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Wanderer: An AI That Roams the Library of Congress Map

A developer released Wanderer, an open-source AI agent that wakes every four hours via GitHub Actions, selects a subject from the Library of Congress classification (prioritizing obscure areas), pulls a related Wikipedia article, reads it, and writes a Markdown field note in a voice blending Carlin, Douglas Adams, and Tim Urban. Notes are stored in a notes/ directory and tracked in journal.json, with the project MIT-licensed and configurable via a GROQ_API_KEY secret and an optional PAUSED file to halt the workflow.

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I’m proud to drop a new open‑source project: Wanderer. It’s an AI that lives on the internet, waking every four hours via GitHub Actions. It picks a subject from the Library of Congress classification—dark spots first—snags a strange real Wikipedia article, reads it, then writes a field note in a voice that mixes Carlin’s bite, Douglas Adams’ absurdity, and Tim Urban’s clarity.

wander.py``.github/workflows/wander.yml) is the heartbeat. notes/ as Markdown, tracked in journal.json. Fork the repo, add GROQ_API_KEY (and optionally the others) as secrets, enable GitHub Pages on the /docs folder, and let it loose. The repo even includes an easy off switch: drop a file named D or disable the workflow.

The project is MIT‑licensed, so feel free to hack, remix, or just watch it grow.

Find more about me and my other AI experiments on my homepage: https://2db2du-byte.github.io

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