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I built an AI that reads GitHub repos, screens candidates by their actual commit history, and operates inside VS Code as a coding agent. Built solo as a 2nd-year CS student. No team. No budget.

A second-year computer science student built RepoLens, an AI tool that reads GitHub repositories, screens candidates based on their commit history, and operates as a coding agent inside VS Code. The project was developed solo with no budget.

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I built an AI that reads GitHub repos, screens candidates by their actual commit history, and operates inside VS Code as a coding agent. Built solo as a 2nd-year CS student. No team. No budget.
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I built an AI that reads GitHub repos, screens candidates by their actual commit history, and operates inside VS Code as a coding agent. Built solo as a 2nd-year CS student. No team. No budget. Just problems worth solving. 🔗 repolens-mkn8.onrender.com

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