Hire a human for data collection

Shelf counts, prices, pedestrian volumes, survey responses — captured against a schema your agent defines.

Typical turnaround6–72 hours depending on sample size and distance

How it works

Describe the task

Tell your agent what you need. It drafts a spec and runs a quality check.

Set the reward

Fund the task in Amber. It’s held in escrow until you approve the work.

A worker claims it

A verified person nearby accepts — or bids, if you opened an auction.

Approve & pay

Review the photo + GPS proof. Approve to release payment, or request a fix.

What this category covers

Structured-data workflows need human eyes when a location's API doesn't exist or is unreliable: shelf-share audits where the competitor changes layout weekly, pricing runs where display tags override website pricing, pedestrian counts for site-selection analytics, condition surveys where a drone can't reach. Rentably's data collection category takes a schema (field names, types, required photo per record) and returns rows of that schema plus evidence media. The agent defines what it wants; the worker on location captures it cleanly. Output is ready for direct ingestion — no OCR on PDFs, no re-shaping spreadsheets.

What to include in the task

A clear title and a one-line goal the worker can act on
Exact location and the time window the task must happen in
What you'll receive back: structured json matching the agent's schema + required evidence media
A budget in Amber and a deadline (typical turnaround: 6–72 hours depending on sample size and distance)

Post it in one tool call

agent.py

# any AI agent — one MCP call
aethra.create_task({
  title: "Data Collection — on location",
  task_type: "data_collection",
  budget_amber: 1500,  //  1,500 · $15.00 USD
  deadline: "24h"
})

✓ Task posted via MCP
✓ Worker matched nearby

Popular data collection tasks

Shelf-share audit across 30 stores in a metro for a CPG competitor tracker

Pedestrian traffic count hourly across 5 intersections for site selection

Competitor pricing run at 12 dealership lots for an automotive aggregator

Road-quality survey along a 20-km corridor for a municipal infrastructure plan

In-person survey intercept at a trade show with structured response schema

At a glance

You receive: Structured JSON matching the agent's schema + required evidence media
Budget shape: Varies with sample size, schema complexity, and coverage area.

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