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Side Project Daily Brief

The Side Project Daily Brief is a routine your Townie AI assistant runs every day for a project you can't watch yourself: it reads the project's analytics and code repo, then sends one decision-oriented brief on costs, user behavior, and performance trends. It also decides which signals deserve tracking, so cost spikes, drop-offs, and regressions surface early.

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Subject: Create me a Side Project Daily Brief routine

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See it work: the signal you didn't think to ask for

Monitor a side project you can't babysit

Every day, reads the project's analytics and code repo, then sends one sharp brief on costs, users, and performance — with the signals worth watching.

Trigger
Every morning at 8:00 AM

Tools and actions
Pull product analytics
Read repo activity
Check costs and usage
Send the brief

Prompt
Each morning, review the project's analytics, repo, and costs, decide which signals matter, and send me one decision-oriented brief — monitor and recommend only, never change anything.

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Daily Brief — inkwell.app

Your Townie

Costs jumped overnight and I found the cause — plus a retention signal worth adding to the watchlist.

Watch this: ⚠️ API costs up sharply since Tuesday
The jump traces to the export endpoint — one new user is generating most of the calls. Worth a rate limit before month-end. I've started tracking cost per active user so this can't sneak up again.

Bright spot: ✨ weekend signups stick around
Users who sign up on weekends keep coming back at a noticeably higher rate. A small onboarding tweak could lean into it — three ideas ranked at the bottom of the brief.

How this routine works

Works with

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It runs every day, without you
On a daily schedule, your Townie checks in on the project — no dashboard to open, no reminder to set.

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    It reads what the project is telling you
    Analytics, repo activity, costs, and performance — and it decides which signals are worth tracking, rather than reporting only what you spec'd.

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    You get one sharp brief
    Costs, user behavior, trends, and ranked improvement ideas in a short daily email. It monitors and recommends; it never touches code or settings.

Side Project Daily Brief FAQ

What does the Side Project Daily Brief routine do?
It's a routine your Townie AI assistant runs daily for a project you can't babysit: it reads the project's analytics and code repo, briefs you on costs, user behavior, and performance trends, and surfaces improvement ideas. Its real job is defining the metrics worth watching so cost spikes, drop-offs, and regressions get caught early.

Can it change my code or settings?
No — this routine is read-and-report only. It monitors and recommends; it never commits code, changes configuration, or touches billing. Access is scoped to the accounts you connect. Read more in our security overview.

What tools does it need?
Your product analytics (like PostHog), your code repo (like GitHub), and your email for the brief. It can also check public pages and status endpoints on the web. Your assistant adapts to whatever the project actually runs on.

Can I change what the brief covers?
Yes — ask your assistant to add uptime checks, track a specific funnel, or move the brief to Sunday evenings, and it updates the routine from that one message. It will also propose new signals on its own as the data changes.