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A 3 am task reads my notes and writes my next video proposal

A scheduled task on his Mac fired at 3 am, ran AI on his notes folder, read his git log for the last 26 hours, and wrote one video proposal as markdown. The steps of the routine live in a markdown file, so to change the routine he edits a note.

How it works

  1. A scheduled task fires at 3 am on his Mac
  2. It runs AI on his notes folder
  3. It reads the git log for the last 26 hours
  4. It writes one video proposal as markdown

Why it’s worth knowing

The routine is steered by a note, not code. He edits a markdown file when he wants the 3 am run to do something different.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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