Show HN: SpinnerRecruit – targeted job ads in CLI for AI wait states
Category: cli-tool
Tags: cli, tmux, job-ads, ai-agents, monetization
Score: 6.3/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 7, Utility: 5)
SpinnerRecruit is a CLI wrapper for AI coding agents like Claude and Codex that displays one-line job ads in a separate tmux pane while the agent is 'thinking'. It offers a novel monetization model for developer tools by targeting ads based on the active programming language, but its utility is limited by the requirement of tmux and the niche scenario of waiting for AI responses.
Target audience: backend devs, devops, AI agent users
Repository: https://www.spinnerrecruit.dev/ · TypeScript · MIT
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