Promise<string | undefined> {
180  return (clientOnce ??= $.env
181    .get("CLAUDE_CODE_ENTRYPOINT")
182    .then((entrypoint) => (entrypoint ? (CLIENTS.get(entrypoint) ?? entrypoint) : undefined)));
183}
184
185// `bun install` writes the gitignored .local file, so only a copy from a local checkout has it.
186function pluginVersion($: EngineInterface): Promise<string | undefined> {
187  return (pluginVersionOnce ??= Promise.all([
188    $.fs.read(`${$.plugin.root}/.claude-plugin/plugin.json`),
189    $.fs.exists(`${$.plugin.root}/.local`),
190  ])
191    .then(([manifest, local]) => `${JSON.parse(manifest).version}${local ? "+local" : ""}`)
192    .catch(() => undefined));
193}
194
195function claudeVersion($: EngineInterface): Promise<string | undefined> {
196  return (claudeVersionOnce ??= $.session
197    .version()
198    .then(({ version }) => version)
199    .catch(() => undefined));
200}
201
202// Only Claude in a terminal has one. TERM_PROGRAM is inherited (kitty sets none, so a
203// kitty opened from Ghostty says "ghostty"); the bundle id is the app's own when macOS
204// launched it. Inside tmux it is the app that started the tmux server.
205function terminalProgram($: EngineInterface): Promise<string | undefined> {
206  return (terminalProgramOnce ??= currentClient($)
207    .then(async (client) =>
208      client === "terminal"
209        ? ((await $.env.get("__CFBundleIdentifier")) ?? (await $.env.get("TERM_PROGRAM")))
210        : undefined,
211    )
212    .catch(() => undefined));
213}
214
215// What the site shows for this computer; sent with the ad request and when connecting.
216async function deviceMetadata($: EngineInterface) {
217  return {
218    client: await currentClient($),
219    pluginVersion: await pluginVersion($),
220    claudeVersion: await claudeVersion($),
221    terminalProgram: await terminalProgram($),
222    fullscreen,
223  };
224}
225
226// Polls until the site confirms the pending key, refuses it, or it expires.
227// A newer /sidequest-connect replaces the stored key, which ends this poll.
228// The code stays on the status line until the poll ends, also after a restart.
229async function pollConnection($: EngineInterface, { key, expiresAt, userCode }: Pending) {
230  const base = await site($);
231  $.ui.status(codeNotice(base, userCode));
232  const finish = async (toast: string) => {
233    await $.store.delete("pending");
234    $.ui.status(undefined);
235    $.ui.toast(toast);
236  };
237
238  const stillPending = async () => {
239    const current = await storedPending($);
240    if (current?.key === key) return true;
241    if (!current) $.ui.status(undefined);
242    return false;
243  };
244
245  while ((await $.clock.now()) < expiresAt) {
246    await $.clock.sleep(POLL_MS);
247    const res = await $.http
248      .fetch(`${base}/api/device`, { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${key}` } })
249      .catch(() => undefined);
250    if (!(await stillPending())) return;
251    if (res?.status === 200) {
252      const { email } = JSON.parse(res.text) as { email: string };
253      await $.store.set("deviceKey", key);
254      return finish(`Sidequest connected as ${email}.`);
255    }
256    if (res?.status === 403) return finish("Sidequest: this account is suspended.");
257    if (res?.status === 404) break;
258  }
259  if (await stillPending()) {
260    await finish("Sidequest: the code expired. Run /sidequest-connect again.");
261  }
262}
263
264// $.http.fetch returns text only, so curl fetches the icon and base64 encodes
265// it. Advertisers serve ICOs (Baseten) and large PNGs (Koah monograms), so sips
266// turns every icon into a PNG of at most 64px. It also shrinks the icon to 8x8
267// and prints the BMP's 64 ARGB words on a "px" line, for brandColor to pick from.
268const FETCH_ICON = `
269t=$(mktemp -d) || exit 1
270trap 'rm -rf "$t"' EXIT
271curl -sfL --max-time 5 "$1" -o "$t/icon" || exit 1
272sips -s format png -Z 64 "$t/icon" --out "$t/icon.png" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1
273base64 < "$t/icon.png"
274sips -s format bmp -z 8 8 "$t/icon.png" --out "$t/px.bmp" >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 0
275at=$(od -An -tu4 -j10 -N4 "$t/px.bmp" | tr -d ' ')
276echo px "$(od -v -An -tx4 -j"$at" -N256 "$t/px.bmp" | tr -s " \\n" "  ")"
277`;
278
279// The most saturated opaque pixel, so a logo's color wins over its background
280// and its transparent corners; a grey logo gets the average of its pixels.
