Automated Scheduling and Briefing System Enhancement

📅 2024-12-17 — Session: Automated Scheduling and Briefing System Enhancement

🕒 19:50–21:15
🏷️ Labels: Automation, Scheduling, Python, Systemd, GPT-4
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The primary aim of this session was to enhance the automation of task scheduling and briefing generation using Python scripts, cron jobs, and systemd services.

Key Activities

• Scheduled Python Script with Cron: Detailed instructions were provided to schedule a Python script to run every 10 minutes using cron jobs.
• Standalone Python Script for Job Opportunities: Developed a Python script to process job opportunities from MongoDB and insert them into Google Sheets.
• Updated Scheduler Script: Enhanced the scheduler.py script to include a new job triggering the jobs_to_google_sheet.py script every hour using apscheduler.
• Systemd Service Setup: Configured scheduler.py to run at system startup using systemd, including service file creation and log monitoring.
• Reloading Systemd Service: Outlined steps to reload and restart the systemd service for updates to scheduler.py.
• Morning Briefing Automation Script: Developed a high-level script for automating morning briefings, integrating task fetching and GPT-based briefing generation.
• GPT-4 Briefing Function: Created a function to generate structured briefings using the GPT-4 API.
• Concise User Prompts: Updated user prompts for morning and evening briefings for clarity and conciseness.

Achievements

• Successfully scheduled and automated Python scripts using cron and systemd.
• Enhanced the scheduler.py script with additional job scheduling capabilities.
• Improved briefing generation with GPT-4 integration and concise user prompts.

Pending Tasks

• Further testing and validation of the new scheduling and briefing scripts in a production environment.
• Explore additional integrations and optimizations for the briefing process.