{"slug": "i-built-an-ai-that-reads-github-repos-screens-candidates-by-their-actual-commit", "title": "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.", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "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\n\nTop comments (0)\n\nSubscribe\n\nFor further actions, you may consider blocking this person and/or reporting abuse\n\nWe're a place where coders share, stay up-to-date and grow their careers.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-an-ai-that-reads-github-repos-screens-candidates-by-their-actual-commit", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/inam_kakar_81688391ce125b/i-built-an-ai-that-reads-github-repos-screens-candidates-by-their-actual-commit-history-and-24ch", "published_at": "2026-06-29 14:44:42+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-29 14:48:46.341704+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "developer-tools", "ai-agents"], "entities": ["RepoLens", "GitHub", "VS Code"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-an-ai-that-reads-github-repos-screens-candidates-by-their-actual-commit", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-an-ai-that-reads-github-repos-screens-candidates-by-their-actual-commit.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-an-ai-that-reads-github-repos-screens-candidates-by-their-actual-commit.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/i-built-an-ai-that-reads-github-repos-screens-candidates-by-their-actual-commit.jsonld"}}