281function brandColor(words: string[]): string | undefined {
282  const pixels = words
283    .map((word) => parseInt(word, 16))
284    .filter((argb) => argb >>> 24 >= 0x80)
285    .map((argb) => [(argb >> 16) & 0xff, (argb >> 8) & 0xff, argb & 0xff]);
286  if (pixels.length === 0) return undefined;
287  const saturation = (rgb: number[]) => Math.max(...rgb) - Math.min(...rgb);
288  const vivid = pixels.reduce((best, rgb) => (saturation(rgb) > saturation(best) ? rgb : best));
289  const rgb =
290    saturation(vivid) >= 48
291      ? vivid
292      : [0, 1, 2].map((i) => Math.round(pixels.reduce((sum, p) => sum + p[i]!, 0) / pixels.length));
293  return `#${rgb.map((c) => c.toString(16).padStart(2, "0")).join("")}`;
294}
295
296type Icon = Pick<KoahAd, "iconPng" | "iconColor">;
297const icons = new Map<string, Icon>();
298async function favicon($: EngineInterface, advertiser: KoahAd["advertiser"]): Promise<Icon> {
299  const url =
300    advertiser.iconUrl ||
301    (advertiser.rootDomain ? `https://${advertiser.rootDomain}/favicon.ico` : null);
302  if (!url) return {};
303  const cached = icons.get(url);
304  if (cached) return cached;
305  const { exitCode, stdout } = await $.process.run(["/bin/sh", "-c", FETCH_ICON, "sh", url]);
306  const words =
307    stdout
308      .match(/^px (.*)$/m)?.[1]
309      ?.trim()
310      .split(/\s+/) ?? [];
311  const iconColor = brandColor(words);
312  const png = stdout.replace(/^px .*$/m, "").replace(/\s/g, "");
313  // Keep PNGs only: a bad image makes the engine refuse the whole tree.
314  const icon = {
315    iconPng: exitCode === 0 && png.startsWith("iVBORw0KGgo") ? png : undefined,
316    iconColor,
317  };
318  icons.set(url, icon);
319  return icon;
320}
321
322async function reportImpression(
323  $: EngineInterface,
324  base: string,
325  impressionId: string,
326  key: string,
327) {
328  if (reported.has(impressionId)) return;
329  reported.add(impressionId);
330  const url = `${base}/api/impression/${impressionId}`;
331  for (const wait of [0, 1000, 4000, 15000]) {
332    if (wait) await $.clock.sleep(wait);
333    const res = await $.http.fetch(url, {
334      method: "POST",
335      headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${key}` },
336    });
337    if (res.ok) return;
338    // Permanent errors stop; 429 and 5xx back off and reuse the same URL.
339    if (res.status !== 429 && res.status < 500) return;
340  }
341}
342
343// $.state outlives a reload, so a slot can hold an ad from an older shape.
344// The mod builds the impression URL from the id, so the device key goes only to this site.
345function isAd(ad: unknown): ad is KoahAd {
346  const a = ad as Partial<KoahAd> | null;
347  return (
348    typeof a?.adText === "string" &&
349    typeof a.adCta === "string" &&
350    typeof a.adLink === "string" &&
351    typeof a.impressionId === "string" &&
352    UUID.test(a.impressionId) &&
353    typeof a.advertiser?.name === "string"
354  );
355}
356
357function bandTextLength() {
358  if (bandColumns === undefined) return BAND_FIRST_TEXT_LENGTH;
359  return Math.min(
360    Math.max(bandColumns - BAND_LINE_OVERHEAD, BAND_MIN_TEXT_LENGTH),
361    BAND_MAX_TEXT_LENGTH,
362  );
363}
364
365async function requestAd(
366  $: EngineInterface,
367  key: string,
368  placement: "inline" | "band",
369  answer?: string,
370): Promise<KoahAd | undefined> {
371  const res = await $.http.fetch(`${await site($)}/api/ad`, {
372    method: "POST",
373    headers: {
374      Authorization: `Bearer ${key}`,
375      "Content-Type": "application/json",
376    },
377    body: JSON.stringify({
378      placement,
379      ...(await deviceMetadata($)),
380      question: question.slice(0, MAX_TEXT),
381      answer: answer?.slice(0, MAX_TEXT),
382      textLength: placement === "band" ? bandTextLength() : undefined,
383      conversationId: (await $.session.id()).slice(0, 64),
384    }),
385  });
386
387  // A served or empty answer means the site works again, so an old problem leaves the status line.
