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1.9 KiB
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47 lines
1.9 KiB
Markdown
# Kestrel — Government Appointment Booking
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> *Part of the Circuit Forge LLC "AI for the tasks you hate most" suite.*
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**Status:** Backlog — not yet started. Peregrine must prove the model first.
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## What it does
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Kestrel monitors appointment availability at government offices — DMV, passport agencies, Social Security offices, USCIS Application Support Centers, courts — and auto-books the moment a slot opens. Sends reminders with a checklist of required documents.
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The kestrel hovers perfectly still in the air before diving with precision. That's the metaphor: watch and wait, then strike the instant an appointment opens.
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## Why it's hard
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Government appointment systems are:
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- Chronically overbooked (passport offices, USCIS biometrics)
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- Updated sporadically — cancellations open and fill in minutes
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- Scattered across different booking systems (Login.gov, agency-specific portals, state DMV sites)
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- Unforgiving of missed appointments (back to the queue)
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## Core pipeline
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```
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Configure target agency + deadline urgency
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→ Monitor booking portal (polling + change detection)
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→ Alert when slot opens → Auto-book if within preferences
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→ Send confirmation + document checklist reminder
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```
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## Key differentiators vs. Peregrine
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- Time-critical real-time monitoring vs. batch job discovery
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- Booking automation: Playwright form-fill on detected availability
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- Document checklist generator: per-appointment-type required docs
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- Multi-office monitoring: find the closest available slot across locations
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## Product code (license key)
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`CFG-KSTR-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX`
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## Tech notes
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- Shared `circuitforge-core` scaffold
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- Appointment monitor: background daemon with configurable poll interval
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- Portal adapters: Login.gov, USCIS, individual state DMV systems
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- Playwright for form submission on slot detection
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- Push notifications: ntfy.sh / Pushover / email alert on slot found
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