I tried to make Claude make me money on open-source bounties. Here's the data from 60 fresh issues.
Summary
A first-person experimental case study about using Claude to autonomously search Algora bounties, attempt fixes, and generate PRs within a limited token budget. The author builds scout.py to analyze 60–80 open bounties, finds the market highly saturated with gated bounties and rapid multi-pronged activity, and concludes there were no ripe opportunities within the tested window. The piece includes practical tooling details, candid observations, and recommendations for alternative approaches.