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      "description": "Runs a local vision model over your screenshots folder and files them by app, date, and content. No API key needed.",
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      "ownerVerified": false,
      "capabilities": [
        "adaptable"
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          "packageManager": "uv"
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        "source": "submitter",
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        "summary": "Naming template and folder rules are in tidyshot.toml. To use a hosted model instead of local, set provider in the same file and add a key.",
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      "description": "Reverse proxy with API keys, quotas, and a tiny admin page. Point it at your upstream and ship.",
      "tier": "open-source",
      "ownerVerified": true,
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        "adaptable"
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        "confirmed": false,
        "evidence": "no model SDK in go.mod"
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        "source": "submitter",
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        "value": {
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          "packageManager": "go mod",
          "database": [
            "SQLite"
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        "source": "submitter",
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          "owner": "example",
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        {
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          "repoId": "example/gatekeep"
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        "summary": "All settings are environment variables. Quota tiers are a JSON blob in one of them.",
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          "ADMIN_TOKEN",
          "QUOTAS_JSON"
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        "configFiles": [],
        "promptFiles": [],
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        "you want a signup form without building auth"
      ],
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      "updatedAt": "2026-08-25"
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      "url": "app.html?slug=roster-agent",
      "name": "Roster agent",
      "tagline": "Agent that fills shift gaps by texting a staff list.",
      "description": "Watches a schedule sheet, finds open shifts, messages eligible staff in order, and confirms the first yes. Escalation rules are deterministic; the wording is the model's.",
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      "capabilities": [
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        "evidence": "rules.py gates every model action"
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        "value": "vibe-coded",
        "source": "submitter",
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          "frameworks": [
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          "packageManager": "uv",
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        "confirmed": false
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          "owner": "example",
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          "kind": "one-click",
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          "url": "https://railway.app/new"
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        {
          "kind": "source",
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        "Twilio"
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      "id": "hushlink",
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      "url": "app.html?slug=hushlink",
      "name": "Hushlink",
      "tagline": "Chrome extension that strips tracking parameters from links you copy.",
      "description": "Cleans utm_ and friends on copy, with a per-site allow-list. Nothing phones home.",
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          "packageManager": "none"
        },
        "source": "submitter",
        "confirmed": false
      },
      "repos": [
        {
          "id": "example/hushlink",
          "defaultBranch": "main",
          "url": "https://github.com/example/hushlink",
          "owner": "example",
          "name": "hushlink",
          "license": "MIT",
          "stars": 610,
          "lastCommit": "2026-05-20"
        }
      ],
      "distributions": [
        {
          "kind": "hosted",
          "url": "https://chromewebstore.google.com"
        },
        {
          "kind": "source",
          "repoId": "example/hushlink"
        }
      ],
      "customization": {
        "summary": "The parameter list is one array at the top of clean.js.",
        "envVars": [],
        "configFiles": [
          "clean.js"
        ],
        "promptFiles": [],
        "effort": "config-only",
        "editCount": 1
      },
      "useWhen": [
        "you copy links and don't want tracking parameters along for the ride",
        "you want a per-site allow-list"
      ],
      "accounts": [],
      "updatedAt": "2026-05-20"
    }
  ]
}