📅 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 thejobs_to_google_sheet.py
script every hour usingapscheduler
. - 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.