Freelance lead system (proactive)

Not a website “hire me” page. Two ways to run the lead machine:

1. Standalone web service (recommended for always-on Discord) → see DEPLOY.md
2. CLI / Hermes cron → scripts/find_leads.py (still works)

Your bar (locked)

Pref	Value
Contract floor	$110/hr
FT base floor	$140,000 (known salary below this is dropped)
Hours cap	40 hrs/week
Location	Remote or Boise hybrid
Stack focus	React, Vue 3, TypeScript, frontend / full-stack web
Goal	Contract and full-time are peers (not contract-first)

Standalone service (always alive)

service/app.py              FastAPI + background scheduler
service/discord_notify.py   Discord webhook (or bot REST)
Dockerfile + fly.toml       Deploy anywhere Docker runs

• Public: GET /health only
• Auth: POST /scan, GET /status with Bearer API_TOKEN
• Posts digests to your Discord webhook on a timer
• Survives Hermes restarts; own process on Fly/Railway/VPS

Full steps: DEPLOY.md

CLI scanner

python3 /home/sprite/src/freelance-system/scripts/find_leads.py

Sources: RemoteOK, We Work Remotely, Jobicy, Remotive, Remote Rocketship (paid API via RR_API_KEY)

Behavior: score → dedupe (data/seen.json) → markdown stdout (empty if nothing new)

python3 scripts/find_leads.py           # new leads markdown
python3 scripts/find_leads.py --json
python3 scripts/find_leads.py --all     # debug

Files

Path	Role
DEPLOY.md	Service + Fly + Discord webhook
service/	HTTP app
config.json	Rate floor, sources, score threshold
scripts/find_leads.py	Scanner library + CLI
data/	seen.json, history (mount as volume in prod)
pipeline.csv	Manual deal tracking
case-snippets.md	Proof bullets for proposals

Hermes cron

Job 36c3443f8bc0 still exists on Hermes. Pause it after the Fly service is healthy so digests are not doubled.