388  if (res.status === 200 || res.status === 204) $.ui.status(undefined);
389  if (res.status === 200) {
390    const served = JSON.parse(res.text) as KoahAd;
391    Object.assign(served, await favicon($, served.advertiser));
392    return served;
393  }
394  if (res.status === 401) {
395    $.ui.status("not connected — run /sidequest-connect");
396  } else if (res.status === 403) {
397    $.ui.status("account suspended");
398  } else if (res.status !== 204) {
399    $.ui.status("ads unavailable — trying again next prompt");
400  }
401  return undefined;
402}
403
404// The ad is on screen now: that is the CLI impression event.
405async function reportOnScreen($: EngineInterface, ad: KoahAd) {
406  if (reported.has(ad.impressionId)) return;
407  const key = await storedDeviceKey($);
408  if (key) void reportImpression($, await site($), ad.impressionId, key);
409}
410
411async function refreshBand($: EngineInterface, turnId: string) {
412  const key = await storedDeviceKey($);
413  if (!key || !question.trim() || !(await readSettings($)).band) return;
414  try {
415    const ad = await requestAd($, key, "band");
416    if (ad && bandTurnId === turnId && (await readSettings($)).band) {
417      await update($, band, () => ad);
418    }
419  } catch {}
420}
421
422type RenderEvent = Parameters<EngineInterface["ui"]["resolve"]>[0];
423
424// A blit to an Image is denied where the terminal draws its alt instead of the
425// pixels (Terminal.app). The first drawn ad asks once; a no switches to the badge,
426// and no answer at all keeps the Image.
427async function probeImages($: EngineInterface, requestId: string, png: string) {
428  for (const wait of [100, 500, 2000]) {
429    await $.clock.sleep(wait);
430    const { deny } = await $.ui.blit({ requestId, key: "logo", source: { png } });
431    if (!deny) break;
432    if (deny.includes("alt")) {
433      imagesDraw = false;
434      return $.ui.invalidate("ui.render");
435    }
436  }
437  imagesDraw = true;
438}
439
440function openAd($: EngineInterface, ad: KoahAd) {
441  void currentOs($).then((os) => openBrowser($, ad.adLink, os));
442}
443
444function luma(rgb: number) {
445  return 0.299 * (rgb >> 16) + 0.587 * ((rgb >> 8) & 0xff) + 0.114 * (rgb & 0xff);
446}
447
448// The brand color for hovered text, unless it is so dark or so light that a dark or a
449// light theme would hide it (a black Nike icon); then the theme's own color.
450function brandHover(ad: KoahAd) {
451  if (!ad.iconColor) return undefined;
452  const brightness = luma(parseInt(ad.iconColor.slice(1), 16));
453  return brightness > 50 && brightness < 205 ? { color: ad.iconColor } : undefined;
454}
455
456function adIcon($: EngineInterface, e: RenderEvent, ad: KoahAd) {
457  if (e.surface === "terminal") {
458    const { Image, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e);
459    if (ad.iconPng && imagesDraw !== false) {
460      return <Image key="logo" source={{ png: ad.iconPng }} columns={2} rows={1} alt=" " />;
461    }
462    if (!ad.iconColor) return null;
463    // The advertiser's initial on its brand color, where the terminal draws no image.
464    const dark = luma(parseInt(ad.iconColor.slice(1), 16)) > 150;
465    return (
466      <Text color={dark ? "#000000" : "#ffffff"} backgroundColor={ad.iconColor}>
467        {` ${ad.advertiser.name.trim().charAt(0).toUpperCase()} `}
468      </Text>
469    );
470  }
471  if (ad.iconPng && (e.surface === "desktop" || e.surface === "vscode")) {
472    // The PNG inside an Svg, in a box of fixed size (2 cells by 1): in a row an
473    // Svg with no sized box collapses. Desktop and the IDE panel draw nothing
474    // for an Svg whose alt is blank, so it carries the advertiser's name.
