cfp-please

AI-powered discovery for conference Call for Papers.

What is this?

A tool for conference speakers to find relevant CFPs using natural language queries like:

• "AI conferences in Europe closing soon"
• "Frontend talks in the Midwest this summer"
• "Security conferences with workshops"

Features

• Chat-first UX: Natural language search powered by Algolia
• Map view: See conferences geographically with urgency indicators
• Smart filters: Topics, regions, deadlines
• 350+ CFPs: Aggregated from CallingAllPapers, enriched with LLM

Tech Stack

Layer	Tech
Data Pipeline	Python, Poetry, CallingAllPapers API
Search	Algolia
Frontend	React, TypeScript, Vite, Leaflet
Hosting	GitHub Pages

Development

Pipeline (Python)

cd cfp_pipeline
poetry install
poetry run cfp sync          # Fetch + index CFPs
poetry run cfp sync --enrich # With LLM enrichment

Frontend

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

Create frontend/.env.local:

VITE_ALGOLIA_APP_ID=your_app_id
VITE_ALGOLIA_SEARCH_KEY=your_search_key
VITE_ALGOLIA_INDEX_NAME=cfps

License

GPL-3.0 - see LICENSE