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hi i'm rishabh.

i'm a cs student at penn state who builds useful AI tools, research demos, agent protocols, and internet products.

lately i've been working on intentfile, a tiny task-contract format for agents, and Mandate Protocol, a way for agents to carry scoped permission when they act for someone. i'm also exploring LLM caching, an OCT scan LLM model, and tiny tools that should feel obvious once they exist.

incoming software engineering intern @ Cisco this summer.

want to talk? email . you can also find me on github, hugging face, linkedin, and twitter.

work.

the homepage version of the resume. the full version is on the experience page.

Cisco

incoming intern

Summer 2026

  • Incoming summer intern focused on learning from large-scale engineering systems and production product teams.
  • Currently sharpening the same threads I want to bring there: AI tooling, infrastructure taste, and useful developer-facing products.

Mashreq Bank

ai/llm intern

Jun 2025 - Aug 2025

  • Built internal AI tooling and a unified MCP server for common workflows across teams.
  • Shipped an intern portal with React, FastAPI, and PostgreSQL, covering frontend surfaces, APIs, and database work.

Nas Company

ai summer resident

Jul 2025 - Aug 2025

  • Selected as 1 of 11 from 18,000+ applicants for the Dubai AI startup residency.
  • Built Briefly, a creator update product that tracks posts and turns activity into a weekly audience digest.

TrendFlip

founder

Jan 2025 - now

  • Built AI-assisted sourcing and pricing workflows for collectible resale decisions.
  • Scaled the operation to about $30K in annual revenue while keeping the workflow lightweight enough to run alongside school.

Perplexity

campus partner

Jan 2025 - Dec 2025

  • Built a campus UGC network and ran hands-on demos for students exploring AI search and Comet.
  • Drove 250+ Comet browser downloads through outreach, events, and peer-led product education.

projects.

i try to keep the work visible. there are 33 public builds on the projects page: research labs, student utilities, developer tools, hackathon hardware, data APIs, and older experiments that still show the path.

intentfile - a tiny open format for agent task contracts, acceptance criteria, permissions, and proof-of-done.

Mandate Protocol - a protocol for signed delegation between AI agents: scoped mandates, bound tokens, service metadata, and receipts.

mdbar - a macOS menu bar markdown notebook with daily notes, plain .md files, and a global shortcut.

Glance - a macOS screen-understanding SDK that reads app structure, labels, values, and exact coordinates for AI agents.

OCT Copilot Lab - an OCT scan LLM model lab for classification, Grad-CAM style highlights, and report experiments.

PDFSpacer - a no-login PDF editor that adds blank space into worksheets, diagrams, and forms.

SharePen - an AI writing tool focused on sharpening drafts without taking ownership away from the writer.

more projects

Vrishn / Cache Atlas / MiniCache PyTorch / Canvas MCP for Poke / Text to Manim / 1000dates / Building Tools for Developers / Nova Home Assistant / Briefly / Centralized Prediction Market API / MCP House Assistant / AURA - Mental Health Chatbot / TrendFlip AI / Royale Recap / Cursor Prompt Enhancer / LinkScope / RishBOT / AI Code Debater / TOS Compliance Checker / AI Hackathon Judge / NittanyEats / JobSync.co / EcoPoints / Solana Marketplace / Hidaya Spirit Guide / Vynn AIO Content.

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currently focused on agent task contracts, agent-to-agent permission systems, LLM caching, medical imaging workflows, and small products that people can actually open.

p.s. if you want to contact me, .