GitHub Bounty Scout

Find public GitHub bounty issues that look actionable, then filter out noisy leads such as pull requests, archived repositories, already-submitted claims, and crowded attempt threads.

Why this exists

Open bounty hunting is noisy. Many issues mention $50 or bounty, but are already claimed, archived, paid out, or not actually a paid task. This Actor turns raw GitHub search queries into a ranked lead list with reasons and rejection flags.

Input

• queries: GitHub issue search queries.
• maxResultsPerQuery: number of search results to inspect for each query.
• minimumScore: only emit leads at or above this score.
• githubToken: optional token for higher GitHub API limits.

Output

Each dataset item includes:

• repository, issue number, title, URL
• score from 0 to 100
• positive reasons
• risk flags
• comment count and timestamps

Suggested monetization

For Apify Store, start with pay-per-event pricing:

• Event: apify-default-dataset-item
• Starter price: $0.05 to $0.20 per qualified lead
• Keep a low free/demo run limit so users can inspect output quality

This is data engineering only. It does not guarantee bounty acceptance or payment.

Local development

npm install
npm test
GITHUB_TOKEN=github_pat_or_classic_token npm run demo

Without a token, GitHub's public API rate limit can be exhausted quickly. The Actor input schema includes githubToken as a secret field for cloud runs.