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Outbound ๐ŸŒฑ An AI Quest App That Wants You to Close It

This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1: Touch Grass What I Built ๐ŸŒฑ What if an app's best outcome was that you stopped using it? That is the idea behind Outbound : a small, gamified outdoor quest app built around local, open-weight AI. Not an infinite feed. Not another chatbot to keep talking to. Just a little help choosing something worth doing in the realโ€ฆ

This submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 1 introduces a gamified outdoor quest app called Outbound. Unlike infinite feeds and endless chatbots, Outbound offers a small selection of activities designed to get users outside and engaged in the real world. The app gathers information about users' interests, goals, preferences, and current state before suggesting three potential activities to try.

Users can then choose an activity, complete it, and reflect on their experience. Outbound aims to help people find rewarding outdoor experiences in just 15 minutes, without getting stuck on endless choices. The app focuses on reducing friction and providing clear, relevant options rather than being an end in itself.

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