WaitEarn for VS Code

This extension is a thin VS Code wrapper around the WaitEarn CLI. It does not observe editor buffers, source code, prompts, or shell history. Commands open the integrated terminal and run the same public CLI commands a user can type.

Commands

WaitEarn: Install CLI runs npm install -g waitearn
WaitEarn: Set Up WaitEarn runs waitearn install
WaitEarn: Run Codex CLI runs waitearn run codex
WaitEarn: Run OpenCode runs waitearn run opencode
WaitEarn: Run Claude Code CLI runs waitearn run claude
WaitEarn: Status runs waitearn status
WaitEarn: Pause runs waitearn pause
WaitEarn: Resume runs waitearn resume
WaitEarn: Turn Off runs waitearn off
WaitEarn: Uninstall runs waitearn uninstall

Compatibility gate

Surface	Verified in this sprint	Remaining gate
Any terminal command	`waitearn run <command>` preserves child arguments and exit codes.	Qualification still depends on the server-owned timing and campaign rules.
Codex CLI	Exact VS Code command, packaged VSIX, help/version pass-through, and a synthetic `codex exec` run passed.	None for the terminal CLI path.
OpenCode	Exact VS Code command, help/version pass-through, and process launch passed.	The local provider returned an external server error before model completion.
Claude Code CLI	Exact VS Code command and actionable missing-binary behavior passed.	Install and login are pending co-founder credentials.
Native agent sidebars	Not instrumented.	Out of scope for this terminal-first extension.
Public CLI install	The Command Palette dispatches the intended npm command.	The `waitearn` package is published on npm as part of the WAI-143 distribution gate; a clean install depends on that publish.

Run Install CLI first if waitearn is not already available in the integrated terminal. During this pre-release, source-built internal testers must put waitearn on PATH before using the extension. The extension intentionally does not inspect terminal output, editor buffers, workspace files, prompts, shell history, or other extensions. Agent commands launch the terminal CLIs; they do not instrument native IDE sidebars.

Package

npm run package

Install locally

npm run install:local

Publish

npm run package          # local VSIX
VSCE_PAT=... npm run publish        # VS Code Marketplace
OVSX_TOKEN=... npx --yes ovsx@1.1.1 publish --pat $OVSX_TOKEN   # Open VSX

Publishing requires:

a VS Code Marketplace publisher named waitearn (Azure DevOps identity) and a VSCE_PAT;
an Open VSX namespace waitearn and a short-lived personal access token (OVSX_TOKEN) limited to that namespace.

Publish order matters: waitearn must be published to npm first, because the extension's Install CLI command runs npm install -g waitearn.