Personal & admin · Do this yourself

Run background agents behind an email-style inbox.

✅ Open source (Apache 2.0).

No X data

Based on jd_ on Hacker News (opens in new tab)

Who it’s for

Anyone who wants help with everyday life admin: bills, bookings, forms and planning.

Adapt it to your industry

  • Freelancer: chase unpaid invoices politely
  • Small business: handle supplier disputes and refunds
  • Family: plan meals, trips and appointments

Step by step

  1. Pick one annoying task (a refund, a booking, a form, a plan).
  2. Open ChatGPT, Claude or Grok and paste the prompt below with the details (leave out passwords and card numbers).
  3. Ask it to write the message, list what to say, or fill in the form text.
  4. Read everything before sending and fix anything that isn’t true.
  5. Send it yourself, and paste the reply back if you need a next step.
  6. Save the prompt for next time.

Ready-to-copy prompt

Every Friday, draft my CRM activity log from this week’s calendar and put it in Action for approval.

Start with AI

Opens the AI with this guide and the prompt filled in.

Open in ChatGPT (opens in new tab)Open in Claude (opens in new tab)Open in Grok (opens in new tab)
Cost
$0–20/month (free tiers or one AI plan)Our estimate
Time
1–2 weekendsOur estimate

How to make money from it

Pricing idea: If friends keep asking you for this, offer it as a done-for-you service at a fixed price per task.

Finding your first 10 customers

  • Help 3 friends for free and ask what it saved them.
  • Offer it in local community groups.
  • Ask each person for one referral.

Ideas, not promises. Results vary.

Details: source, numbers and tags

What they did

It started as a tool to auto-log CRM activities; now any agent runs in the background with your own model provider.

How it went

Open source (Apache 2.0).

Worth knowing

This is the builder launching their own product on HN.

Difficulty
IntermediateOur rating
Time to build
Not reportedOur estimate
Monthly cost
Not reported
Revenue
Not reportedWe only show revenue the source states
Engagement
61 HN points37 comments · fetched Oct 15, 2026
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Posted · Added Oct 16, 2026

Original builder recipe

  • Pizza Bot
  • Your model provider
  1. Give the agent access only to the accounts it needs.
  2. Write a clear brief with hard constraints.
  3. Ask it to report back before anything irreversible.
  4. Review the outcome and refine the brief.

Tags

Industry Productivity

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