Show HN: CleverCrow: give tokens to your favorite projects
4 hours ago
- #open source
- #AI agents
- #crowdfunding
- CleverCrow enables community-funded AI agents to work on open-source issues where backers pool funds for compute costs and maintainers oversee the entire process.
- The platform ensures no direct codebase access, using credential-less sandboxes for agents, and requires maintainer approval at each step from planning to PR merging.
- Backers only pay for actual compute used, with unused funds refunded, and can pledge to issues or entire repos to support maintainers directly.
- Maintainers benefit from funded work without personal costs, structured workflow integration, and enhanced security with isolated agent environments.
- The model aims to align incentives by letting those who need fixes fund them while maintainers retain control, facilitating efficient and collaborative issue resolution.