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Sync my Oura data - and go easy on me when I slept badly

When every Oura MCP server turned out unmaintained, the AI suggested a simpler design - a SQLite database with a cron sync - and built it. Now he's experimenting with injecting his sleep score into his agents' startup, so they give simpler, less demanding responses on days he's not all there, down to gentler perfume samples.

How it works

  1. The AI proposes a SQLite + cron design instead of an MCP server
  2. Builds the Oura sync
  3. It runs on schedule
  4. Sleep score gets injected into agent startup context
  5. Agents simplify responses and suggestions on low-recovery days

Why it’s worth knowing

His agents read his sleep score before he does - and deliberately dumb themselves down, even choosing simpler perfume samples, on the days he's running on empty.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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