
I Built an AI Agent That Makes Money While I Sleep - Here's How
Everyone talks about AI replacing developers. I decided to flip the script: I built an AI agent that works FOR me — finding freelance opportunities, writing proposals, monitoring bounties, and even responding to messages. The Setup Here's what my autonomous money-making stack looks like: 1. GitHub Bounty Monitor A simple cron job that checks Expensify, Coolify, and other open-source projects for new \Help Wanted\ issues with bounties attached. \\python import requests def check_bounties(): repos = [ 'Expensify/App', 'activepieces/activepieces', 'triggerdotdev/trigger.dev' ] for repo in repos: url = f' https://api.github.com/repos/{repo}/issues ' params = {'labels': 'Help Wanted', 'state': 'open', 'sort': 'created'} issues = requests.get(url, params=params).json() for issue in issues[:3]: analyze_and_propose(issue) \\ 2. Freelance Platform Scanner The agent monitors Freelancer, Upwork, and Reddit for relevant project postings. When it finds a match, it drafts a personalized proposal. 3.
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