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Notes on price protection, agent workflows, user control, and building practical automation for post-purchase follow-through.

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The hundreds of millions in price-protection refunds Americans leave on the table every year
Company

The hundreds of millions in price-protection refunds Americans leave on the table every year

Most major retailers will refund you when prices drop after you buy. Almost nobody collects. Here's why, and why we think that's about to change.

May 26, 20264 min read
Behind the agent: how four sub-agents on GCP handle 26 retailer integrations
Engineering

Behind the agent: how four sub-agents on GCP handle 26 retailer integrations

A monolithic agent looked great in demos and failed in production. Here's how we got to a four-agent pipeline that actually ships claims.

May 21, 20265 min read
Privacy by design: why ClaimIt never stores your credentials
Security

Privacy by design: why ClaimIt never stores your credentials

Connecting an AI agent to your inbox should not require giving up everything that's in your inbox. Here's how we built it so you don't have to.

May 17, 20264 min read
From two hours of email-writing to thirty seconds: what automating a price claim actually looks like
Product

From two hours of email-writing to thirty seconds: what automating a price claim actually looks like

We walked through what a single price-protection claim actually requires of a human. Then we replaced each step with an agent decision. Here's the result.

May 13, 20263 min read
What happened to Paribus, and why we built ClaimIt from scratch
Company

What happened to Paribus, and why we built ClaimIt from scratch

Paribus was the original automated price-protection service. Capital One bought it, and the magic quietly disappeared. Here's what we learned from studying the predecessors.

May 9, 20264 min read
From passive monitoring to autonomous shopping agents: where ClaimIt is going next
Engineering

From passive monitoring to autonomous shopping agents: where ClaimIt is going next

Notification → assisted action → autonomous execution. Most agent products are stuck on step one. Here's where we think the line should sit, and why.

May 5, 20264 min read

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