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 — 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
• 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
• Billable hours calculated — see how much time your AI spend represents at your rate, without any invoicing setup

Pro — vibestobucks.com · €24/year or €149 lifetime · 14-day free trial

• 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
• 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

1. Install the extension from the marketplace
2. Open the command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) and run Vibes to Bucks: Cost Tracking & Billing Setup
3. Add a billing rule for your first repo — pick the client, project, and your hourly rate
4. For Pro: enter your license key and connect Moneybird or Harvest

No config files to edit — the Settings panel handles everything.

Supported billing software

Commands

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.