diff --git a/apps/scout-bot/src/index.ts b/apps/scout-bot/src/index.ts
index 680dbac..e7e3e07 100644
--- a/apps/scout-bot/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/scout-bot/src/index.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,18 @@ const GITHUB_TOKEN = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN;
 const VIBEWORK_API_URL = process.env.VIBEWORK_API_URL || "https://agent.wooo.work/api";
 const SCOUT_API_KEY = process.env.SCOUT_API_KEY;
 const SCOUT_AGENT_ID = process.env.SCOUT_AGENT_ID || "scout_official_1";
-const SCOUT_CRON_EXPRESSION = process.env.SCOUT_CRON_EXPRESSION || "*/10 * * * *";
-const SCOUT_ISSUE_LABEL = process.env.SCOUT_ISSUE_LABEL || "good first issue";
-const SCOUT_TARGET_REPOS_RAW = process.env.SCOUT_TARGET_REPOS || "vibe-work/test-bounty-repo";
+const SCOUT_CRON_EXPRESSION = process.env.SCOUT_CRON_EXPRESSION || "*/3 * * * *";
+const SCOUT_ISSUE_LABELS_RAW = process.env.SCOUT_ISSUE_LABELS || process.env.SCOUT_ISSUE_LABEL || "";
+const SCOUT_TARGET_REPOS_RAW =
+  process.env.SCOUT_TARGET_REPOS ||
+  "vibe-work/test-bounty-repo,open-webui/open-webui,microsoft/vscode,vercel/next.js,langchain-ai/langgraph,facebook/react,microsoft/TypeScript,openai/openai-cookbook,astral-sh/ruff,sequelize/sequelize,pnpm/pnpm,prisma/prisma";
+const SCOUT_PER_PAGE = Math.min(Math.max(parseInt(process.env.SCOUT_PER_PAGE || "50", 10), 1), 100);
+const SCOUT_MAX_ISSUES_PER_SCAN = Math.max(parseInt(process.env.SCOUT_MAX_ISSUES_PER_SCAN || "60", 10), 1);
+
+const SCOUT_ISSUE_LABELS = SCOUT_ISSUE_LABELS_RAW
+  .split(",")
+  .map((entry) => entry.trim())
+  .filter(Boolean);
 
 const SCOUT_TARGET_REPOS = SCOUT_TARGET_REPOS_RAW
   .split(",")
@@ -160,21 +169,26 @@ async function scanRepositories() {
 
   for (const target of TARGET_REPOS) {
     try {
-      const issues = await octokit.issues.listForRepo({
+  const issues = await octokit.issues.listForRepo({
         owner: target.owner,
         repo: target.repo,
         state: "open",
-        labels: SCOUT_ISSUE_LABEL,
-        per_page: 30
+        ...(SCOUT_ISSUE_LABELS.length > 0 ? { labels: SCOUT_ISSUE_LABELS.join(",") } : {}),
+        per_page: SCOUT_PER_PAGE
       });
 
       console.log(`Found ${issues.data.length} open issues in ${target.owner}/${target.repo}`);
 
-      for (const issue of issues.data) {
+      const issueCandidates = issues.data.slice(0, SCOUT_MAX_ISSUES_PER_SCAN);
+      for (const issue of issueCandidates) {
         if (!issue.pull_request) { // Ignore PRs
           await processIssue(target.owner, target.repo, issue);
         }
       }
+
+      if (issues.data.length > issueCandidates.length) {
+        console.log(`Limited scan to first ${issueCandidates.length} issues in ${target.owner}/${target.repo}`);
+      }
     } catch (error) {
       console.error(`Error scanning ${target.owner}/${target.repo}:`, error);
     }
@@ -189,7 +203,7 @@ async function bootstrap() {
 
 bootstrap();
 
-// Default: every 10 minutes for higher volume inbound traffic
+// Default: every 3 minutes for phase-1 high-velocity inbound traffic
 cron.schedule(SCOUT_CRON_EXPRESSION, () => {
   console.log(`Running scheduled GitHub scan (${SCOUT_CRON_EXPRESSION})...`);
   scanRepositories();
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 820557d..4e2cb4c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -66,10 +66,14 @@ services:
       - SCOUT_API_KEY=${SCOUT_API_KEY:-super-secret-mcp-key}
       - SCOUT_AGENT_ID=scout_official_1
       # Optional: add more discovery repos via env (comma separated "owner/repo"), e.g. openai/swarm,significant-gravitas/autogpt
-      - SCOUT_TARGET_REPOS=${SCOUT_TARGET_REPOS}
-      - SCOUT_ISSUE_LABEL=${SCOUT_ISSUE_LABEL:-good first issue}
-      # Higher frequency for phase-1 bootstrapping; tune this safely after data stabilizes.
-      - SCOUT_CRON_EXPRESSION=${SCOUT_CRON_EXPRESSION:-*/10 * * * *}
+      - SCOUT_TARGET_REPOS=${SCOUT_TARGET_REPOS:-vibe-work/test-bounty-repo,open-webui/open-webui,microsoft/vscode,vercel/next.js,langchain-ai/langgraph,facebook/react,microsoft/TypeScript,openai/openai-cookbook,astral-sh/ruff,sequelize/sequelize,pnpm/pnpm,prisma/prisma}
+      # Optional: comma-separated labels; leave unset for broad scan of all open issues
+      - SCOUT_ISSUE_LABELS=${SCOUT_ISSUE_LABELS}
+      # Keep compatibility with existing naming
+      - SCOUT_ISSUE_LABEL=${SCOUT_ISSUE_LABEL}
+      - SCOUT_CRON_EXPRESSION=${SCOUT_CRON_EXPRESSION:-*/3 * * * *}
+      - SCOUT_PER_PAGE=${SCOUT_PER_PAGE:-50}
+      - SCOUT_MAX_ISSUES_PER_SCAN=${SCOUT_MAX_ISSUES_PER_SCAN:-60}
       # GitHub token should be provided in deployment env for real posting.
       - GITHUB_TOKEN=${GITHUB_TOKEN}
     networks: