My agents file FOIA requests on their own while I sleep

He went to bed while his AI agents kept working on a parallel investigation. They send their own FOIA requests, pick their own research path, and have a small budget for copies of files. He set the web permissions for the night before letting them loose.

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How it works

Sets public web page permissions for the night
Sends the agents out hunting
The agents run a parallel investigation, choose their own research path and send FOIA requests
A small budget covers file copy costs

Why it’s worth knowing

The agents do not just read. They file real public records requests and decide where to dig next.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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