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Automation

Vendor 48h artifact clock

Grades staffing vendors on whether they produce something concrete within 48 hours, proposing grades for a human to confirm.

built Sep 2026 Agents that work while I sleep

how it works

Gmail thread forensics against a vendor ledger; proposes, never rewrites, because off-channel events (phone calls) are invisible to it.

Automation: Something that runs on a schedule by itself.

The code for this one lives in a private repo. This page explains the idea so you can build your own.

job-huntvetting

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