📅 2024-12-17 — Session: Automated Job Processing and Briefing System Setup

🕒 19:45–21:15
🏷️ Labels: Automation, Python, Scheduling, Systemd, Briefing
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The session aimed to automate job processing and briefing generation using Python scripts, cron jobs, and systemd services.

Key Activities

  • Scheduled a Python Script with Cron: Detailed instructions were provided to schedule a Python script to run every 10 minutes using a cron job.
  • Standalone Python Script for Job Processing: Developed a Python script to process job opportunities from a MongoDB database and insert them into a Google Sheet.
  • Updated Scheduler Script: Enhanced the scheduler.py script to trigger the jobs_to_google_sheet.py script every hour using apscheduler.
  • Systemd Service Setup: Configured scheduler.py to run on system startup using systemd, including service file creation and enabling the service.
  • Systemd Service Management: Outlined steps to reload and restart the systemd service after updates to scheduler.py.
  • Morning Briefing Automation: Created a high-level Python script to automate morning briefings, integrating task fetching, GPT-based briefing generation, and email sending.
  • GPT-4 Briefing Function: Developed a function to generate structured briefings using the GPT-4 API.
  • Updated Briefing Function: Enhanced the briefing_from_schedule_with_gpt function to generate briefings based on filtered task data.
  • User Prompt Updates: Updated user prompts for briefings to be concise and effective.
  • Flexible Briefing Script: Implemented a script that generates briefings based on command-line arguments for flexibility.

Achievements

  • Successfully automated job processing and briefing generation workflows.
  • Established robust scheduling and service management using cron and systemd.
  • Enhanced briefing generation with GPT-4 integration and user-friendly prompts.

Pending Tasks

  • Monitor the cron jobs and systemd services for any issues.
  • Further refine the briefing scripts for additional customization options.