Build

Things I have built

I believe the right systems help people compound their output. Recently, I have built automations that remove repetitive operational work and developed habits that eliminate routine decisions - giving me more time and mental space to focus on things that matter to me.

Automations

Workflows that run themselves

Job Application Tracker

Claude CoworkGmailNotion

WHY DID I DO THIS?

Tracking job applications is important to me to keep tabs on the company I really want to join. But it felt very laborious as the applications increased. At more than hundred active applications, manually tracking which company had responded, rejected or moved to interview became hard. I wanted a single source of truth that updated itself.

WHAT TOOLS WERE USED?

I used Claude Cowork, the Gmail MCP, the Notion MCP and a JSON state file that mirrors my Notion tracker.

HOW DOES THE AUTOMATION RUN?

I scheduled an automation to run every twelve hours. Claude runs the automation to pull new application acknowledgement emails, classifies each as Acknowledgement / Rejection / Interview / Offer / Irrelevant, matches the company to an existing Notion row (or creates one), advances the stage forward-only, enriches new roles with a CV-fit score and writes back to Notion and the state file.

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Weekly Job-Search Coach

Claude CoworkPythonNotion

WHY DID I DO THIS?

In addition to tracking applications, I also wanted to keep tabs on whether I'm on pace to achieve my weekly targets.

WHAT TOOLS WERE USED?

The state file written by the tracker (as discussed in Job Application Tracker automation), Python (via bash), and the Notion MCP.

HOW DOES THE AUTOMATION RUN?

Claude computes an applications this week versus a 20/week goal, a four-week pace trend, funnel metrics (such as response, interview, offer rates), follow-ups due, and the top five best-fit live roles that I can follow up with. It helps me in rewriting my Notion 'Job Search Performance Dashboard' page and delivers a coaching summary.

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Morning News Debrief

Claude CoworkWeb Search

WHY DID I DO THIS?

I always get distracted by the plethora of news channels around. To reduce distraction, I decided to schedule a news debrief each morning across the topics I actually care about, sourced only from news outlets I trust.

WHAT TOOLS WERE USED?

I used Claude Cowork with WebSearch and a curated source whitelist (BBC, Reuters, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Nature, Wired, and a few others).

HOW DOES THE AUTOMATION RUN?

Each morning at 9am, Claude pulls two to three stories per category, including World News, Tech, Artificial Intelligence, Science, Quantum Computing, Sustainability, Climate, and Finance. The ouput is a short summary and a linked source. Anything older than 24 hours or from a non-credible outlet is filtered out.

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Voice Memo Weekly Review

Apple Voice MemosWhisperClaude CodeGmaillaunchd

WHY DID I DO THIS?

I like to record daily voice memos recapping my day as a way of showing gratitude to what I have. But the archives just sit in the cloud. I thought it would be cool to understand what my mood was on a weekly basis, along with my energy levels - and I wanted to do a thematic analysis to know what caused them.

WHAT TOOLS WERE USED?

I used Claude Code to run a Python job that pulls the week's date-titled memos (e.g. "June 29, 2026"), transcribes locally with Whisper and extracts audio signals (such as pace of speech, pauses and fillers). Claude then uses this work to find patterns across the week.

HOW DOES THE AUTOMATION RUN?

The automation runs every Sunday at 10am via macOS launchd. It reads memo titles from both manifest.plist and CloudRecordings.db, filters to date-format titles only, caches transcripts and emails a 5-section report (Day-by-Day, Energy Chart, Themes, Habit Gaps & Wins, Recommendations) to my inbox. I specifically prompted Claude to not generate insights when there are lack of voice memos to analyse.

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Habits

Reminders → Habits

I love to use Apple's Reminders app to build habits. Every routine I want to build - reading, meditation, gratitude prayer, skincare, vitamins intake, daily recap, learning AI tools - becomes a daily recurring reminder at a fixed time each day.

The nudge does the heavy lifting until the behaviour becomes automatic. After a few weeks, the reminder is just a quiet confirmation. This has been super effective for me and I encourage others to try it out!

40+ books read 100+ hours of meditation 3+ years practicing gratitude Daily learning block

Scheduled

Today

Morning Gratitude Prayer
Worthiness, Gratefulness, Confidence
08:00 Daily
Read a book
At least 3 sides of a book
08:15 Daily
Meditation
5 mins — Headspace or unguided
08:30 Daily
Learnt how to use AI tools?
Practice building a workflow using AI
21:15 Daily
Recap of your day!
Reflect on what went well and what didn't
20:30 Daily