AI-Powered Bounty Description Optimizer

[Benjtalkshow]

Feature: AI Assistant for Bounty Optimization

Overview

To help sponsors create more appealing bounties, we should implement an AI assistant that can refine bounty titles, descriptions, and tags. This will improve clarity, engagement, and attract more contributors.

As a recommendation, using the Gemini API is a good option since it offers a free tier for development and experimentation with an API key.

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Goals

• Provide AI-assisted suggestions for bounty creation
• Improve bounty readability and attractiveness
• Make the AI feature easy to access within the form
• Integrate seamlessly with existing Next.js backend

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Implementation Details

1. Add AI Optimize Button

Modify: components/bounty/forms/bounty-creation-form.tsx

• Add an "AI Optimize" button next to the description field
• On click:
  • Send current title, description, and tags to the backend API
  • Populate suggestions into the form (or show in a modal/popover)
• Ensure button is non-blocking and handles loading/error states

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2. Create AI API Route

Create: app/api/ai/optimize-bounty/route.ts

• Next.js API route that interacts with an LLM (e.g., via Gemini API)
• Accepts:
  • title
  • description
  • tags
• Returns:
  • Suggested improved title
  • Refined description
  • Optimized tags
• Include proper error handling and rate limit considerations

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Files Affected

Modified

• components/bounty/forms/bounty-creation-form.tsx

Created

• app/api/ai/optimize-bounty/route.ts

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Acceptance Criteria

• AI Optimize button is visible and accessible in the form
• Suggestions are returned from the API and displayed to the user
• Form updates correctly with AI recommendations
• Handles API errors gracefully
• Performance impact is minimal

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Testing Notes

• Test with various input lengths and content types
• Validate API integration with Gemini or other LLM provider
• Confirm form updates correctly after suggestions
• Test loading and error states for network/API issues

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Additional Notes

• Consider using Gemini API for free tier usage and development
• Cache recent AI suggestions to avoid redundant API calls
• Optionally log AI interactions for analytics/improvements
• Keep the system extensible for other AI providers in the future

[linear]

BOU-147

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🔗 Related PRs

#19 - Implement Projects Discovery View (Projects tab) + build fixes (Tailwind v4 + UI typings) [merged]
#34 - feat: Implement API-driven bounty fetching and display with dedicated loading, empty, and error UI components. [merged]
#55 - feat-Implement Bounty Status Logic & Anti-Squatting [merged]
#88 - feat: Implement bounties detail page [merged]
#115 - feat: replace hand-written bountyKeys with codegen-generated query keys [merged]

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[willkhinz]

I've identified the root cause of this and am just finishing up a patch. Pull Request incoming!

[willkhinz]

I have opened a Pull Request with the fix here: #137

Thanks!