Vibes to Bucks — Cursor AI Cost Tracker
Stop leaving AI costs on the table. Turn them into client invoices — automatically.
You're shipping fast with Cursor. But at the end of the day, do you actually know what that AI spend cost you — per client, per project? And does any of it end up on an invoice?
Vibes to Bucks gives you that answer, always visible at the bottom of your editor. And with Pro, it turns those numbers into time entries in Moneybird or Harvest without you lifting a finger.
Built for vibe coders, freelancers, and small agencies who bill clients for their work.
→ vibestobucks.com Cursor AI cost tracker — pricing, Pro trial, and full docs
The problem it solves
- You use Cursor across multiple client repos every day — but have no idea what each client actually costs you in AI spend
- You bill by the hour, but AI time rarely makes it onto your timesheet
- Manual time tracking is a chore you skip, so clients get under-billed and you eat the cost
- You switch between projects constantly — tracking which window was for which client is a nightmare
Vibes to Bucks handles all of that in the background, so you can focus on building.
Free vs Pro
Cost tracking is free. Pro connects those tracked costs to your clients and billing software.
Free — no account needed
- Always-on cost visibility — today's AI spend shown live at the bottom of Cursor, across all open windows
- 30-currency support — display all costs in any of 30 currencies (EUR, GBP, USD, JPY, CAD, AUD, and more) with a live exchange rate, across the dashboard, status bar, and billing rules
- Full usage dashboard — cost breakdown per git repo, branch, local folder, or Cursor workspace
- Multi-project aware — working across several repos at once? Each is tracked separately, so nothing bleeds into the wrong project
- Precise attribution — AI costs are matched to projects with high accuracy.
- Billable hours calculated — see how much time your AI spend represents at your rate, without any invoicing setup
- 15-language UI — the full interface is available in English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Indonesian, Russian, Hindi, Bengali, Arabic, Urdu, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Brazilian Portuguese
- Map repos to clients — connect a git repo, branch, or host or folder to a contact and project in Moneybird or Harvest
- Time entries written for you — billable hours land in your invoicing tool automatically, once a day or on demand
- AI-written time descriptions — each entry comes with a meaningful, client-ready summary based on what you actually worked on which is summarized based on commit messages
- Sync Ledger export 🆕 — download your full billing history as CSV, Excel (.xlsx), or JSON. Export the filtered view or just selected entries — useful when you invoice outside of Moneybird or Harvest, or just want your own copy of the data.
- Per-client budget caps — set a weekly AI spend limit per project and get alerted before you blow past it
- Budget alerts inside Cursor — notified at 25%, 50%, 75%, 85%, 95% and over, without leaving your editor
- Client context in the status bar — see the current client name, project, and budget status for whichever window you're in
What you see in the status bar
Free:
$(dollar) Vibes to Bucks · Free — €35.56 / 0.33h
Total AI cost and billable hours for today, across all Cursor windows.
Pro:
$(dollar) Vibes to Bucks · Pro — €12.40 / 0.15h · Acme Corp · Website Redesign · 35%
Cost and hours for this client window, with the client name, project, and how much of the weekly budget is used. Hover for a full breakdown across all windows.
Getting started
- Install the extension from the marketplace
- Open the command palette (
Ctrl+Shift+P) and run Vibes to Bucks: Cost Tracking & Billing Setup
- Add a billing rule for your first repo — pick the client, project, and your hourly rate
- For Pro: enter your license key and connect Moneybird or Harvest
No config files to edit — the Settings panel handles everything.
Supported billing software
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| Moneybird |
Dutch invoicing — popular with NL/BE freelancers and agencies |
| Harvest |
Time tracking and invoicing used by teams worldwide |
Commands
| Command |
What it does |
| Vibes to Bucks: Cost Tracking & Billing Setup |
Set up billing rules, connect your invoicing tool, manage preferences |
| Vibes to Bucks: Usage Dashboard |
Full cost breakdown by client, repo, and project |
| Vibes to Bucks: Show Unassigned Costs |
Find repos with tracked costs that aren't matched to a client yet |
| Vibes to Bucks: Show Today's Cost |
Quick view of today's total AI spend |
| Vibes to Bucks: Sync Now |
Send today's billable hours to your billing software right now |
| Vibes to Bucks: Preview Sync |
Preview what would be invoiced before actually sending anything |
| Vibes to Bucks: Sync Ledger |
Review synced entries, filter by client, project, or status, and undo individual entries |
| Vibes to Bucks: Import Past Costs |
Catch up on past days you haven't synced yet |
| Vibes to Bucks: Run Diagnostic |
Check your setup and surface any configuration or connection issues |
| Vibes to Bucks: Open Config File |
Edit the config file directly if you prefer |
Privacy
Everything stays on your machine. No usage data, no cost data, no client data ever leaves your computer. The only external calls made are to fetch your own Cursor usage, to your billing software when you choose to sync, and to get the current EUR/USD exchange rate.
Works over SSH
Using Cursor with an SSH remote workspace? It works out of the box — no extra setup needed beyond having Git available on the remote machine.
Documentation
vibestobucks.com/docs
License
Proprietary. Free to use with all features listed under Free above. Pro features require a valid license — see vibestobucks.com for pricing and the 14-day free trial.
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