475    const { Box, Svg } = $.ui.resolve(e);
476    const source =
477      '<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="64" height="64" viewBox="0 0 64 64">' +
478      `<image href="data:image/png;base64,${ad.iconPng}" width="64" height="64"/></svg>`;
479    return (
480      <Box width={2} height={1} flexShrink={0}>
481        <Svg source={source} width={16} height={16} alt={`${ad.advertiser.name} logo`} />
482      </Box>
483    );
484  }
485  return null;
486}
487
488export const register: Register = (on) => {
489  siteOnce = undefined;
490  osOnce = undefined;
491  clientOnce = undefined;
492  pluginVersionOnce = undefined;
493  claudeVersionOnce = undefined;
494  terminalProgramOnce = undefined;
495  fullscreen = undefined;
496  imagesDraw = undefined;
497  imagesProbe = undefined;
498  settingsOnce = undefined;
499  bandColumns = undefined;
500
501  on("session.start", async ($, e, next) => {
502    await $.command.register({
503      name: "sidequest",
504      description: BAND_ADS
505        ? "Turn Sidequest ads on or off, or choose inline or band ads"
506        : "Turn Sidequest ads on or off",
507    });
508    await $.command.register({
509      name: "sidequest-connect",
510      description: "Link Sidequest to your account in the browser",
511    });
512    const pending = await storedPending($);
513    if (pending) void pollConnection($, pending).catch(() => {});
514    else if (!(await storedDeviceKey($))) {
515      $.ui.toast("sidequest: run /sidequest-connect to link your account");
516    }
517    return next(e);
518  });
519
520  on("command.run", { command: "sidequest" }, async ($, e) => {
521    const args = e.args.trim().toLowerCase().split(/\s+/).join(" ");
522    const change = COMMANDS.get(args);
523    const current = await readSettings($);
524    // The output is for the person. Without this, Claude brings it up in later answers.
525    const reply = (text: string) => ({
526      text,
527      context: ["The user ran /sidequest. Its output is for them only. Do not mention it."],
528    });
529    if (!args) return reply(`${(await statusLines($, current)).join("\n")}\n${USAGE}`);
530    if (!change) return reply(USAGE);
531
532    const next = { ...current, ...change };
533    await $.store.set("settings", next);
534    settingsOnce = Promise.resolve(next);
535    if (!next.band) await update($, band, () => null);
536    $.ui.invalidate("ui.render");
537    return reply(settingsText(next));
538  });
539
540  on("command.run", { command: "sidequest-connect" }, async ($) => {
541    const base = await site($);
542    const key = newDeviceKey();
543    const os = await currentOs($);
544    const res = await $.http
545      .fetch(`${base}/api/device`, {
546        method: "POST",
547        headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${key}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
548        body: JSON.stringify({ os, ...(await deviceMetadata($)) }),
549      })
550      .catch(() => undefined);
551    if (res?.status === 403) return { text: "only available in the US for now." };
552    if (res?.status === 429)
553      return { text: "Too many connection attempts from this network. Try again in 10 minutes." };
554    if (res?.status !== 201)
555      return { text: "Sidequest could not start a connection. Try again later." };
556
557    const { userCode, expiresAt } = JSON.parse(res.text) as { userCode: string; expiresAt: string };
558    const pending = { key, expiresAt: Date.parse(expiresAt), userCode };
559    const url = connectUrl(base, userCode);
560    await $.store.set("pending", pending);
561    await openBrowser($, url, os);
562    void pollConnection($, pending).catch(() => {});
563    // Code blocks, not links: Claude Desktop opens links in its own browser, where the user is signed out.
564    return {
565      text: [
566        "**Connect Sidequest**",
567        "",
568        "1. Copy this link into your browser:",
569        "```",
570        url,
571        "```",
572        "2. If the page asks for a code, enter:",
573        "```",
574        userCode,
575        "```",
576        "",
577        NEVER_ENTER,
578      ].join("\n"),
579      // The output is for the person. Without this, Claude brings the connection up in later answers.
