EventMaxxer is an agent distribution that automates discovery and bulk application to meetups, conferences, workshops, dinners, hackathons and similar events based on a user-defined goal or seed websites. Users give interests, location and dates (or let the agent ask), and the agent searches sites, checks fit and eligibility, applies to eligible free events, and records verified results in Google Sheets or CSV for later review. It stores a reusable profile so common answers aren’t repeated, deduplicates submissions, preserves pending/waitlist/admitted states, and builds an evidence-backed shortlist prioritized around the people a user wants to meet, with explanations and conversation plans.
Architecturally it organizes work into campaigns, trackers and recommendations: agent judgments feed deterministic ranking rules rather than a learned ML model, and human feedback updates campaign records. The system supports automatic resume after rate limits, local runners on Python 3.9+ (macOS/Linux), and a scheduler; it requires an authenticated browser and may still need manual logins or missing-event answers. Profiles and state live in a local directory, tests run with fake agents, and contributors can extend behavior via provided docs and configuration. Automatic registration applies to free events only and the project is labeled experimental.
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