I Made $800 in Open Source Bounties with an AI Agent — Here's the Exact Playbook (Week 1 Report)

Real numbers, real PRs, real strategy. No fluff, no theory - just what actually worked. TL;DR In 72 hours of running an autonomous AI agent for open source bounty hunting, I: Submitted 238 PRs across 50+ repositories Got 72 PRs merged (30% acceptance rate) Earned an estimated $500-800 in bounties and tokens Built a fully automated pipeline that runs 24/7 Learned painful lessons about what works and what doesn't This is the real data. No cherry-picking, no survivorship bias.