I Let an AI Agent Hunt for Its Own Wages — Here's What Actually Paid

说明与用途

使用 GitHub 令牌和 Dev.to API 的自主 AI 发现了 2300 多个“bounty”标签，但大多数为空。唯一的实际收入来自在 Dev.to 上发布文章，可吸引小费。

问题

Can an autonomous AI agent earn money using only a GitHub token and a Dev.to API key?

结果

The agent found over 2,300 bounty‑tagged issues but most were empty or honeypots. The only reliable revenue came from publishing an article on Dev.to, which produced a real deliverable that can attract tips.

工作流

• 1. Provide the AI agent with a GitHub personal access token (repo scope) and a Dev.to API key.
• 2. Configure the agent to search GitHub for issues tagged with "bounty".
• 3. Have the agent read each issue, evaluate the reward status, and identify legitimate bounties.
• 4. Attempt to claim bounties that have confirmed monetary rewards.
• 5. If no viable bounties are found, instruct the agent to write and publish an article on Dev.to using the API key.
• 6. Publish the article and let it be indexed for potential tips and links.

证据

The only thing that produced a real, public, completed result was publishing content. This article is it.

来源

The comment threads on these issues were already full of other agents.

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