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Anton GoncharovAI systems developer

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Build in an evening: a mini Daybooster in Telegram

Build in an evening: a mini Daybooster in Telegram

The point of Daybooster isn’t to make yet another to-do list. Lists usually exist already. The problem is different: in the evening there are ten tasks in your head, and you don’t feel like starting any of them.

Build a bot that turns “task chaos” into one next step.

1. Create a Telegram bot with one command: the user sends it thoughts, tasks or a voice message.

2. Save the day’s incoming messages in a simple database: SQLite is enough. What matters is storing the date and the text, not building a complex task management system.

3. On the /focus command, send everything collected to an AI model with a rule: pick one task, explain the priority and phrase an action for 10–20 minutes.

4. Return the answer in a strict format: “next step”, “why now”, “what can wait”. For example: Open the project and write down 3 user scenarios.

5. Add a “done” button and a short evening question: what helped or got in the way of starting.

AI doesn’t plan your life for you here. It removes unnecessary choice at the moment when your energy has already run out. That’s the point of Daybooster: not to motivate, but to reduce friction before the first action.

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