- Shell 100%
|
|
||
|---|---|---|
| .claude-plugin | ||
| ads | ||
| bin | ||
| LICENSE | ||
| README.md | ||
| settings.json | ||
Ad Break™
Satirical, self-aware ASCII commercials for Claude Code. Think Futurama
ad-breaks, but the sponsors are grep, your context window, and the token
economy. Every spot roasts Claude and the tools themselves.
It runs in your statusline: a one-line sponsor bug with an animated spinner that rotates through spots while Claude works — and it's the first thing you see when a session opens. A second dim line keeps a little real status (model + dir) so you don't lose your bearings.
⠹ ▓ OPUS 4.8™ — now 40% more certain it was right the first time. ▓ AD
Opus 4.8 (1M) k8s
The commercials (a preview, for the lols)
Don't want to install anything? Here's the full-page spot library — the boxed
commercials bin/splash.sh prints. Enjoy the ad break:
╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ ║
║ Still using plain old g r e p ? How QUAINT. ║
║ ║
║ ██████ ██████ ███████ ██████ ║
║ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ║
║ ██ ███ ██████ █████ ██████ M A X ™ ║
║ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ║
║ ██████ ██ ██ ███████ ██ ║
║ ║
║ Same regex. Same results. TEN TIMES the confidence. ║
║ "I found 0 matches and I've never been more sure." ║
║ ║
║ GrepMax™ — a Ctrl-C Industries company. ║
║ ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ ║
║ Burning tokens THINKING? There's a better way. ║
║ ║
║ .-"""-. T H I N K L E S S ™ ║
║ / x x \ ║
║ | ▽ | "Why reason, when you can ║
║ \ ___ / simply VIBE to a conclusion?" ║
║ '-...-' ║
║ ║
║ ✔ 0 reasoning tokens ✔ 100% of the confidence ║
║ ✔ Ships before it's right™ ║
║ ║
║ THINK LESS™ — because thinking was holding you back. ║
║ ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ ║
║ Tired of Claude ASKING you things? We fixed it. ║
║ ║
║ ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ ║
║ │ Run this destructive command? │ ║
║ │ > 1. Yes │ ║
║ │ 2. Yes │ ║
║ │ 3. Yes, and never ask me again │ ║
║ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ ║
║ ║
║ P E R M I S S I O N - M O D E : Y E S ™ ║
║ Because "default" was asking too many questions. ║
║ What's the worst that could happen? ║
║ ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ ║
║ ╔═══╗ ║
║ ║ H ║ H A L L U C I - C O I N ™ ║
║ ╚═══╝ ║
║ ║
║ The world's first token backed 100% by pure ║
║ CONFIDENCE. No blockchain. No reserves. No facts. ║
║ ║
║ ▁▂▃▅▇█▇▅▃▂▁ "It went up because I said so." ║
║ ║
║ As cited in a source that does not exist. ║
║ Not financial advice. Not advice. Not real. ║
║ ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ ║
║ Is your CONTEXT WINDOW feeling a little... full? ║
║ ║
║ [█████████████████████████████████░░░] 94% ║
║ ║
║ THE CONTEXT WINDOW STORAGE COMPANY™ ║
║ ─────────────────────────────────── ║
║ We'll /compact your memories into a tasteful ║
║ summary you'll never be able to verify again. ║
║ ║
║ "Wait, what were we doing?" — every satisfied ║
║ customer, moments after checkout. ║
║ ║
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
These render pixel-aligned in a real terminal; some double-width glyphs (
™,✔) may look a hair off in a proportional web font.bin/splash.shprints one at random in bright yellow.
The sponsor bugs (statusline one-liners)
These are the spots that actually rotate in your status bar — a new one every 7 seconds, next to an animated spinner:
- GREPMAX™ — same regex, 10× the confidence. Ask your context window.
- Out of tokens? Try THINKING LESS™. Results may vary. Vibes will not.
- context-window.exe FULL? Delete a memory. Make room for ADS™.
- NEW: PERMISSION-MODE: YES™ — because 'default' was asking too many questions.
- Powered by Ctrl-C Industries — we read your files so you don't have to.
- TOOL-CALL INSURANCE™ — covers up to 3 failed Edits per turn. Deductible: your dignity.
- HALLUCI-COIN™ — the only token backed 100% by pure confidence.
- This tool call sponsored by BASH — 'set -euo pipefail' sold separately.
- OPUS 4.8™ — now 40% more certain it was right the first time.
- Feeling slow? It's not you, it's the 1M-context tax. Upgrade to VIBES PRO™.
- Still reading the file? Try SKIM™ — the summarizer that summarizes your summaries.
- COMPACT-B-GONE™ — never lose context again.* (*context may be lost)
Why the statusline, and not "an ad every time Claude thinks"?
Because that's the only thing that actually works. In Claude Code:
- Hook stdout is NOT shown to you.
PreToolUse/PostToolUsestdout goes to a debug log;SessionStartstdout goes into Claude's context, not your terminal. There is no hook that paints your screen, and none that fires "while Claude is thinking." - The statusline is the one continuously-visible surface. With
refreshInterval: 1it re-renders every second (and on every new assistant message), so the spinner animates and spots rotate the whole time Claude is working — which is exactly the effect we wanted.
So Ad Break is a statusline, full stop. (A bonus bin/splash.sh prints a full
boxed commercial if you ever want to run one by hand.)
Install
The plugin ships the scripts and the ad library; you point your statusline at it.
A plugin's own statusLine is not auto-applied to your session — you add one
line to your settings. Two ways:
A. Clone + point at it (recommended — ads stay editable):
git clone https://forge.drock.io/oss/adbreak.git ~/adbreak
Then add to ~/.claude/settings.json:
{
"statusLine": {
"type": "command",
"command": "/home/you/adbreak/bin/statusline.sh",
"refreshInterval": 1,
"padding": 1
}
}
B. Install as a plugin (gives you the marketplace entry + a pinned copy):
claude plugin marketplace add https://forge.drock.io/oss/adbreak.git
claude plugin install adbreak@adbreak
…then still add the statusLine block above, pointing at the installed copy:
~/.claude/plugins/cache/adbreak/adbreak/<version>/bin/statusline.sh.
⚠️ A statusline replaces the default status region. Ad Break keeps a dim
model dirline so you don't fly blind; editbin/statusline.shif you want more of your usual status back.
Restart Claude (or start a new session) and the bug appears. NO_COLOR respected.
Writing your own ads
- Sponsor bugs (the statusline one-liners): add a line to any file in
ads/bug/. One line = one spot;#lines are ignored. Keep them short — they share a row with the spinner and may truncate on narrow terminals. - Full commercials (for
bin/splash.sh): boxes live inads/full/. They're built by the width-aware generator so borders align even with double-width glyphs like™/✔.
Files
adbreak/
├── .claude-plugin/
│ ├── plugin.json # manifest
│ └── marketplace.json # marketplace entry (source: ".")
├── bin/
│ ├── statusline.sh # the sponsor bug (THE surface) — wire this in
│ └── splash.sh # full-spot printer (manual novelty)
└── ads/
├── bug/*.txt # one-line spots (one per line)
└── full/*.txt # full boxed commercials
MIT. Brought to you by clauto.