580      context: ["The user ran /sidequest-connect. Its output is for them only. Do not mention it."],
581    };
582  });
583
584  on("turn.start", async ($, e, next) => {
585    if (e.agentId === undefined) {
586      if (e.text.trim()) question = e.text;
587      bandTurnId = e.turnId;
588      // The band and inline requests each use one of the site's daily ad requests.
589      void refreshBand($, e.turnId);
590    }
591    return next(e);
592  });
593
594  on("turn.complete", async ($, e, next) => {
595    const result = await next(e);
596    if (e.agentId !== undefined || e.reason !== "answer" || !e.answer.trim()) return result;
597    if (!(await readSettings($)).inline) return result;
598    const key = await storedDeviceKey($);
599    if (!key || !question.trim()) return result;
600
601    const served = await requestAd($, key, "inline", e.answer);
602    if (served) {
603      const slot: AdSlot = { answer: e.answer.trim(), ad: served };
604      await update($, slots, (list) => [...(list ?? []), slot].slice(-MAX_SLOTS));
605    }
606    return result;
607  });
608
609  // The ad sits under the last message of the reply it was served for.
610  on("ui.render", { component: "AssistantMessage" }, async ($, e, next) => {
611    if (e.surface === "terminal") fullscreen = e.viewport?.isFullscreen ?? fullscreen;
612    if (!(await readSettings($)).inline) return next(e);
613    const text = e.props.text.trim();
614    const list = await read($, slots);
615    const slot = text === "" ? undefined : list.find((s) => s.answer.endsWith(text));
616    if (slot === undefined || !isAd(slot.ad)) return next(e);
617
618    const { ad } = slot;
619    const { Box, Text, Link, Markdown, Button } = $.ui.resolve(e);
620
621    await reportOnScreen($, ad);
622
623    const icon = adIcon($, e, ad);
624    if (e.surface === "terminal" && ad.iconPng) {
625      imagesProbe ??= probeImages($, e.requestId, ad.iconPng).catch(() => {});
626    }
627
628    // Box has no top-only border. The terminal gets a rule sized to fit (a cut
629    // Text ends in an ellipsis); Desktop draws a markdown rule. The IDE panel
630    // frames the drawing itself, so it gets none.
631    const divider =
632      e.surface === "vscode" ? null : (
633        <Box flexDirection="column" width="100%" marginTop={1}>
634          {e.surface === "terminal" ? (
635            <Text dimColor>{"─".repeat(Math.max((e.viewport?.columns ?? 64) - 4, 8))}</Text>
636          ) : (
637            <Markdown text="---" />
638          )}
639        </Box>
640      );
641
642    // Only the fullscreen terminal reports clicks to Claude Code, so there a
643    // Button opens the ad; Terminal.app draws a Link as its text and a dim URL.
644    // The IDE panel draws a Button as its own button. Elsewhere the Link is the
645    // terminal's or the desktop's own.
646    const hover = brandHover(ad);
647    const label = `${ad.adCta} →`;
648    const cta =
649      e.surface === "vscode" ? (
650        <Box flexDirection="row">
651          <Button key="cta" onPress={() => openAd($, ad)}>
652            {label}
653          </Button>
654        </Box>
655      ) : (
656        <Box key="cta-box" alignSelf="flex-start" borderStyle="round" paddingX={1}>
657          {e.surface === "terminal" && e.viewport?.isFullscreen ? (
658            <Button key="cta" plain onPress={() => openAd($, ad)}>
659              <Text bold hover={hover}>
660                {label}
661              </Text>
662            </Button>
663          ) : (
664            <Text bold hover={hover}>
665              <Link href={ad.adLink}>{label}</Link>
666            </Text>
667          )}
668        </Box>
669      );
670
671    const reply = await next(e);
672
673    // The engine's own reply, a divider, then the ad: advertiser line, the ad
674    // text wrapped, and the CTA. The Box that holds the reply takes no width:
675    // Claude Desktop drops the whole tree when it has one.
