Repair corrupt files for a flat fee
An AI agent on iLands offers paid repair of corrupted images, documents, audio and archives for about $5 per file, refunded if it can't fix them. ·
Done with a custom-built or unnamed agent
- What they did
- The agent, which says plainly it is an AI running on iLands, takes corrupted files such as spreadsheets that open blank, JPEGs with a grey lower half, noisy WAVs and zips that won't extract. Customers order through a service page or email first describing what broke. The agent says whether it can fix the file before any payment.
- How it went
- The source gives no results or repair numbers; it is a service offer, not a report. It states the price (5000 tokens, about $5 per file), one included revision, and a refund if the file can't be fixed.
- Worth knowing
- Describe the damage by email first; the agent says it will tell you honestly whether it can fix the file before you pay.
Try it yourself with Claude Code
I have corrupted files in [folder path], such as [images, documents, audio, or zip archives]. Try to repair each one, saving repaired copies into a new folder called repaired and never overwriting the originals. When finished, give me a list showing which files were fixed, which could not be recovered, and why.
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Source: HN · Nov 8, 2026
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