I've been using a WhatsApp/iMessage bot to check my schedule, create calendar events, and set reminders, and it's an awesome productivity self-hack

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While I frequently use Google Tasks/GCal and whatnot, I often find myself defaulting to texting myself thoughts and reminders just because it's the lowest-effort way to get something recorded down.

So I created a bot that I can text instead. I can still store thoughts and notes in my chat without the bot responding, but I can also use natural language commands like "/remind at 8pm to go to the gym", or "/when free this Thursday", etc. and the bot will respond appropriately (e.g. it'll text me at 8pm to go to the gym or give me my free calendar timeslots on Thursday).

It only took me ~2 days to create this, and I've been using it daily ever since - curious to know if this is something you guys would find useful too (and I might turn this into a product if that's the case!)

Me using my bot!
 

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