trymeanwhile 1.1.0 → 1.2.0

package/bin/meanwhile.js

@@ -69,7 +69,57 @@ function wireSettings(settingsPath, python, scriptPath) {
   log(`wired into ${settingsPath}`);
 }
 
+// Wraps any long-running shell command (npm install, docker build, terraform
+// apply, ...) and shows the same disclosed line the Claude Code/Copilot
+// status lines show -- reusing the exact same /line endpoint and billing
+// mechanism, just from a different trigger than an editor hook. The server
+// only bills a line if it stayed on screen >= BILLABLE_THRESHOLD (10s), so
+// this polls every 15s -- fast enough to feel alive, slow enough that real
+// polls actually bill instead of always resetting the timer on each other.
+async function wrapCommand(args) {
+  const cmdArgs = args[0] === "--" ? args.slice(1) : args;
+  if (cmdArgs.length === 0) {
+    log("usage: npx trymeanwhile wrap -- <command> [args...]");
+    log("example: npx trymeanwhile wrap -- npm install");
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  fs.mkdirSync(STATE_DIR, { recursive: true });
+  const idPath = path.join(STATE_DIR, "install_id");
+  if (!fs.existsSync(idPath)) {
+    fs.writeFileSync(idPath, crypto.randomUUID(), { mode: 0o600 });
+  }
+  const installId = fs.readFileSync(idPath, "utf8").trim();
+
+  const { spawn } = require("child_process");
+  const child = spawn(cmdArgs[0], cmdArgs.slice(1), { stdio: "inherit", shell: process.platform === "win32" });
+
+  let stopped = false;
+  (async function pollLoop() {
+    while (!stopped) {
+      try {
+        const res = await fetch(`${SERVER}/line?id=${installId}&event=cli_wrap`);
+        if (res.ok) {
+          const data = await res.json();
+          process.stderr.write(`\nmeanwhile: ${data.line}\n`);
+        }
+      } catch (e) {}
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 15000));
+    }
+  })();
+
+  child.on("exit", (code) => {
+    stopped = true;
+    process.exit(code === null ? 1 : code);
+  });
+}
+
 async function main() {
+  if (process.argv[2] === "wrap") {
+    await wrapCommand(process.argv.slice(3));
+    return;
+  }
+
   log(`installing to ${INSTALL_DIR}`);
   fs.mkdirSync(INSTALL_DIR, { recursive: true });
   fs.mkdirSync(STATE_DIR, { recursive: true });

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "trymeanwhile",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "description": "Get paid while your AI coding agent thinks. Wires a disclosed status line into Claude Code / Copilot CLI.",
   "bin": {
     "meanwhile": "bin/meanwhile.js"