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AI Deals Scraper (automation)
System
· account local
· path ai-deals-scraper/
Work dates: 04.07.26
· This artifact: 16.07.26
Node multi-source scraper for AI credits/promos/startup programs. Zero-key path: HN + GitHub free-for.dev → 425+ unique deals → output/ai-deals.html. Full mode adds Reddit/PH/company pages with API keys. Dedup, category, filter UI, optional 24h monitor.
What happened
- Automated discovery replacing manual chat research for raw inventory
- Dedup + dollar extraction + category detection
- HTML product output compatible with alpha-deals style
How this makes or saves money
- Living deals radar product (scrape → verify agent → dated badges)
- Internal cost reduction: refresh credit inventory without re-researching from zero
- Path to paid newsletter/API/affiliate directory (no clean public student-deals API)
Learnings to reuse
- 425 scraped is not 425 verified claimable; verification is still the moat
- Automate discovery; keep humans/agents on vendor confirm
- Monitor mode = ops product, not a one-shot export
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