trymeanwhile 1.3.0 → 1.3.1

package/bin/meanwhile.js

@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ async function downloadTo(remoteName, localPath) {
   fs.writeFileSync(localPath, await res.text());
 }
 
-function wireSettings(settingsPath, runtime, scriptPath) {
+function wireSettings(settingsPath, runtime, scriptPath, extra = {}) {
   fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(settingsPath), { recursive: true });
   const settings = fs.existsSync(settingsPath) ? JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(settingsPath, "utf8") || "{}") : {};
-  settings.statusLine = { type: "command", command: `"${runtime}" "${scriptPath}"` };
+  settings.statusLine = { type: "command", command: `"${runtime}" "${scriptPath}"`, ...extra };
   fs.writeFileSync(settingsPath, JSON.stringify(settings, null, 2) + "\n");
   vlog(`wired into ${settingsPath}`);
 }
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ async function main() {
 
   const claudeScript = path.join(INSTALL_DIR, "statusline.js");
   await downloadTo("statusline.js", claudeScript);
-  wireSettings(path.join(os.homedir(), ".claude", "settings.json"), node, claudeScript);
+  wireSettings(path.join(os.homedir(), ".claude", "settings.json"), node, claudeScript, { refreshInterval: 10 });
 
   if (wireCopilot) {
     const copilotScript = path.join(INSTALL_DIR, "copilot_statusline.js");
@@ -185,12 +185,33 @@ async function main() {
     vlog("Copilot CLI detected -- wired that too, same install ID, earnings share one balance.");
   }
 
+  // Prove the connection actually works right now, before asking anyone
+  // to trust a restart they can't yet see the result of. A skeptical
+  // first-time installer shouldn't have to take "it'll work after you
+  // restart" on faith -- this is the exact same /line call the real
+  // client makes, just fired once, synchronously, during install.
+  // Non-fatal if it fails (slow network, offline install) -- the real
+  // client will pick it up fine once the tool actually restarts.
+  let sampleLine = null;
+  try {
+    const params = new URLSearchParams({ id: installId, event: "install_check", sid: "", cost: "", tok: "", cwd: "" });
+    const res = await fetch(`${SERVER}/line?${params}`, { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(5000) });
+    if (res.ok) {
+      const data = await res.json();
+      if (data.line) sampleLine = data.line;
+    }
+  } catch {}
+
   // The one-time summary a real person actually reads. This used to be
   // seven identically-styled lines -- the one thing that actually matters
   // (restart your tool) read no differently than housekeeping. Blank
   // lines and indentation do the hierarchy work no --verbose flag can.
   console.log("meanwhile: installed. congratulations, you now get paid to wait.");
   console.log();
+  if (sampleLine) {
+    console.log(`  just tested the connection -- here's a real line: "${sampleLine}"`);
+    console.log();
+  }
   console.log("  restart Claude Code to see it live");
   console.log("  (the one step between you and money -- yes, actually do it)");
   console.log();

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "trymeanwhile",
-  "version": "1.3.0",
+  "version": "1.3.1",
   "description": "Get paid while your AI coding agent thinks. Wires a disclosed status line into Claude Code / Copilot CLI.",
   "bin": {
     "meanwhile": "bin/meanwhile.js"