# GitHub Bounty & Security Issue Intelligence Scraper (`redoubtable_roster_qfj/github-bounty-discovery-actor`) Actor

Scans open GitHub issues to detect, extract, filter, and classify verified monetary bounties and security rewards from Algora, Polar, Opire, and direct maintainers.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/redoubtable_roster_qfj/github-bounty-discovery-actor.md
- **Developed by:** [Ameen Marae](https://apify.com/redoubtable_roster_qfj) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.50 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Find Open-Source Bounties Without Spending Hours Searching GitHub

You want to contribute to open source, build your skills, and find projects where your work may be rewarded. But finding worthwhile paid opportunities can take hours of searching through GitHub issues, reading scattered comments, and separating genuine monetary rewards from feature requests, reputation points, and other noise.

GitHub Bounty & Security Issue Intelligence Scraper helps you spend less time searching and more time evaluating opportunities.

The Actor scans open GitHub issues for textual evidence of monetary rewards, analyzing issue titles, labels, and comments to identify potential bounty opportunities. It filters common non-cash signals, such as reputation points and in-game currency, and identifies references to bounty platforms including Algora, Polar, and Opire when supported by the available issue data.

### What you get

- **Potential bounty opportunities:** Open GitHub issues containing detected evidence of monetary rewards.
- **Less noise:** Filtering designed to exclude common non-cash reward signals.
- **Useful context:** Reward amounts and bounty-platform references extracted from available issue data.
- **Direct source links:** Visit the original GitHub issue to review the details and decide whether it fits your skills and interests.

### Built to help you search smarter

Whether you are an independent developer looking for your next contribution or a security researcher exploring potential opportunities, this Actor helps organize the search so you can focus on the issues worth investigating.

### An important note about reward availability

This Actor detects textual evidence of rewards and classifies whether an issue references a recognized third-party bounty platform vs. a direct maintainer promise; it does not independently verify real-time fund availability or claim status. Always review the original issue and the relevant platform terms before investing time in a contribution.

Spend less time digging through issues. Spend more time finding work worth exploring.

### Input Parameters

- `query` (string, optional): Custom search query (default: `is:issue is:open label:bounty`).
- `language` (string, optional): Target programming language (e.g. `typescript`, `python`, `rust`).
- `minRewardUsd` (number, optional): Minimum reward filter in USD (default: `50`).
- `maxResults` (number, optional): Maximum results to return (default: `30`, max: `500`).
- `timeoutMs` (number, optional): Request timeout in milliseconds (default: `15000`).

### Output Dataset

Outputs structured JSON records containing:

- `issueNumber`: GitHub issue identifier
- `repository`: Repository full name (`owner/repo`)
- `title`: Issue title
- `url`: Direct link to GitHub issue
- `rewardAmount`: Parsed reward in USD
- `currency`: Currency code (USD)
- `isVerified`: Boolean indicating whether the issue references a recognized third-party bounty platform vs. a direct maintainer promise
- `matchedPattern`: Extraction source (label, comment, or title)

### Testing & Robustness

Includes a unit test suite covering:

- Reward extraction from labels, comments, and title brackets
- Non-cash false positive filtering (points, reputation, in-game currency)
- Third-party bounty platform vs maintainer promise classification
- Network timeout handling and safe fallback defaults

## Actor input object example

```json
{}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("redoubtable_roster_qfj/github-bounty-discovery-actor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("redoubtable_roster_qfj/github-bounty-discovery-actor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call redoubtable_roster_qfj/github-bounty-discovery-actor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,redoubtable_roster_qfj/github-bounty-discovery-actor"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/fXdLWGLrJj9sCYT3A/builds/3haDtRISypk4XizZ8/openapi.json