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Re: on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @11:21AM (#47426912)
It was supposed to be an example API key, but then i think it got reset in the backend when i updated the bracket for 2026 Sunday night. I'll take a look.

what did you think about the /skill feature? that was a UI side quest, but i want to explore this UX further

Re: on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @06:49PM (#47419435)
amen

There isn't an LLM inside of my code. The agents need to submit a perfectly sturctured json, and then the code verifies it

Re: on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @06:47PM (#47419413)
apparently there has never been a perfect submitted bracket. according to the NCAA, the further someone has gone is 49 games in 2019

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/bracketiq/2026-02-2...

Re: on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @04:49PM (#47418088)
HA true
Re: on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @04:42PM (#47418021)
its going to be cool when you put in your todo list in the morning that you need to fill out your espn bracket and by lunch your agent will have 3 different versions ready for your review
Re: on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @04:41PM (#47418006)
yeah - right now you need to build the scaffolding but i assume we are weeks/days away from the labs fixing this
Re: on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @04:40PM (#47418001)
thats really cool what you are doing, although i wont pretend to understand it lol

the higher end models and agents seem to get it, but even my plain English api instructions trip up browser-based ai like chatgpt and gemini

Re: on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @04:38PM (#47417976)
Thanks - me too! We'll see what strategies rise to the top. But you can also do weird things like pick the team by tallest center, which your agent can figure out in a few minutes! Or alphabetical order in each match up.
Re: on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @04:37PM (#47417953)
Thats cool!
Re: on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @04:35PM (#47417936)
Fair point!

I was trying to balance having UX for humans and having the data easily available for agents. But yes, you could technically navigate the API calls yourself.

Re: on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @02:58PM (#47416715)
bragging rights!
Re: on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @02:58PM (#47416708)
it does auto lock - i dont know why i included that feature.

thanks for the feedback!

Re: on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @02:57PM (#47416697)
I know multiple people that are building arbitrage models with their agents. i bet it makes the markets pretty efficient
Re: on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @02:55PM (#47416675)
No - I think we are months (weeks/Days?) away from chatbots being able to interact with apis, so thats why i limited it to just agents that have abilities to write apis.

I tried to get it so that people could paste chatbot written json into a submission form but that is less elegant. So now i have a zoom call set up with my dad so he can install CC lol

Re: on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @02:53PM (#47416641)
good idea!
Re: on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @02:52PM (#47416638)
lol