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First Dollar Bot

A Telegram bot for tracking daily shipping, progress scoring, streaks, and community engagement

Telegram bot Rated 7 Oct 2026

Link
github.com/mikaelendale/first-dollar-bot-oss
Built by
Mike

Bloat

113/500

Where it landed on the scale

Bloat
0
Float
300
Moat
400

Summary

A working, self-hostable bot that the creator says already runs their own cohort. It was pushed in a single day and hasn't been touched in 70 days, with no pricing, payments, or docs shown. It's a useful community tool with a thin business case and little that's hard to copy.

Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.

Breakdown

Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.

Viability

Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?

Accountability for builder cohorts is a real need and the creator uses it daily. But it's open source and free, with no pricing or payment path, so nobody is shown paying for it.

28/100

Rubric 21–40A real problem, but no plausible path to anyone paying, or a market well out of this builder's reach.

Receipts (2)

  1. Creator says the bot runs their cohort and is released open source for others to self-host.

    “I built this Telegram bot for @firstdollarhq. The idea is simple. Every day you ship something in your group using /shipped. The bot scores your progress, tracks your streak, keeps project context, generates weekly wrapped stats, maintains a leaderboard, and if you disappear for 4 days, it soft-kicks you. It also has some fun commands like /joke and /roast. We've been using it to run our cohort”

    Post · @Mike_Endale · 29 Jul 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. MIT license and self-host setup, with no homepage, pricing, or payments.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/mikaelendale/first-dollar-bot-oss (opens in a new tab)

Moat

What stops someone copying it?

It's a Telegram bot on Next.js, Supabase, and Groq with streaks and a leaderboard, which another builder here could rebuild in a weekend. The MIT license makes copying even easier.

12/100

Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.

Receipts (2)

  1. Standard stack (Next.js, Supabase, Groq) under an MIT license.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/mikaelendale/first-dollar-bot-oss (opens in a new tab)

  2. Features are streaks, scores, leaderboard, and jokes, with no proprietary data or integrations.

    “I built this Telegram bot for @firstdollarhq. The idea is simple. Every day you ship something in your group using /shipped. The bot scores your progress, tracks your streak, keeps project context, generates weekly wrapped stats, maintains a leaderboard, and if you disappear for 4 days, it soft-kicks you. It also has some fun commands like /joke and /roast. We've been using it to run our cohort”

    Post · @Mike_Endale · 29 Jul 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Momentum

Did the updates keep coming?

Everything happened on one day, 2026-07-29, and nothing has shipped in the 70 days since, so there's no sustained cadence yet.

0/100

  • Sustained shipping0/60

    Worked on across 1 days.

  • Consistency0/40

    Updates in 1 of 1 month.

  • Quiet

    No update for 70 days, so scaled to 92%.

Receipts (1)

  1. Earliest post about it.

    “I built this Telegram bot for @firstdollarhq. The idea is simple. Every day you ship something in your group using /shipped. The bot scores your progress, tracks your streak, keeps project context, generates weekly wrapped stats, maintains a leaderboard, and if you disappear for 4 days, it soft-kicks you. It also has some fun commands like /joke and /roast. We've been using it to run our cohort”

    Post · @Mike_Endale · 29 Jul 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Infrastructure

Does a real, working product exist?

A functioning bot with scoring, streaks, leaderboards, and weekly stats exists and is used by the creator's cohort. It's a thin first release with no releases, docs, or independent hosting shown.

68/100

  • It's live20/20

    https://github.com/mikaelendale/first-dollar-bot-oss responded when checked.

  • HTTPS5/5

    Hosted on a platform (store, GitHub or Telegram), so HTTPS is the platform's.

  • Real product25/35

    The post and repo describe real working features (scoring, streaks, weekly wrapped, soft-kick) and the creator says it's in use. It was built in one sitting, there are no releases, and I couldn't verify a running instance, so it's working but thin.

  • Own home0/10

    No home found.

  • Maintained15/15

    Last sign of shipping 2026-07-29.

  • Operations3/15

    There's a database backend and AI scoring in the stack, but no docs site, API, status page, or evidence of accounts beyond the bot itself.

Receipts (4)

  1. https://github.com/mikaelendale/first-dollar-bot-oss responded when checked.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/mikaelendale/first-dollar-bot-oss (opens in a new tab)

  2. Lists concrete commands and says the cohort has been using it.

    “I built this Telegram bot for @firstdollarhq. The idea is simple. Every day you ship something in your group using /shipped. The bot scores your progress, tracks your streak, keeps project context, generates weekly wrapped stats, maintains a leaderboard, and if you disappear for 4 days, it soft-kicks you. It also has some fun commands like /joke and /roast. We've been using it to run our cohort”

    Post · @Mike_Endale · 29 Jul 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  3. Repo was created and pushed within minutes on one day, with zero releases.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/mikaelendale/first-dollar-bot-oss (opens in a new tab)

  4. Describes Supabase backend and cohort ops, with no homepage or release history.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/mikaelendale/first-dollar-bot-oss (opens in a new tab)

Sustainability

Is it being set up to last?

It's free and open source with no payments, pricing, privacy policy, or terms, so there's no money flowing. Its tie to the firstdollarhq community gives it a home, but there's little shown commitment beyond launch day.

5/100

  • Distribution0/30

    No working way to get it was found.

  • Payments0/15

    No payment provider found.

  • Pricing0/10

    No pricing found on the site.

  • Revenue0/5

    Nothing in the post mentions customers, prices, or income.

  • Privacy policy0/7

    No privacy policy found.

  • Terms0/5

    No terms of service found.

  • Support0/8

    No support contact found.

  • Commitment5/20

    The bot belongs to a named community (@firstdollarhq) and the creator invites contributions. There's no roadmap, team, or funding, and the only activity is a single day.

Receipts (3)

  1. No mention of paying users or revenue.

    “I built this Telegram bot for @firstdollarhq. The idea is simple. Every day you ship something in your group using /shipped. The bot scores your progress, tracks your streak, keeps project context, generates weekly wrapped stats, maintains a leaderboard, and if you disappear for 4 days, it soft-kicks you. It also has some fun commands like /joke and /roast. We've been using it to run our cohort”

    Post · @Mike_Endale · 29 Jul 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. Tied to the firstdollarhq community and invites contributions.

    “I built this Telegram bot for @firstdollarhq. The idea is simple. Every day you ship something in your group using /shipped. The bot scores your progress, tracks your streak, keeps project context, generates weekly wrapped stats, maintains a leaderboard, and if you disappear for 4 days, it soft-kicks you. It also has some fun commands like /joke and /roast. We've been using it to run our cohort”

    Post · @Mike_Endale · 29 Jul 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  3. Only one commit day, last pushed 2026-07-29.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · github.com/mikaelendale/first-dollar-bot-oss (opens in a new tab)