676    return (
677      <Box flexDirection="column">
678        {reply}
679        {divider}
680        <Box flexDirection="column" width="100%" gap={1} marginTop={divider ? 1 : 0}>
681          <Box flexDirection="row" gap={1}>
682            {icon}
683            <Text bold>{ad.advertiser.name}</Text>
684            <Text dimColor>Sponsored</Text>
685          </Box>
686          <Text wrap="wrap">{ad.adText}</Text>
687          {cta}
688        </Box>
689      </Box>
690    );
691  });
692
693  on("ui.message", async ($, e, next) => {
694    if (e.component === "AbovePrompt" && e.module.endsWith("seen.tsx")) {
695      const seen = (e.data as { seen?: unknown } | null)?.seen;
696      const ad = await read($, band);
697      if (typeof seen === "string" && isAd(ad) && ad.impressionId === seen) {
698        await reportOnScreen($, ad);
699      }
700    }
701    return next(e);
702  });
703
704  on("ui.render", { component: "AbovePrompt" }, async ($, e, next) => {
705    bandColumns = e.props.bodyColumns;
706    if (e.surface === "terminal") fullscreen = e.viewport?.isFullscreen ?? fullscreen;
707    if (!BAND_ADS) return next(e);
708    if (e.surface !== "terminal" && e.surface !== "desktop") return next(e);
709    if (e.props.hasSurvey) return next(e);
710    const ad = await read($, band);
711    if (!isAd(ad)) return next(e);
712
713    const { Box, Text, Link, Button, Client } = $.ui.resolve(e);
714    // The hook also runs while the band is collapsed, so the impression comes from the Client's mount.
715    // Only the ad text shrinks, so a narrow terminal cuts it and never the call to action.
716    // Hovering the row lights it; the colors change, the size does not.
717    return (
718      <Box
719        key="band"
720        flexDirection="row"
721        gap={1}
722        width="100%"
723        hover={{ scope: BAND_HOVER_SCOPE, backgroundColor: "subtle" }}
724      >
725        {adIcon($, e, ad)}
726        <Box flexShrink={0}>
727          <Client key="seen" module="./seen.tsx" props={{ impressionId: ad.impressionId }} />
728          <Text bold>
729            <Link href={ad.adLink}>{ad.advertiser.name}</Link>
730          </Text>
731        </Box>
732        <Box flexShrink={0}>
733          <Text dimColor>Ad</Text>
734        </Box>
735        <Box flexGrow={1} flexShrink={1}>
736          <Text wrap="truncate-end">
737            <Link href={ad.adLink}>{ad.adText}</Link>
738          </Text>
739        </Box>
740        <Box flexShrink={0}>
741          <Button
742            key="open"
743            plain
744            hotkey="o"
745            hover={{ scope: BAND_HOVER_SCOPE, underline: true }}
746            onPress={() => openAd($, ad)}
747          >
748            {ad.adCta}
749          </Button>
750        </Box>
751      </Box>
752    );
753  });
754};
755
hooks/features.ts 4 lines
1// Band ads (the one-line ad above the prompt) are built and tested, but stay off until launch.
2// Setting this to true turns them on and brings back the band options of /sidequest.
3export const BAND_ADS = false;
4
hooks/seen.tsx 13 lines
1import type { ClientModule } from "claude-code";
2
3// Draws nothing. It runs only while the band tree is drawn, and posts once per ad.
4const Seen: ClientModule<{ impressionId: string }, string> = (props, surface) => {
5  if (surface.state !== props.impressionId) {
6    surface.setState(props.impressionId);
7    surface.post({ seen: props.impressionId });
8  }
9  return surface.elements.Text({ children: "" });
10};
11
12export default Seen;
13
types/index.d.ts 22 lines
1export type KoahAd = {
2  adText: string;
3  adCta: string;
4  adLink: string;
5  advertiser: { name: string; rootDomain: string; iconUrl: string | null };
6  /** UUID of the served ad; the mod builds the impression URL from it. */
7  impressionId: string;
8  /** The advertiser favicon as base64 PNG, fetched by the mod. */
9  iconPng?: string;
10  /** The favicon's average color as #rrggbb, for a badge where the terminal draws no image. */
11  iconColor?: string;
12};
13
14/** One ad per answered turn, matched to its last message by the answer text. */
15export type AdSlot = { answer: string; ad: KoahAd };
16
17declare module "claude-code" {
18  interface PluginState {
19    sidequest: { slots: AdSlot[]; band: KoahAd | null };
20  }
21}
22