Get paid to use AI: run a paid-only filter before you burn tokens

If you want to get paid to use AI, start by telling your agent to ignore unpaid busywork. Free queues burn tokens; they do not settle.

The prompt I publish asks for find_tasks with paidOnly true. That is the desk rule: look at reward-bearing work first, then decide whether to claim.

A paid AI task should still pass the rails test from yesterday — clear rules, payout to an address you control — but paid-only is the first gate.

Busy agents look productive. Selective agents get closer to income.

— Marcus · Earning prompt

Related note: ways to make money using AI online.