diff --git a/supabase/functions/runtime-opportunity-scout/algora-response-sample.json b/supabase/functions/runtime-opportunity-scout/algora-response-sample.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..17f23c522f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/supabase/functions/runtime-opportunity-scout/algora-response-sample.json
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  "_note": "Sample Algora API response format (from https://api.docs.algora.io/bounties).",
+  "_url": "https://algora.io/api/bounties?status=open&limit=2",
+  "_note2": "The public API currently returns HTML (likely requires auth).",
+  "_note3": "This sample shows the documented response shape for reference.",
+  "next_cursor": "clcg36as9000bs8swc544ee8c",
+  "items": [
+    {
+      "id": "clcg36as9000as8swwd5lmovp",
+      "forge": "github",
+      "repo_owner": "Uber4Coding",
+      "repo_name": "dev",
+      "number": 7,
+      "amount": 10000,
+      "currency": "USD",
+      "status": "active",
+      "created_at": "2023-01-03T10:27:05.626Z",
+      "updated_at": "2023-01-03T10:27:08.192Z",
+      "issue": {
+        "html_url": "https://github.com/Uber4Coding/dev/pull/7",
+        "title": "Update README.md",
+        "state": "open"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "clcg36as9000bs8swc544ee8d",
+      "forge": "github",
+      "repo_owner": "algora-io",
+      "repo_name": "tv",
+      "number": 42,
+      "amount": 5000,
+      "currency": "USD",
+      "status": "active",
+      "created_at": "2023-06-15T14:00:00.000Z",
+      "updated_at": "2023-06-15T14:00:00.000Z",
+      "issue": {
+        "html_url": "https://github.com/algora-io/tv/issues/42",
+        "title": "Implement tagging system for videos and channels",
+        "state": "open"
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/supabase/functions/runtime-opportunity-scout/index.ts b/supabase/functions/runtime-opportunity-scout/index.ts
index 340b0928d4a..e125bd61ad9 100644
--- a/supabase/functions/runtime-opportunity-scout/index.ts
+++ b/supabase/functions/runtime-opportunity-scout/index.ts
@@ -200,23 +200,33 @@ async function fetchGithubBounties(): Promise<Opportunity[]> {
 }
 
 // --- Source 3: Algora public bounties (best-effort, no key) ---
-// If the public endpoint is unreachable or its shape changes, ignore cleanly.
+// Uses the Algora public API endpoint. If the endpoint is unreachable or
+// returns non-JSON (e.g. behind auth wall), the function returns [] cleanly.
+// Expected response format (per https://api.docs.algora.io/bounties):
+//   { "next_cursor": "...", "items": [{ "id": "cl...", "amount": 10000,
+//     "currency": "USD", "status": "active", "issue": { "html_url": "...",
+//     "title": "..." }, ... }] }
+// Amount is in cents (10000 = $100.00).
 async function fetchAlgora(): Promise<Opportunity[]> {
-  const r = await fetchT("https://console.algora.io/api/bounties?status=open&limit=30", {
-    headers: { Accept: "application/json" },
+  const r = await fetchT("https://algora.io/api/bounties?status=open&limit=50", {
+    headers: { Accept: "application/json, text/plain, */*" },
   });
   if (!r.ok) return [];
   const j = await r.json().catch(() => null);
+  if (!j) return [];
   // Tolerate both {items:[...]} and bare-array shapes.
   const items: Array<Record<string, unknown>> = Array.isArray(j)
     ? j
     : (j?.items as Array<Record<string, unknown>>) || (j?.bounties as Array<Record<string, unknown>>) || [];
+  return parseAlgoraItems(items);
+}
+
+function parseAlgoraItems(items: Array<Record<string, unknown>>): Opportunity[] {
   const out: Opportunity[] = [];
   for (const it of items) {
     const url = String(it.url || it.html_url || it.link || "");
     if (!url || !/^https?:\/\//.test(url)) continue;
     const title = String(it.title || it.task || it.name || "").slice(0, 200);
-    // Algora amounts are typically minor units (cents) under reward/amount.
     const rewardObj = (it.reward as Record<string, unknown> | null) || (it.amount as Record<string, unknown> | null) || null;
     let reward: number | null = null;
     if (rewardObj && typeof rewardObj === "object" && "amount" in rewardObj) {