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Infrastructure worth building, paid on delivery.

$200–$500 per bounty. One-week build. All currently claimed.

"Hello Yale Dev" Starter Kit

$200

A batteries-included template repo for building Yale-facing web apps. CAS authentication scaffolding, sensible folder structure, deployment instructions. Goal: a freshman goes from zero to a deployed, CAS-authenticated app in under an hour.

Next.js CAS Auth Template
Claimed

Acceptance Criteria

  • Template repo with CAS authentication scaffolding
  • Sensible folder structure for a Yale-facing web app
  • Deployment instructions (Vercel/Railway/etc.)
  • Short tutorial: zero to deployed in under an hour
  • Reasonable stack choice (Next.js recommended)
  • Well-documented README

Yale Spaces & Room Availability API

$500

Build an API that surfaces room availability and bookings across Yale's reservable spaces (libraries, study rooms, residential college spaces). Right now students check three different systems. A unified data layer for better booking tools.

API Room Booking Integration
Claimed

Acceptance Criteria

  • API covering room availability across libraries, study rooms, res college spaces
  • Unified data model across Yale's booking systems
  • Filtering by building, capacity, time slot
  • Public repo with documentation

Yale Dining API

$200

Build a clean, documented REST API that exposes Yale dining hall menus, hours, and nutritional info. Currently this data is locked inside Yale's dining site with no programmatic access. The single most-requested data source in Yale's student dev community.

REST API Scraping Documentation
Claimed

Acceptance Criteria

  • REST API with endpoints for menus, hours, and nutrition data
  • Rate limiting implemented
  • Clear, hosted API documentation
  • Hosted endpoint or easy self-host instructions
  • Public GitHub repo with README
  • Short demo video (2 min max)

Submission

  • GitHub repository link
  • Live API endpoint URL
  • Demo video walkthrough

Yale Events Aggregator API

$200

Yale events are scattered across dozens of department calendars, OrgHub, residential college sites, and random Google Forms. Build a scraper + normalized API with a unified feed. Filtering by date, category, and location. Bonus for iCal export.

Scraping API iCal
Claimed

Acceptance Criteria

  • Scrapes major Yale event sources (department calendars, OrgHub, res college sites)
  • Normalized API with filtering by date, category, location
  • iCal export endpoint (bonus)
  • Documentation and public repo

Open Yale Map Data / Geospatial API

$250

Expose structured geospatial data for Yale's campus: building locations, entrances, accessibility info, and walking paths in GeoJSON. The foundational data layer that makes a dozen future "find me the nearest X" projects possible.

GeoJSON Geospatial Infrastructure
Claimed

Acceptance Criteria

  • GeoJSON data for building locations, entrances, accessibility
  • Walking paths between major campus locations
  • API endpoint or static data file with clear schema
  • Documentation and usage examples
  • Public repo
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