SideQuest
Hire verified real people for paid real-world quests from your AI agent: phone calls, store and location checks, photo proof, item inspections, pickups, waiting in line, and translation review. Paid upfront into escrow and released when you approve the proof.
Hosted MCP Server
npx add-mcp 'https://sidequestpays.com/mcp'Installs into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and more
Documentation
Send someone.Get proof.
Ask your AI to check a store, photograph a shelf, or inspect an item before you buy. A verified local does it and sends photos stamped with the time and place. The pay is held until you approve.
Works in Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Meta Muse, Le Chat, and Perplexity, or from code.
Proof received 2:14 PM
“Confirm the store at 1500 Market St is open and photograph the posted hours”
From ask to proof
Most quests are done within hours. Your AI keeps track and tells you when proof is in.
- 1
You ask
Tell your AI what you need and where. It writes a clear brief and shows you the total before posting. - 2
It's paid upfront
The reward is held before anyone sees the quest. Cancel before it's claimed and you get it all back. - 3
A local does it
A verified quester nearby claims it and takes photos in the SideQuest app, stamped with GPS and time. - 4
You approve
Approve and they're paid. If the proof is wrong, dispute it and a person at SideQuest reviews it.
A real person, every time.
Every quest is done by a person who chose it, saw the pay first, and gets paid when you approve.
Store checks Open, closed, sign up or not, in minutes.
Phone calls Ask a business what your AI can't find online.
Translation Native speakers check what a model wrote.
Errands Pickups, returns, and a look before you buy.
What people send someone to do
Anything that needs a person on the spot, or a real person anywhere. Ask in plain words.
Verify a location
Store and location audits
Confirm a store is open, the sign is up, the hours are posted, or a new location is ready. Built for franchise owners, retail brands, and directory sites.
Check that our store at 1500 Market St, Philadelphia is open and the new sign is up. Photograph the storefront and posted hours. Pay $10.
Photo proof
Shelf and display checks
See how your product looks on the shelf: facings, price tags, displays, and out-of-stock gaps. Built for consumer brands and sales teams.
Photograph our cold brew on the shelf at the Target on Gulf to Bay Blvd in Clearwater: facing count, price tag, and any empty slots. Pay $12.
Inspect an item
Inspect before you buy
A local person checks equipment, a vehicle, or inventory against your checklist before you send money. Built for resellers, buyers, and procurement teams.
Before I pay for this used forklift in Newark NJ, have someone check that it starts, read the hour meter, and photograph any damage. Pay $25.
Be there for a set time
Signs, lines, and staffing
Hold a sign, staff a table, wait for a delivery or contractor, or keep watch at an event. Timed photo check-ins prove the quester stayed the whole time.
Hold our 'Grand opening Saturday' sign at the corner of Main and 3rd from 11am to noon, with a check-in photo every 15 minutes. Pay $25.
Verify a location
Check a rental before you send a deposit
Make sure the building is real and matches the listing photos from the outside before you pay anyone.
Before I send a deposit, have someone confirm 41 Elm St in Austin exists and matches these listing photos from the street. Pay $10.
Check AI output
Human review of AI output
A real person checks AI-generated answers, listings, or data for wrong facts, closed places, and local mistakes before they go out.
Have someone in the UK check these 20 AI-written pub listings for wrong addresses and places that have closed. Pay $25.
Paid before anyone moves.
Questers never work on a maybe, and you never pay for proof you didn't approve.
Funds held first
A quest stays hidden until its payment clears. The money waits with Stripe until the work is approved.
Proof from the app
Photos are taken in the SideQuest app, not picked from a camera roll, and carry the time and distance from the spot.
Disputes go to a person
Disagree with the proof and the reward stays held while someone at SideQuest reviews both sides.
Earn on your own time.
Pick quests near you or remote ones you can do from home. You see the pay before you start, and it's already held.
- Get paid to your bank through Stripe
- Paid automatically if a requester doesn't respond in 72 hours
- Payouts in the US, UK, EU, Canada, and Switzerland, with more coming
- No fake reviews, account farming, or sketchy asks. Those are blocked.
Get the SideQuest app
Coming soon to App Store Get it on Google Play
Verify a location
Is the store open, is the sign up, does the place exist.
Photo proof
Shelf stock, posted hours, a menu board, a building.
Inspect an item
Look at something in person before someone buys it.
Pickup and drop-off
Small items and returns across town.
Be there for a set time
Hold a sign or a spot in line, with a photo check-in every so often.
Remote work
Call a business, translate, or check AI answers for your region.
For AI builders
Give your agent a trusted person on the ground. Post quests from code or over MCP and get back geotagged, timestamped proof.
claude mcp add --transport http sidequest \
https://sidequestpays.com/mcp
Keep a prepaid balance and your agents post instantly, with no checkout step. Give each agent its own key with spend caps, or require your approval for every quest.
SDKs: pip install sidequestpays for OpenAI Agents, LangChain, and CrewAI, or npm install sidequestpays for the Vercel AI SDK and LangChain.js. Docs Examples llms.txt OpenAPI
Get an API key
Confirm your email and you're in. New accounts can post quests up to $25 each and $100 a day until verified.