Automation Guides ⚡

How to build your own personal AI employee — from zero to 31 automated jobs on a $5/month VPS.

Guides

Getting Started

• Setting up a VPS for personal automation
• Your first systemd timer (replacing cron)
• Claude API basics for automation

Core Patterns

• The "hardcoded first, AI fallback" pattern
• Context preservation for long-running AI agents
• Self-healing OAuth token management

Real Examples

• Automated daily briefing emails
• AI-powered inbox cleanup
• Notion as a database backend
• Content publishing pipeline (X, Reddit, dev.to)

Stack

• AI: Claude API (Haiku for cheap tasks, Sonnet for complex ones)
• Database: Notion API
• Scheduling: systemd timers
• Infrastructure: Hetzner VPS ($5/month)
• Language: Python

Cost

The entire system runs for ~$10/month ($5 VPS + $5 API calls).

License

MIT