⏰ Content Reminder
For all the content I can make, the one thing I always forget to do is continue sharing it past it's launch date.
While there are automation tools that allow you to automatically Tweet RSS feeds or schedule recurring content, it's not quite the same as putting together a hand crafted update, also those solutions are typically pretty expensive.
What does this do?
Content Reminder is a relatively simple script that aggregates different sources of content links, piles them all together, shuffles them, then using a GitHub Action workflow, sends you an email at the frequency you choose with a new suggested link to share.
Getting Started
Requirements
- SendGrid account - this sends the mail, you could optionally swap the code in
./src/lib/mail.jsto something else - An email set up in SendGrid you can send from
Setting It Up
- Fork This Repository
The project depends on GitHub Actions. Forking the repository will ensure that will continue working the way it's set up by default, though you could probably figure out a solution using a different Git provider or even a lambda function.
- Update
./sources-*.js
The RSS feeds will pull in all of the links available and static is just a list you can hard code.
- Delete
./data/content.json
This works by storing a "working" copy of the feed data so that each time it runs, it shifts off a new item to share. This file won't regenerate until it's empty, so if you don't clear this, it will continue sending my stuff for a little bit.
- Add Screts to Repository
Navigate in your repository to Settings > Secrets, then set the following Secrets:
SENDGRID_API_KEY: your unique SendGrid API keyMAIL_TO: the email you'd like these notifications to go toMAIL_FROM: this should be the email you can send from using SendGrid
Configuration
Updating the Notification Schedule
You can tune the ./.git/workflows/update.yml file to the cron schedule of your liking
By default it's set to send an email at 9am EST every day.