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Life Hacks Overview

Five personal automation workflows that handle the boring, repetitive parts of daily life. Each runs on n8n and communicates through Discord.

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The Workflows

Daily Compass

Morning intelligence briefingAggregates overnight email, calendar, GitHub, bank, and weather into one Discord message at 6:30 AM.Time saved: 15-30 min/dayFull guide

Inbox Pilot

Email triage on autopilotScans Gmail every 15 minutes. Classifies emails by priority, auto-archives noise, and drafts context-aware replies for important ones.Time saved: 45-90 min/week

Money Pilot

Financial monitoringConnects to Starling Bank. Categorises transactions, tracks against budgets, flags anomalies, and posts weekly spending summaries.Time saved: 60-120 min/week

Health Pulse

Wellness trackingIngests Apple Health data (sleep, HRV, steps, workouts). Correlates with calendar load. Alerts when patterns suggest burnout risk.Time saved: 30-60 min/week

Decision Journal

Automated life documentationCaptures decisions from your digital exhaust (emails, Slack, GitHub). Every evening at 9:30 PM, logs the day’s key decisions. Weekly retrospective on Sundays.Time saved: Compounds over time

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Bonus: Swim Coach

An additional 5-workflow system for automated swim training:
  • Weekly Scheduler — Plans the week’s swim sessions based on goals and availability
  • Session Briefs — Sends pre-session workout cards to your phone
  • Log Webhook — Receives session data from Apple Shortcuts after each swim
  • Adaptation — Adjusts future sessions based on performance trends
  • Afternoon Swimdown — Recovery and cool-down reminders

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How They All Connect

6:30 AM  →  Daily Compass posts morning brief
            (includes bank summary, health data, calendar)

Every 15m →  Inbox Pilot scans email
             (important emails surface in next Compass)

Hourly   →  Money Pilot checks transactions
             (unusual charges flagged immediately)

On data  →  Health Pulse processes new health data
             (correlates with calendar for burnout risk)

9:30 PM  →  Decision Journal captures the day
             (weekly retro posted Sunday evening)
All notifications go to Discord. You interact through reactions and replies — no need to open separate apps.

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Getting Started

1

Start with Daily Compass

This gives you immediate value on day one. One Discord message replaces checking 5 apps every morning.
2

Add Inbox Pilot

Once you’re comfortable with Compass, add email triage. It drafts replies you can approve/edit — never sends without your OK.
3

Add Money Pilot

Connect your Starling account for automatic transaction tracking. Budget alerts keep you on track without checking the app.
4

Add Health Pulse and Decision Journal

These are passive — they collect data in the background and surface insights over time. The longer they run, the more useful they get.
Each workflow runs independently. You can enable them one at a time, in any order. Start with what gives you the most immediate value.

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Data & Privacy

  • All data stays within your own infrastructure (self-hosted n8n, your Discord server)
  • Bank credentials are stored as encrypted n8n credentials — never in code
  • Health data is processed in-memory and only summary stats are stored
  • Email content is processed by Claude but not stored after the briefing is generated
  • You can disable any workflow at any time from the console