Inspiration

What it does

How we built it

Challenges we ran into

Accomplishments that we're proud of

What we learned

What's next for JobProof Pay Agent

The problem

Home-service and gig platforms still release payment on trust, chat screenshots, or slow human review. Fake "done" claims waste money; delayed payouts frustrate good contractors.

The solution

JobProof Pay Agent puts an AI completeness gate in front of PayPal money movement:

1. Create a job with amount + contractor PayPal email
2. Upload before/after proof photos (or use demo samples)
3. Local AI scorer rates completeness (works with zero OpenAI keys for judges)
4. On pass, a PayPal agent (@paypal/agent-toolkit) creates an Orders v2 order for the customer
5. After sandbox approval, we capture the order and optionally Payout the contractor

What we built

• Next.js App Router MVP with end-to-end sandbox payment flow
• Deterministic local AI + optional OpenAI augmentation
• PayPal Agent Toolkit tools: create_order, get_order, pay_order
• PayPal Payouts API for contractor settlement
• Jobs table for an operator / sponsor-friendly view
• Demo mode when credentials are missing so the UX still demos

How PayPal + AI are used

• AI: local heuristic completeness model over image metadata + job context; optional LLM judge
• PayPal: Orders v2 (customer pay) + Payouts (contractor) orchestrated by an agent toolkit layer

Demo instructions for judges

`git clone https://github.com/icohangar-ops/jobproof-pay-agent cd jobproof-pay-agent cp .env.example .env.local

Add PAYPAL_CLIENT_ID + PAYPAL_CLIENT_SECRET from developer.paypal.com (Sandbox)

npm install npm run dev ` Walkthrough: Home → Create job → Use kitchen samples → Run AI score → Create PayPal order → Approve with sandbox buyer → Success (capture + payout).

Without credentials, the same path runs in demo mode (simulated order/capture IDs) so you can still evaluate UX and AI gating.

Built With

• ai-(local-scorer-+-optional-openai)
• next.js
• paypal-agent-toolkit
• paypal-orders-v2
• paypal-payouts
• tailwind-css
• typescript